ladyofastolat | Disappearing TV

Last week, I was channel hopping on TV, trying to find something to have on while sewing banners, and came across the start of the very first episode of Leverage on a minor Sky channel. It's basically an American version of Hustle, with a bit more violence and fewer intricate twists and flashbacks, but I enjoyed it well enough, so put it on series link, duly recording one episode a day at teatime. On Monday night, my Sky planner told me that the next episode was due to be recorded on Tuesday, and gave me the summary. By Tuesday evening, it had disappeared completely from the listings, replaced by another show. All the online listings sites show that Leverage was due to be shown, one episode a day, throughout this week, but this was apparently changed on Tuesday with juat a few hours' notice.

Now, admittedly this was a repeat showing at a non-peak time, but it still annoys me that they can cancel a series at such notice, without even announcing over the credits of the previous episode that they were doing it. I am well aware that channels like this are commercial enterprises, rather than a public service, so I don't expect them to doggledly keep showing something if only 3 people and a dog are watching it, but even so, cancelling something at such short notice seems to suggest a contempt for viewers. In this case, I'm fed up, rather than heartbroken, since I was enjoying the show well enough as something to sew to, and wasn't getting particularly fannish about it, but, still...