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After two episodes, Fox has decided to cancel the drama series “Drive.” It starred on of my favorite actors, Nathan Fillion, who made his name in the sci-fi series “Firefly” and its film version, “Serenity.” He was also in the the comedy-horror movie “Slither” which I thoroughly enjoyed.

Now, I’m not really writing to lament the show’s demise or beg people to save it. Instead, I want to examine how I, a person who thinks he has decent taste, could have so enjoyed a TV show that is apparently so bad, it hurt the ratings of the show after it, the inimitable “24.”

I really liked the show “Drive” and looked forward to seeing the next episodes, but apparently my judgment is totally flawed. I could see falling into a show that lasts 10 episodes and just never finds its audience. But I fell into a show that apparently only attracted the most dull of mind and bereft of taste.

How bad does a show have to be to last only 2 episodes and be universally lambasted because it brought down the ratings of superstar shows around it? That’s a bad TV show, and yet somehow I was glued to the TV when it came on. Surely, it must have been my wanting to see what Nathan Fillion was up to, but I don’t want to cop out here.

Yes, I liked a horrible TV show and Fox makes me feel dirty for it.

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