Gotham Knights Cancellation Proves Haste Can Make Waste in Television
My wife and I were both disappointed to learn the new CW series Gotham Knights has been cancelled after just one season. While I had some doubts about the show when I first learned about it, we both saw some potential in the series, which focuses on Bruce Wayne's adopted son, Turner Hayes ( Oscar Morgan , who, along with a group of young criminals, is hiding from authorities after being framed for his father's murder. While the cancellation was disappointing, my wife and I both agreed it wasn't unexpected. As we both decided, the show was just trying to do too much too fast. Look, I get it. In this day and age, where every network seems to have an itchy cancellation finger, I'm sure there is temptation to try to cram as much as you can into the first few episodes of a show as you try to gain an audience. The problem is that often proves to be counterproductive. As part of this argument, I'll refer to the CW's arguably most successful series, Supernatural , whic...