The only thing cliffhangers do for me is to annoy me. And I quit watching Dallas all those many years ago when they did the Who Shot JR? I didn't even watch to find out who did. Does it spark my imagination? No Do I think about the characters? Nope. And I'm like you.....I have to watch the last couple of reruns before the next season starts because I won't remember 75% of it.

Shirley

WAtched NCIS last night. No, I don't think about it during
the hiatus. And I usually DO forget what happened in the last one by the time the new season starts, but I might
remember than Ducky had a heart attack! Usually they show the last episode of the season before they show the first of the new one, don't they? that's all I need! lol

In Plain Sight... does anyone watch that? I was a little let down with the series ender. I did like that show!

Ugh! I loved In Plain Sight. I am really bummed that they canceled it.

made sure i saw revenge tonight, lol...one show did stay with me, until last sept...castle, maybe?

Ditto gadgets. I will totally have forgotten about Ducky having a heart attack when NCIS returns in 4-5 months. Cliffhangars are stupid.

I like cliffhangers usually. But they don't annoy or upset me. I know they are all actors and they are doing their jobs. So I don't worry or obsess over the summer. Some actors ask to be "killed off" so they can do movies. It's all fun for me. I enjoy TV except for "reality" shows, which bore me. I prefer drama and comedy.

I have forgotten what happened in a short time frame these days! I have to re watch it again when they start again if they re play it or at least give us a review of the past episode.

We have found a great new series that I look forward to seeing each week, Duck Dynasty, that family is hilarious. I have known that family for years, my family has been using Duck Commander calls and products for a while now. The men folk in my family know the Robertson men from hunting. Phil was well known for his football ability.
The have episodes online.
We laugh the whole time. The interesting thing is all of them are extremely intelligent and have advanced university degrees. I dearly love Ms Kay!

Here is a link that might be useful: Duck dynasty

ravencajun..they're a hoot..love the ad where to one brother gets mad cause they're not working and says "i can't fire any of you cause you're all family"...lol...

the other day discovered these crazy ladies in texas...and the storage wars...only i like the guys that drive around the country in a bread truck...

I forget them too, or maybe not. Am looking forward to the summer shows wanting to know the "next" trials they will be going through.

When did they start the 2 hour endings? My attention span must be going because I seem to have a yawn time somewhere during the time length.

Plain Sight didn't do it for me either and Bones. The writing seemed to have changed over time along with less interesting plots. But this is becoming more of a problem with all my favorites.

Except for Doc Martin. I thought they did a great job ending the show. How are they going to top it the decision for with another season? If that would be called a cliff hanger, then yes I remember.

We watched The Mentalist last nite. It was fantastic!!!
I can't wait to see how it unfolds next season.

I'm glad they do a quick review, my memory sucks and can barely remember what happened week to week, much less over the summer.

What really gripes me is when they have a cliff hanger for a show that has been canceled. They canceled Missing but made the last show a cliff hanger. Maybe they are hoping another network will pick it up.

The Firm will be the same way Marilyn. The networks made a decision to run the full season of some of the cancelled shows, vs cutting them off mid-season. So unfortunately, our interest is piqued, and we're left hanging, never to be informed of the outcome. The producers of the show made a cliff-hanger, not knowing that the show would be cancelled.

We've all said this before, but it's a damned shame that such good shows get cancelled, and absolute crap gets renewed. I see that 2 1/2 Men is renewed, even though viewership dropped like a stone, when Kutcher replaced Charlie Sheen. I watched 3 shows, and found it absolutely imbecile, immature and not funny. Charlie was hilarious when he was in it.

I think cliffhangers should be outlawed...just kidding! I do find that I am less likely to start watching a new show that has a suspenseful story line just in case it gets cancelled. Once I know a show is renewed, I can watch the first season online during the summer.

It's interesting how each network/cable channel has different measures of success for shows. A show that is a loser on CBS would probably be a winner on FOX.

In a twisted sort of way, I'm happy that there is a lot of television programming that I have no interest in watching so that I have more reasons to find something else to do. However, I do miss some of the wonderful home decorating, craft and gardening shows on HGTV and wish some channel would fill that niche.