And lo, there was moderate rejoicing throughout the land, as news that the Veronica Mars Season Three episode order has been extended again, pushing the fears of cancellation yet further back:
Just heard from Rob Thomas, and the CW has given “Veronica Mars” a back seven instead of the traditional back nine. This is obviously brand-new information for them, so it’ll take a while to figure out how this will affect the later two arcs.
For those of you following along, that means 20 episodes have been ordered so far for this season, with this not being the first extension. A full season order of 22 episodes would have been made if the CW had ordered the full “back nine”.
Ordering 20 is weird, and apparently not common, but the CW is hardly in the normal position, so who knows what it means from a “how is the show doing” perspective. I’m actually worried that the lead-in to VM is hurting the show now. (Note, in the words of my TV sensei Dan: “Gilmore is now retro-cancelled back to the Friday night’s Alright for Fighting Episode. Nothing happened after that and I am sad that they cancelled the show there.” Word.)
On the creative front, it means that the third mini-arc will probably be shortened by two episodes, hence the “moderate” rejoicing, since that will probably feel kind of rushed. Or maybe not–Thomas hasn’t disappointed yet.
(For the record VM is still my pick for “thing I look most forward to watching”, and is my number two pick for “best show currently airing” after The Wire.)
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