...at least, for me, was imaging what the second season would have brought. The real drama of 1 Samuel was in the second half of the book - David and Michal separated, with David on the run for his life and even fighting for the Philistines, but still loyal to his King despite the grievous injuries caused by him.

I really think NBC dropped the ball on this. Kings was smartly written, directed, and acted - Ian McShane was an absolutely fantastic Silus - and NBC's treatment of the series with its scheduling was pretty bad (Sunday, then Saturday, then abruptly pulling it from the schedule to finish its run during summer).

But then again, that was before I knew I wanted to see Jay Leno at 10PM. All is forgiven!

Eh, I don't know. I thought it was intruiging, but ultimately too flawed. I sat through the first two episodes and then quit. (Although did NBC even air more than three or so?)

Agreed regarding Jay Leno though. I really missed headlines during the few months of darkness!

My roommate and I are part of that lone 1.3 million that watched the show until the end. We looked forward to it every week and it earned the number one spot in my TiVo Season Pass list. The last show I missed as much when it was cancelled was Star Trek and we know how THAT turned out for NBC.

Even the things that didn't work on the show were brave and interesting. Rarely have I seen TV that had such intellectual heft and thought. Even the language, as the article mention, tho English, became as if from another world. I am sad the show is gone and there won't be any more.

On all other points, I'm with you! However, Jay Leno at 10 is just feeding the show clone frenzy of programmers IMHO.

Each year we get to mourn the creative brilliance that slips past the mainstream and gets cancelled for the clones (CSI et al, Law & Order et al, etc). I have a huge list of grudge cancellations! Had it not won so much acclaim and Emmy's, I'm sure Mad Men would be gone now too and on that list.

I console myself with the knowledge that my patience in watching paid off and I'm in an elite category of viewer. We few should all band together and tell the world that if too many people are watching, a show "sold out" and thus has less artistic integrity (like music snobs do). LOL

How you can compare the two are completely beyond me. And as long as there are folks with your reasoning, network televison will never excell at entertaining.