Quote Originally Posted by Abdula
Well I think the reason the show was canceled was because it didn't get much viewers despite the fact that it has a rather large fan base. Seriously everyone has been jumping on the send them something and they'll bring back your show back wagon lately. Do they actually think USA is anything like CBS.

Journey man fans sending in boxes of Rice-a-Roni now that is hilarious.
That's my point, this smaller networks like USA, Sci-Fi, The CW need to base a tv show's success on something else rather than on ratings (unless they are utterly horrible). They need to base it on critical acclaim and on dvd sales for starters; the best these networks can do is hope to have a show that has a cult following; and The 4400 certainly had that. For comparisons, look at the Battlestar Galactica ratings which is highly successful, yet they have terrible ratings (on big network standards).

And also, look at the Supernatural ratings, which aren't good at all and the show has quite a high following. These are simply networks that won't attract many viewers no matter what they do. CSI could've started in one of these networks and I doubt it would have near the success it has had on CBS.

Cancelling The 4400 was completely dumb, especially if the decision was based on a completely flawed system like the Nielsen Ratings. I've said it before, and I'll say it again... the revenue structure for the networks and tv shows is awful. They need to find a better one, but no one has the balls to do it. If I were them, I'd start by doing direct to dvd episodes, selling those along with advertisement, and then air the episodes... after that, you sell the season boxsets. I don't know about you, but that seems quite logical to me.