An Open Letter to the CW

Dear CW,

How have you been? Not well? I see. Bad ratings? Yeah...life's hard.

I feel like we've been here before. Yeah, about a year ago when you were canceling a brilliant show called Veronica Mars. Do you remember? Seems like that's your M.O. now. Y'know, canceling brilliant shows in exchange for more and more vapid and insidious garbage. Crowned, anyone?

Why do you do this to yourself?

Here we are again only now it's not a highly loved drama, instead we're in danger of losing a smart, important comedy like Aliens in America.

But by all means, you need to make sure there is room for the next Pussycat Dolls show.

Don't think about how Aliens in America is one of the funniest sitcoms on the air, or how it's probably one of the smartest or best written. I'm sure it would best to ignore it. Let's not aspire to keeping a positive show on the air. Let's instead do a spin off to America's Next Top Model.

Is my sarcasm coming through CW?

Aren't you tired of having a lineup full of crappy shows? I can count on two fingers the number of good shows you have. That's right. Two. And one of them is only good because it's so trashy, that being Gossip Girl.

The other of course is Aliens in America. This show is the best show you have on the air, and is probably the best sitcom on the air right now period.

Why drop it? Why not stand behind it and show that you are committed to bringing intelligent and socially conscious entertainment to the masses. Let everyone know that not only can a show be funny and touching but that it can also carry an extremely positive message of tolerance.

This isn't a petition nor do I plan to start one. There are no plans for a campaign to mail you thousands of pounds of Pakistani candy or little alien heads either.

All I have are my words and a simple request:

Give Aliens in America a chance. Let it stick around and grow an audience. What do you have to lose?

Only a brilliant show.

For whatever that might be worth to you.

Yours,

Pop Culture Beast