Terminator/Cheers Crossover Cancelled

Fox is doing something really ground-breaking with the future of the Terminator franchise, and I haven’t seen it discussed in depth anywhere else, so I’m going to talk about it here. When I was in LA last week, I found myself having lunch on set of a new project that includes some of the old team from Fox, and they told me it would be okay to jot down some remarks.

It’s true that Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles has not been renewed or a third season. But that doesn’t mean there won’t be any more episodes.

“The idea came up one night last year when all the writers were out having a drink,” said show creator Josh Friedman. “And somebody said, well, if they cancel the show, then we just sneak into the prop room, flip on the energy bubble machine, go back five years, and start writing prequels.”

“And then somebody else said, well, why are prequels even necessary? I mean, the characters have a time machine. Read the rest of this entry »