The CW television network just had it's fall upfront presentation and absent from it's fall schedule is "Veronica Mars".
In the post-presentation press conference, the CW's president confirmed that "Veronica Mars" has been cancelled. She admited that she is talking to VM creator Rob Thomas and Kristen Bell (VM, herself) about another project, not necessarily related to VM, but that it's very unlikely that that is going to go anywhere.
While we did get 3 years of "Veronica Mars", which is a far better treatment than an intelligent, quirky, ratings-challenged show would have received on other networks (read: Fox), it's a let-down of an end. The show finished shooting months ago when there was still a good possibility of it coming back next year, so there will be no closure. Thankfully, at least the last episode is not supposed to be a cliff-hanger. However, this series, which is known for it's season-long, intelligent, and twisty murder cases, will end it's run with five stand-alone episodes. It doesn't feel like the right way to go out.
I will greatly miss the banter of Veronica and her father, Keith. I'll leave you with two of my favorite exchanges.
Veronica: And...?
Keith: Who's your Daddy?
Veronica: I hate it when you say that.
Keith: This is important... you remember this... I used to be cool.
Veronica: When?
Keith: '77. Trans-Am, Blue Oyster Cult in the 8-track. Foxy, stacked blond riding shotgun. Racing for pink slips. Wait a minute, I'm thinking of a Springsteen song. Scratch everything. I was never cool.
Veronica: I don't know which bothers me more, "foxy" or "stacked".
Keith: So how was your date?
Veronica: Oh, you know. Lousy conversation, but the sex was fantastic!
Keith: That's not funny.
Veronica: I don't know. I'm pretty sure it was.
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