Comments on: ELI STONE Cancelled - It is Official

By: Elaine

Elaine — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:55:00 +0000

Please bring back Eli Stone. We're not giving up yet!

By: Cindy

Cindy — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:36:55 +0000

I loved Eli like many others that have posted here. Not sure if these comments will help sway ABC to bring it back, but it's worth a try. I've read that it's cheaper to create and produce reality crap and that's why we've lost so many good shows. Eli being one of my favorites, along with Pushing Daisies, Justice, Las Vegas, etc. The networks wouldn't know a good show if it kicked them in the butt! I'm so sick of reality crap - I primarily watch cable shows now. Hopefully, this sickening trend won't extend to those networks.

By: Morris Urban

Morris Urban — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:16:39 +0000

I am very upset that ABC canceled Eli Stone, one of our favorite programs. Why is it that every time I find a show that I like the networks cancel it??? They keep putting out these dumb reality shows that are so stupid. I guess that the powers that be on the national networks are just trying to appeal to the uneducated portion of the population. I guess that the cable stations will be getting all of my family's veiwing time.

By: Luella

Luella — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:28:43 +0000

I loved Eli Stone, I thought it was witty and charming!! I can't believe they cancel shows like this while reality television continues to be a part of television! The actors deserve more respect!! I also hate that they cancel them before we find out what happens in the end!!! Devistated Eli Fan!

By: Danny Z

Danny Z — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:27:49 +0000

I usually don't like TV show with religion theme.
But I make an exception for Eli Stone, because it's really that good.
I love Johnny Lee Miller in Trainspotting, and I love him here.
And... err, beautiful Julie Gonzalo... love her too.

Shame on you, ABC.
Now I have to find other show as good as this one.
Maybe I'll start with Kay's recommendation.

By: Kay

Kay — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 23:50:44 +0000

I live in Portland Oregon. Did anyone note last month "NEW EDITIONS" of Eli Stone were broadcast? (on Sat. vs. primetime weekday) Did they hear us or was these just "unreleased" shows from the last season? They were labled "new' & I had never seen them. Will shouting louder to ABC restart things? FYI: New or other shows that are "clean" & fun: "The Listener" (a man born w/ ability to read minds driving him nuts as a child, but was rejected by his family & placed in many foster homes due to this & had to learn to block out others thoughts-"Control his gift". He is now a paramedic & uses these gifts selectivly to solve crimes & helps others. Few know of this gift. First season? NBC channel) "Royal Pains" (a doctor who loses his job because he saves a low class man in greater need in the ER vs. spending his full energy on a old billionare who donates to the hospital & dies. His brother, sort of a funny nut, takes him to a summer vacation island where he saves a lady at a party of a rich man. This man see's this & hires him to be like a house call doctor for the entire Island. He is given free housing by the rich man. His office is out of a mobile vehicle w/ a nurse who has an identy that has not been reveiled yet. He never holds back on helping anyone. Great clean show. First season. First season USA channel) "Lie to Me" is also a good show. (a man/investigator/professor who has learned to read faces & body language to help police/FBI etc. to solve crimes & find real criminals thru their body language. He teaches what different movements mean to others in his team...though the show starts w/ a warning "this is fiction & not a real 'body reading class'". [It has flashes of simuliar expressions of people/politions today backing up the stories of the body language themes. Like the lies of Clinton shown in a investigation of people lying about adultry etc] I dont know what "world wide" channel it is on. Here it is local KPTV. Second season?) "Smallville" has been on for years but also clean & fun. It is the younger years of Clark Kent growing up (started a short part of landing on planet earth & being found by the Clark family, then w/ him as a highschool teen, now a new young adult reporter at the Daily Planet)& his years leading up to becoming a super hero of earth-"Superman". All the choices he has to make in learning who he is, his abilities & what choices he should make in young adulthood, being torn between his want to have a normal human life but his responsibility to help others. It too is a clean family show. The national wide channel I do not know. Been on for several years, but many old shows still being played. Easy to catch on. Till we can get Eli Stone back full force...here are a few options we can click onto and w/ lots of viewers (numbers used to see if a show is liked & should continue) the stations/makers may get the message WE WANT CLEAN FAMILY SHOWS!

By: John Hehl

John Hehl — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:26:13 +0000

I am truly heart-sick that Eli Stone is scheduled to be cancelled. As so many previus posters claimed, it is extremely dissappointing that a show which tries to show people as they struggle with the possibility that there is something greater than we can see that impacts our lives. Certainly, secularists (which have enormous control over media) would like us to ignore even the possibility of 'a higher power'.
There are many who are committed to media pervasiveness of sex, violence and hopelessness. It is easier to sell those salient ideas - rather than hope, peace, mutual understanding and the idea that our lives are meant for a higher purpose. I always make a point of challenging the young people I am in contact with by acknowledging that it is important to do well in Life, however it is even more important to do godd while doing well.
Certainly, the idea that higher purpose exists is challenging to many people - at first glance. yet, I believe that so many people hunger for such a vision, such a challenge to be better, to strive to love more and care for each other more.
Eli Stone brought that challenge to viewers and that message needs to be heard. In a very real way, that message can empower everyone to consider alternatives to violence, injustice, greed and self-serving actions that negatively impact society.
We need Eli Stone.
I sincerely hope the television 'powers that be' would reconsider the course of action they are proposing.

By: April K

April K — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 09:50:43 +0000

I am so tremendously disappointed that Eli Stone won't be returning for a third season. Really ABC? I agree with a lot of the comments I've read here: give the show a more appropriate time slot, and while you're at it, cut some of that "reality" crap.

By: M.

M. — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:11:08 +0000

This show got me through my last year of law school, during which my cat died of cancer, I was seriously injured by drunk drivers in a head-on collision, and I was diagnosed with a rare and life-threatening disease. I didn't really watch t.v. before the accident, no time, but started watching a lot because I couldn't walk and reading was so difficult on the pain meds. When I found Eli Stone I was blown away! It was the first legal show I'd seen that was intelligent, with a fantastical and thought-provoking plot, and yet set in a plausible work environment with plausible cases. It was not your everyday gritty legal drama where the lawyers are portrayed as deeply flawed, unethical, ruthless and/or morally superior (i.e. Law & Order). The show actually portrayed most of the characters as real people who, though not perfect, deeply care about each other and their clients. The message was about facing adversity with hope and making decisions based on what is ethical and selfless, instead of what is easiest and most lucrative. I went to school to become an advocate for the people who need them most: the indigent, physically/emotionally vulnerable, and disenfranchised. I watched and re-watched every episode of Eli Stone and it inspired me to finish school and pass the bar. No t.v. show, book, or movie has had as great an impact on my life. I'm not religious, but when I felt like giving up I "borrowed" Eli's faith in purpose from the show. By watching, I was reminded of the ways in which I could someday make a positive difference in the lives of others and that not everyone despises lawyers. Eli Stone is well-liked and deeply moving to many, many people. It should never have been cancelled by ABC. I also agree with the other posts criticizing ABC's general show cancellation choices. Wipeout is a demeaning, boring, mean-spirited show in which the hosts make cruel remarks about the contestants and laugh as they risk serious injury to win money (many out of desperation). And yet, Pushing Daisies, which was totally unique and portrayed (once again) good-hearted people, seeking justice and helping others under difficult circumstances, was cancelled. Clearly, the executives at ABC have a very low opinion of me and the rest of the general t.v.-viewing public. I'd like ABC to know the feeling is mutual. I'm sticking to USA from now on.

By: Claire

Claire — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:39:26 +0000

Bring back Eli Stone...I loved that show and looked forward to it everyweek. You keep Wife Swap which is totally trash t.v.

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:46:35 +0000

Bring Eli BACK. You took away a good show for the wrong reasons. Let the people who don't want to hear God's name Change the channel. That is their God given right. Their are alot of Fans of God and this show who want to see this show back on the air!

By: Adelio

Adelio — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:17:10 +0000

I have just finished watching Season 2 in the UK. this show is a HIT. My wife did not watch the first season but began wathing the second season with me. She is hooked.
in the UK we generally only get the cream of the crop from the U.S.A. And Eli Stone was amongst the best. This show stands head and shoulders above the new Knight Rider or dollhouse.
there is a Gentleness about the characters, a spark of inventiveness that suprised (the musical scenes) and pleased.
I did not miss the action, I did not miss the sex or violence. The story told it all so well It did not need it.
What a great pity I will not get to see any more!

By: Kay

Kay — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:48:01 +0000

We all know why it was cancelled. I showed morals. It talked clean talk. It showed true, clean friendships & relationships. It gave hope to those who have "chronic uncontrolable diseases"...that it might be a "blessing" vs. "curse". It did not have violence, foul language, rape, sexual sickness etc. But the BIG reason it was cancelled....IT TALKED "GOD"! [In the "end times" these type of actions will be seen as "evil" & "unacceptable". It also say's people would not speak out against evil so evil wins on acceptability & GOOD will be MUTE! Here is one example of MANY of it happening in entertainment...we already know it is happening in real life!] ***==> Last night I watched another show that was "slightly" similar. It was called "The Listener" (NBC channel). The theme is a man who felt cursed due to being able to read minds since a child. He had to learn how to block out all the thoughts of others around him. But now as an adult he is a paramedic & uses these skills to help solve, prevent or help in crime cases he runs across. He too is afraid to tell friends & this is getting in his way w/ a relationship. It is clean w/ great morals so far. (episode 1 & 2 aired last night) So the theme is slightly the same. Maybe NBC (who's ratings are trash right now) has read this site & decided they might get Eli's viewers if they create a show "like it". They are not giving credit to God for this talent, unlike in Eli, maybe due to fear of complaints from athiest who complained about Eli "pushing God into their lives". Well I AM TIRED OF SHOWS PUSHING EVIL INTO MY LIFE/HOUSE! If they dont like a show w/ God as a player....CHANGE THE CHANNEL! It is time we keep SHOUTING that we want GOOD CLEAN MORAL SHOWS & NOT THE TRASH THEY ARE PUSHING ALMOST 24/7! Give US a choice! **Take a look at this new show. Maybe if it continues on the same clean theme NBC will keep it going longer than one season (unlike Eli) ==> Maybe ABC might re-consider bringing it back to stay in competition? [ps did anyone get an email from a actress on Eli who was OUTRAGGED about the show? It sounded like a child who had a "peer presure" problem on the set & blamed it on the show vs. the creaps who harassed her.]

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:47:08 +0000

I say that sometimes what we see on TV is just that. I love acting. I find that people are people, even actors. I worked this show and it destroyed my life. I was a girl sick and striving to put my life in order after beating cancer. I was taking classes to build websites and I was happy with what I was doing. From my perspective the egotistical actions of individuals affiliated with this show robbed me of my security and my hope and everything I fought the disease. They did not know I was a survivor, but the background did, including a young woman determined to make it as a character on the show. She made fun of me when I was sick and adjusting. She would do things like when I politely told someone we were taping, who happened to be in production, she took credit for my actions. She was a political on the show and knew people there already. Lied about it to me, and her friends laughed about what happened. I got tripped on a set with crew from this show and had my knees banged up. I am walking now, because I am a fighter. I've heard that she and another girl wanted me gone. How stupid is that? I had told people there I was not coming back to the show. I am a pacifist, and I believed in this show, until they stuck a knife in my back after I stood up for it. I lost over $10,000 because of this shows actions, and the agents this company hired. They also treated me inhumanely. I never acted like I was owed anything but justice. The woman they wanted to make into a charcter, acted like she had the right to destroy my life.

By: gionata

gionata — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:58:21 +0000

here in italy tv shows are very stupid (very, very, very much)....they talk about a false and overmoral reality, without any special event (like a lawer talking with god, for example, or a guy who can't touch his girlfriend without killing her XD), and they do it in the worstest way i ever seen...there are only two or three themes (love, love, love, love, medical division, crime investigation), obviously copied by your american most successful shows...and all the shows seem to be written by the author of Beautiful....if you understand what i mean....
so i decided, many years ago, to watch your amazing series, without waiting for an ipothetical translation for our private network...eli stone it's been buyed by our Berlusconi...and till 2 weeks it will start from the first episode...
i watched all the episode, till the last one...and now...after two new entries from the terrific and unforgivable dawson's creek!, they closed the show?!
cross your fingers people....and stay tuned...

By: Suzy Q

Suzy Q — Tue, 26 May 2009 00:15:02 +0000

I can't believe ABC have cancelled another good show. In England the show is a hit but the UK networks had the sense to air it at a time kids could watch it to i.e. 8pm. and they have rerun the show at 7pm.
ABC, why do you always seem to cancel the shows people want to see. Reality TV is getting annoying, I do not want to see reality TV that now seems so staged and rehursed. Get a grip and show good drama shows that the whole family can enjoy!!!

By: Murtaza Rawat

Murtaza Rawat — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:44:30 +0000

Please bring back Eli Stone. its one show i LOVE watching and was so awesome. I love that there are morals in the show!

if you want, i can list other show that u can replace it with!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sat, 16 May 2009 00:28:54 +0000

it's THE Best show i ever watch on tv, it's aired here in KUWAIT, and have alot of Fans, i hope ABC will think about it, and bring it again, coz there's alots of shows deserve a cancelation, not this show..

By: Luke

Luke — Sat, 02 May 2009 11:20:16 +0000

Eli should take the ABC to court!! We want more!!

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:10:39 +0000

Eli Stone should not be cancelled. Bringing some faith in these recession days is so important to cheer depressed hearts. Eli stone is a coach and we all need him badly. The show is amazing and should not be cancelled. All my love to every single person worked on this show.