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Date Posted: 09:38:04 08/09/01 Thu
Author: Islandgirl
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A TV critics' view on "The X-Files" (very vague spoilers for season eight)

I found this on the AP Entertainment Wire and thought I'd pass it on. I *TOTALLY* agree with what this guy says in regard to XF.

|BC-TV-CANCELLATIONS-HNS|
THESE GREAT SHOWS DESERVE TO BE RETIRED|
(For use by New York Times News Service clients.)|
By MARK McGUIRE|
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c.2001 Albany Times Union|
If canceled television shows were like baseball players, there would be a five-year waiting period for entrance into the Hall of Fame.
If so � and if I were the sole voter � TV�s class of 2007 would be a classic.
There are more than a handful of great television shows on now that are trudging if not stumbling in their twilight.
These shows are like the cranky professor whose bona fides are unassailable, but who has long since stopped bringing joy or originality to the classroom. One of the shows on the list is still at the top of its game, but I want to see it go out that way without hanging on one season too long.
So let�s get a head start on what one hopes will be the list of headliners exiting stage right after the 2001-02 season:
��Friends,�� NBC (Debuted in 1994). Oh, you guessed that one, huh? Monica and Chandler are married. Great. Rachel is pregnant. Good for her. The six actors are getting $18 billion an episode. Hurray. This is a series that had run its course two years ago. Any stabs at unpredictability inevitably sink to the levels of typical TV stunting (lesbian kiss, pregnancy, big wedding, etc.) I�m sick of all of them. They should move to the suburbs and leave us alone.
��The X-Files,�� Fox (1993). Here�s the mystery: Why keep this show on when its whole purpose � Mulder�s search for the truth � has departed along with David Duchovny? The actor�s limited presence last year showed clearly that his character�s involvement is central to the show�s very existence.
��NYPD Blue,�� ABC (1993). Sipowicz deserves a break. The whole precinct deserves a break. The guy who plays the drums on the soundtrack deserves a break. There�s a slogging sameness to a show that was once groundbreaking for its editing and adult content.
��Frasier,�� NBC (1993). When Niles and Daphne got together in the Winnebago at the end of the 1999-2000 season, you knew the end of the road was just over the horizon. This great sitcom is at the cusp of irrelevancy.
��Just Shoot Me,�� NBC (1997). Yeah, NBC is poised to lose a lot of the established lineup that helped it dominate the 1990s. Not a classic show � not even a good one � but one that has done well in the ratings. With each passing season, it�s become more grating than great.
��Dawson�s Creek,�� WB (1998). The kids are looking a little late-model 90210ish. At least we�ll always have the soundtrack.
��The Sopranos,�� HBO (1999). Call this a preventive diagnosis. Capping this historic mob drama at four years would leave 52 episodes of brilliance behind. The ultimate quit-while-you�re-ahead call.
Here are two more Hall of Fame shows that should consider calling their run within the next three years:
��ER,�� NBC (1994). The addition of Maura Tierney as med student Abby Lockhart last year, and Goran Visnjic as Dr. Luka Kovac the year before, breathed some life into this somewhat stilted drama. But even now, ��ER�� provides select episodes that are among the best on television.
��The Simpsons,�� Fox (1989). The animated sitcom shows occasional signs of age, but is still among the funniest shows on television. One of the show�s writers said ��The Simpsons�� would go on until the staff ran out of ideas � then run another three years.
In the fall of 2003, ��The Simpsons�� will surpass ��The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet�� (1952-1966) as the longest-running sitcom ever.
Hang in there, Homer, just a little while longer.
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(Mark McGuire is the television and radio writer for the Albany Times Union, P.O. Box 15000, Albany, NY 12212. His electronic mail address is mmcguire(at)timesunion.com)

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