It seems as if the cancellation of their show Men in Trees has forced Anne Heche and costar/sweetheart James Tupper to put their charming, well-appointed Vancouver home on the market. Since the show is no longer being shot in gorgeous British Columbia, the couple must cut their losses and head back to Los Angeles.
And what a loss. This house has great bones and gorgeous woodwork, and while it's big, it's not ostentatious.
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While most of us decided "gifting" a pet was a no-no back when it happened on October Road, seems like other shows still get into the pet-as-present idea. On last night's episode of Men in Trees, Jack offered up some cutie pie pups to Marin which provided quite a bit of distraction to her life – I think above Code Red should be Code New Puppy. While I don't think it was the wisest choice, and definitely doesn't model the best decision making, I have to remind myself that it's TV, not reality.
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Granted, this news has probably been a long time in coming, but it's still a bummer: Men in Trees has been officially canceled after two years of life in Elmo, AK.
Of course, that's two years of airing on three different nights in numerous different time slots, with two long breaks — one when its first season came to an early end, another when ABC decided to save episodes of the show rather than air them during the writers' strike — in between. Not the easiest way to get a following, that's for sure.
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These days, it seems like the first move for a network series that's in danger of being canceled is to find a cable network or other partner that's willing to take it on. See: Law & Order: Criminal Intent moving to USA from NBC last year, or Friday Night Lights trying to get a deal with DirecTV to bring it back.
So I guess it's no surprise that ABC wanted to shop its low-rated Men in Trees and October Road to another network.
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Remember when ABC had a show called Men in Trees. You can be forgiven if you don't recall. The show has been shuffled around and treated more strangely than most, moving from Fridays to Thursdays and back again, being pulled before the end of its first season, and then finally resurfacing in October — only to leave again in December, despite having plenty of episodes to get through the writers' strike.
Although sometimes I can't decide whether or not I actually like the ABC series Men In Trees, I can tell you that I've always been a fan of main character Marin's charmingly rumpled cabin. It's so homey, and the fact that she's often found hibernating under a woolen blanket or stretched out in front of a roaring fire only reinforces this notion.
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The charm of Marin's cabin is enhanced by its jumbled, comfortable, and Alaskan shabby-chic appearance. Marin probably bought most of this furniture from tag sales and the occasional Elmo, Alaska flea market, which is a perfect way to get this comforting, eclectic look.
ABC kicks off its new Friday night lineup tonight with the premiere of a new show, "Women's Murder Club," and the return of an old favorite, "Men in Trees."
It pains me to recommend a show that airs at the same time as my beloved "Friday Night Lights," but "Women's Murder Club" is a pretty solid show. It's based on a series of books by James Patterson, and it centers on a sassy crew of women in various law enforcement roles solving crimes in San Francisco. It's not something I'd watch on a weekly basis, but the cast is appealing, the mystery in the pilot episode was reasonably compelling, and it has a built-in stable of stories to draw from.
Here's a piece of news that will make all the "Men in Trees" fans in North America wish you lived somewhere else: According to showrunner Jenny Bicks, the five episodes of the show's first season that ABC decided not to air until fall will be broadcast in some international markets as early as this week. The rest of us will have to wait until late September or early October to see what the folks in Elmo, Alaska, are up to.
But before you North American fans get too upset, here's some other news from Bicks to tide you over:
The networks have yet to reveal which of this season's TV shows will be canned, but they're starting to announce the ones that are coming back for sure next year.
Fox said today that "Prison Break," which wraps up its second season April 2, will get a third. Not to be outdone, ABC released its own list of shows that will be back, including newcomers "Ugly Betty," "Men in Trees," and "Brothers & Sisters" along with no-brainers "Grey's Anatomy," "Lost," "Desperate Housewives," and "Dancing with the Stars." Also sure to return: "Boston Legal," "The Bachelor," "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," and "Jimmy Kimmel Live."
Those shows join Fox's "House and "Bones," ABC's other reality shows, and NBC's "Heroes," "My Name is Earl," "The Office," and "Law & Order: SVU" on next year's schedule.
