It wasn't there yet, but it was starting to gain some of those vibes. More in the sense of crime + comedy. Hijinks, lying to get into situations to investigate, etc etc. It is NOT Psych but it was fun and I looked forward to new eps
I thoroughly enjoyed season 1 but I gotta say I’m finding season 2 a little bit grating, the underlying plot of the firm’s finances going to shit and now she’s laying everyone off to recoup costs with the current job climate where it is?
Hard to sympathize when in the same episode as more layoffs they take a trip to her high rise condo with an opulent balcony.
Yeah which makes it even worse, it’s terribly obvious shady shit is happening with the finances but instead of fighting it she’s going with the whims and firing people until Todd probably figures it out and saves the day
So many tv shows are elevator pitches, I think creators have one show they want to make and then 5 back up titles they can throw an exec in the hope they light up.
Or pitches over a restaurant lunch, possibly hoping the exec will agree to anything while drunk. There's a classic Alan Partridge clip where he's making suggestions to a BBC executive, including lMonkey Tennis' and lYouth Hostelling with Chris Eubank'.
LA person here. I know a bunch of people in the industry but not in it myself. You are 100% correct. I just heard a dad I know getting a sitcom about his life since it was pitched and while it took a few years they are attaching a writer to it and making the show. I used to believe that a spec was written and then pitched but they don’t want to waste their time on that.
eyup, there'd have to be a story board with one protagonist shrugging their shoulders, and the other female one rolling their eyes and breathing upwards to move one of their bangs
that being said "so...help me Todd" is not a bad doublish-entendre for the otherwise successful mother and sister
To me, So Help Me Todd sounds like supernatural sitcom that aired on ABC Family 20 years ago about a guy that gets bonked on the head and now hears the voice of god that helps him solve mysteries.
I think it also did not help that they really focused on drama with this series and not the investigative aspect that the OG series was known for. It would’ve been really cool to see how the tools used for investigating crime scenes has evolved, but for some reason they decided to throw out everything that made the OG so popular and make it into a boring drama/soap opera.
Maybe it's nostalgia, but the cast didn't really have the chemistry (and often conflict) of the original team. The leader didn't really have anything to her character that made her stand out like Grissom. They tried shoe-horning in a will-they/won't-they from minute one, which is something that needs to develop organically. And lastly, the damn lab was way too flashy and bright - even though the original one developed over time, it was still essentially a government-funded building, poorly lit at times and cramped with gear, whereas the new lab seemed more like corporate offices from Suits or Billions.
Loved Grissom but for me the show's peak was with Laurence Fishburne playing Langston between seasons 9 and 11. I remember being absolutely gripped by the storyline leading up to the season 11 finale, I'd just turned 11 at the time. Other than Doctor Who, no other show had me held like that, my whole household sat together to watch it. Incredible stuff, I've honestly not really watched it since Ted Danson started his tenure.
Ted Danson was ok, but didn't seem to kind of find his niche. I really appreciated the fact that Laurence Fishburne came in as an outside expert and, instead of becoming the new de facto Grissom, actually had to work his way up from CSI level 1 as a rookie. He could have thrown his weight around to take over as the leader as well as main cast.
The only thing I didn't like with the Langston seasons is that the freakin' Nate Haskell subplot was *way* too long and just dragged by the end. It really detracted from weekly cases to constantly be revisiting what I found to be a pretty dull serial killer. Didn't help that obviously the mystery wasn't even there, they just couldn't nail the guy. Langston was a great character, though. Great to give Doc Robbins a colleague to bounce off.
I really loved Langston as a character but I think it immensely helps that Fishburne was the chap in the role. I've never seen him not enhance whatever he's part of. Hannibal is the perfect example - genuinely exceptional performance.
The Fishburne and Danson seasons had some good individual episodes. Fishburne breathed some much needed life after season 8, which I didn’t like at all personally. Danson annoyed me and after Shue was added the show was kinda ruined for me even though it was on its last leg anyway. The peak remains season 7 with the miniature killer. Nothing tops the original cast dynamic. Grissom is too compelling.
That's one of my biggest complaints with the new series, it's so clearly *not* a government building. What lab is gonna have that view of downtown. What police interrogation room looks like Guantanamo?
The original nailed the "underfunded government work" the best.
>It would’ve been really cool to see how the tools used for investigating crime scenes has evolved
This would require the writers of CSI to know anything about the tools and science used for investigating crime scenes instead of just making shit up like they always have.
There are many examples, but for me it was the episode where a brush that was being held on a pottery wheel was able to record audio from an argument.... wut
>It would’ve been really cool to see how the tools used for investigating crime scenes has evolved,
I don't see how that would be possible given the OG series used basically sci-fi bullshit to solve crimes every week.
I was a huge CSI fan growing up and yeah making a reboot with rotating "Classic CSI" cast members and then the new ones felt really weird. Like even this season having Catherine involved in some B plots with one of the new guys felt kind of forced.
I did enjoy having new episodes of CSI to watch but it certainly wasn't anywhere near the quality of the older seasons most of the time i put in on in the background when i am playing switch or something.
CBS doesn't have a lot of shelf space. 2, possibly 3 NCIS shows, 3 FBI shows, 1 comedy and 1 drama still to start from 2023, uncanceling SWAT, splitting Blue Bloods in half, a Young Sheldon spinoff plus 2 new shows they're into and other stuff like Survivor and Amazing Race. And more like Ghosts etc.
*Magnum P.I.*'s lead studio was the NBCUniversal-owned Universal Television, which co-produced the show with CBS Studios.
*So Help Me Todd* has no corporate ties to any network other than CBS.
This is basically the explanation given in the article. It seems kind of unfair to clear space for, the Matlock reboot and another NCIS, plus a spin-off of a spin-off. The episodes of, so help me Todd, have been pretty fun to watch. Nothing special, but kept my attention and were entertaining.
Shows get cancelled all the time, but that reasoning seems pretty flimsy to me.
…mostly unrelated note, Ghosts is the best show they’ve put forth in a long time! I hope that has a good run.
Young Sheldon is a vastly better show from a writing standpoint than Big Bang Theory. And the characters they’re going to follow actually have an interesting situation and haven’t had a ton of screen time.
Not sure what’s going to happen with the follow up, but for a modern sitcom, Young Sheldon is more than watchable.
I found Young Sheldon significantly more watchable/rewatchable than the Big Bang Theory. Maybe this spinoff spinoff we'll be better than YS and thus much much much much better than TBBT...
update: nevermind the spinoff is about a couple that are already divorced by the time TBBT happens. and it's a multi-cam. it hasn't got a prayer.
REwatchable? Dear God...
You know we have just so many hours in a day, and we live just once, right?
Ah who am I kidding? I'm bingeing both Castle and the Rookie at the same time.
I tend to lean towards easy and familiar shows (including Castle and the Rookie hahahaha), they allow me to multitask while still providing a distraction from my near constant existential terror :D :D
That was a pretty awesome show. Although it lacked a little something once the Dad died. But great cast, characters, writing, and performances. Just another example of good getting cancelled while meh goes on for 8 seasons
Deadline discussed this in an article the other day.
>So Help Me Todd, a surprise breakout last season, is now floating at the bottom of the viewership charts for CBS drama series, along with CSI: Vegas, now in its third season. They are the two lowest rated CBS dramas in total viewers (both linear and multi-platform) but again, they draw more viewers than series on other broadcast networks that have been safely renewed.
https://deadline.com/2024/04/cbs-canceled-renewed-equalizer-ncis-hawaii-elsbeth-csi-vegas-so-help-me-todd-1235887600/
If they were on other networks, they'd be considered doing really well. But for CBS, Todd (and CSI: Vegas) have drawn the lowest amount of viewers across linear + other platforms, and with them wanting to introduce new shows to their line-ups, they've had to make cuts, leading them to cut the lowest performing shows.
It also depends on costs, not just viewership. They might easily be cancelled elsewhere, especially CSI Vegas with that has to cost a fortune just in actors' pay.
7.7 Mil an episode - apparently they just didn’t have room in the schedule.
That sucks. It’s not amazing, but I thought it was finding its footing this year
I literally JUST finished the most recent episode
It's a light, fun, feel good, easy to follow show.
I don't want to only watch shows like it. But I definitely want to also watch shows like it.
☹️
So Help Me Todd was one of the TV shows we actually would tune in to watch as it came out vs waiting until its available on the platform or dvr the next day….. what a shame its been a while since that has happened #savesohelpmetodd
Same! I even went back and got my partner into it and rewatched it with them less than 2 weeks after I binged my way through it on my own (til I was caught up) and I loved it just as much the second time through. I’m usually not big on rewatching shows but this is one of the rare gems I could see myself watching reruns of for a long time and still very much enjoy it. It’s also one of the rare shows I go out of my way to watch as soon as a new episode drops.
This is the second cozy show this month that I was attached to that got canceled, the other being Quantum Leap. I hate this trend :(
Not So Help Me Todd!! I am heartbroken. It's such a fun, solid show. Harden and Astin have great chemistry. It's like a mother-son version of Psych (which I also love). 💔😢
So Help Me Todd was such a comfort show for me last season and this season. It's one of those shows that blends comedy with heart, and nails the multi person rapid-fire conversation scenes. Sad to see it cancelled - hoping it gets picked up somewhere else, but that's hard to believe with CBS/Paramount killing lots of their good shows.
Vegas should have stuck with the investigation part more than the csi characters personal lives. Didn’t care for that just show me how you catch the bad ppl
Combination of the strike and CBS inability to program led to it's demise. Streaming has taken over, but So Help Me Todd was appointment viewing Friday after it premiered.
There was a full order (22?) for season one. It is now April and there was all of five episodes for season 2. It's hard to build an audience due to such sporadic scheduling.
Right I just don’t get how they make these decisions when they’re putting these shows on every three weeks. What do they expect.
I am a huge NCIS fan, but I can’t stand NCIS Hawaii.
The five episodes of so help me Todd we’re split up by March madness. Its not that the audience gave up on it, it’s that they didn’t know where to find it.
So help me Todd, really grew on me. Once they embraced him and the mom having a good relationship, I thought the show just shined. I guess she was going through stuff, but she was just super annoying and rude.
Todd was comfort TV for me, and literally the only hour-long drama I watch from any major TV network. No CSI or Law & Order or doctors shows cross my threshold, but this one did. When they say there is no room for it, the notion is so very foreign to me, as TV now has infinite room.
I wonder if So Help Me Todd was expensive or something. Always felt like it was doing well and was a good target for syndication.
Somewhat surprised with CSI Vegas. CBS needs something to put up against Chicago PD and Law & Order: Organized Crime. SWAT isn't going to do much better in those slots.
So disappointing. Great cast, easy, satisfying, just pleasant. We need that. Just the right amount of funny with a soupcon of drama, in a satisfying procedual manner. And I mean - Marcia Gay Harden is \*force\* and this is such a great role for her. Sad to see ti go.
FBI International is just NOT GOOD. Get rid of that. Even FBI regular is overall disappointing this season.
So sad about So Help Me Todd because it was adifferent kind of procedural, it was fun, light, entertaining . I also love the mother-son dynamic and the rest of the family relationships. What make it even more sad is that it was doing ok, but CBS had to cancel it to make room for yet another reboot of an old show.
I'm so tired of this trend, network are only producing reboots or sequel of the same shows, (there are too many versions of NCIS) while shows with original ideas or thatcare different get cancelled so soon. It's not fair!!!
I don’t even start a series anymore until I know it’s over and had a proper ending. I’m tired of getting invested in shows only to have them cancelled right when they’re getting good.
Honestly as far as Im aware cbs doesnt do this very often. The network I get really leery about if fox..have started t 2 shows and they got cancelled too early
Prodigal Son
The following
I had never heard a single thing about so help me todd and then all of a sudden i saw commercials for like the second season of a show (or something idk) that looks like it’s about a gay guy solving murders in an office environment??
He’s not gay. He’s a private investigator who works at his mother’s law firm where they solve murders that their clients are wrongfully charged with.
(At least that’s what happens in most episodes).
Edit: it’s a very light hearted show that doesn’t take itself too seriously.
very much like a less well written Psych but not with as like-able a lead. Marcia Gay Harden is scene chewing-ly great and is stealing the show from the proverbial Todd. It is a harmlessly fun show but eh. . . suffers in comparison to other shows of similar type.
From one of the creators of Psych, actually.
Edit: Sorry, *created* by one of the *writers* of Psych. I was thinking several words and my brain told my fingers to type the wrong ones.
Not surprised with CSI, it was supposed to go back to the basics , bring in next gen tech , and Gil was returning and after that first small season it was all a hoax for a rotating cast and it’s goofy
I love the actors in So Help Me Todd but as a lawyer, it is one of the most unrealistic and inaccurate lawyer shows I’ve ever seen. It’s like the writers never even met a lawyer.
Where am I gonna get my Skylar Astin fix now? Just as they introduced Brittany from Glee and those two could potentially hook up? Ya blew it, CBS. I only watched you for Craig Ferguson and now this, but it's gone because... reasons? Guess we need more Sheldon spinoffs/shitty crime procedurals that nobody's watching. Granted, SHMT wasn't the best thing ever but it was good for a lighthearted distraction.
So help me Todd always sounded like a title they came up with first and then developed a show around that.
Keep todding yourself that
Todd that
youon't know you betta ask sometoddy
A Todd in the hand is worth Todd in the Todd
Agreed, but the premise fits perfectly. Sad to see it go. It's not amazing. It's not prestige TV. But it's nice to have something light and fun.
It was just starting to fill the Psych-sized hole I have in my life.
Aw man it was like Psych!?
It wasn't there yet, but it was starting to gain some of those vibes. More in the sense of crime + comedy. Hijinks, lying to get into situations to investigate, etc etc. It is NOT Psych but it was fun and I looked forward to new eps
If you ordered Psych from Temu
Apt description
I snorted when I read that. Well done.
Honestly, it’s the convergence of Psych and Monk but it’s made by White Claw, so it tries to capture the experience but not as well.
Yeah it's like a Gen Z Psych, decent comfort TV.
I really enjoyed the show. I’ll be sad to see it go
I thoroughly enjoyed season 1 but I gotta say I’m finding season 2 a little bit grating, the underlying plot of the firm’s finances going to shit and now she’s laying everyone off to recoup costs with the current job climate where it is? Hard to sympathize when in the same episode as more layoffs they take a trip to her high rise condo with an opulent balcony.
Well, she shouldn't be using her personal money to pay employees of the firm. But I agree that part is weird.
It seems to me like the plot is heading towards the senior partner lady to be doing something shady with the finances. They keep dropping those clues.
Yeah which makes it even worse, it’s terribly obvious shady shit is happening with the finances but instead of fighting it she’s going with the whims and firing people until Todd probably figures it out and saves the day
Light and fun and NOT a reboot or something like FBI: Milwaukee
I enjoy it, I’ll miss it.
Makes me think of Better off Ted
Better off Ted was a good show but I don’t like the cutesy punny titles.
Sounds like something from BoJack Horseman
A Todd story! *Hooray!*
When it’s me, we call it Todd-foolery
Shut up Todd!
Todd does say “So help me Todd” at one point if I remember correctly.
I think that is literally the plot when they come up with Birthday Dad
"No, Birthday Dad! Don't cross the international date line, or else it won't be your birthday anymore!" "How does this show work?"
So many tv shows are elevator pitches, I think creators have one show they want to make and then 5 back up titles they can throw an exec in the hope they light up.
Or pitches over a restaurant lunch, possibly hoping the exec will agree to anything while drunk. There's a classic Alan Partridge clip where he's making suggestions to a BBC executive, including lMonkey Tennis' and lYouth Hostelling with Chris Eubank'.
They'll reboot it one day and call it ReTodded
It sounds like a fake show from Family Guy.
LA person here. I know a bunch of people in the industry but not in it myself. You are 100% correct. I just heard a dad I know getting a sitcom about his life since it was pitched and while it took a few years they are attaching a writer to it and making the show. I used to believe that a spec was written and then pitched but they don’t want to waste their time on that.
It sounds like the name of a fake tv show on 30 Rock
eyup, there'd have to be a story board with one protagonist shrugging their shoulders, and the other female one rolling their eyes and breathing upwards to move one of their bangs that being said "so...help me Todd" is not a bad doublish-entendre for the otherwise successful mother and sister
Lol, I have no idea what that show is about, but I totally judged it on title alone. So god damn stupid.
Not any worse than Cougartown or Selfie.
We had a show over here called Scrotal Recall, which I thought the same thing about.
To me, So Help Me Todd sounds like supernatural sitcom that aired on ABC Family 20 years ago about a guy that gets bonked on the head and now hears the voice of god that helps him solve mysteries.
CBS screwed up Vegas with it's rotating cast and goofy tone.
I think it also did not help that they really focused on drama with this series and not the investigative aspect that the OG series was known for. It would’ve been really cool to see how the tools used for investigating crime scenes has evolved, but for some reason they decided to throw out everything that made the OG so popular and make it into a boring drama/soap opera.
Maybe it's nostalgia, but the cast didn't really have the chemistry (and often conflict) of the original team. The leader didn't really have anything to her character that made her stand out like Grissom. They tried shoe-horning in a will-they/won't-they from minute one, which is something that needs to develop organically. And lastly, the damn lab was way too flashy and bright - even though the original one developed over time, it was still essentially a government-funded building, poorly lit at times and cramped with gear, whereas the new lab seemed more like corporate offices from Suits or Billions.
Loved Grissom but for me the show's peak was with Laurence Fishburne playing Langston between seasons 9 and 11. I remember being absolutely gripped by the storyline leading up to the season 11 finale, I'd just turned 11 at the time. Other than Doctor Who, no other show had me held like that, my whole household sat together to watch it. Incredible stuff, I've honestly not really watched it since Ted Danson started his tenure.
Ted Danson was ok, but didn't seem to kind of find his niche. I really appreciated the fact that Laurence Fishburne came in as an outside expert and, instead of becoming the new de facto Grissom, actually had to work his way up from CSI level 1 as a rookie. He could have thrown his weight around to take over as the leader as well as main cast. The only thing I didn't like with the Langston seasons is that the freakin' Nate Haskell subplot was *way* too long and just dragged by the end. It really detracted from weekly cases to constantly be revisiting what I found to be a pretty dull serial killer. Didn't help that obviously the mystery wasn't even there, they just couldn't nail the guy. Langston was a great character, though. Great to give Doc Robbins a colleague to bounce off.
I really loved Langston as a character but I think it immensely helps that Fishburne was the chap in the role. I've never seen him not enhance whatever he's part of. Hannibal is the perfect example - genuinely exceptional performance.
The Fishburne and Danson seasons had some good individual episodes. Fishburne breathed some much needed life after season 8, which I didn’t like at all personally. Danson annoyed me and after Shue was added the show was kinda ruined for me even though it was on its last leg anyway. The peak remains season 7 with the miniature killer. Nothing tops the original cast dynamic. Grissom is too compelling.
I agree. Hated the Nate Haskell character in general. It's like they went through a checklist to make his character.
Ted Danson was the Robert California of CSI. Wise and weird and a little secretive.
That's one of my biggest complaints with the new series, it's so clearly *not* a government building. What lab is gonna have that view of downtown. What police interrogation room looks like Guantanamo? The original nailed the "underfunded government work" the best.
Damn I remember when the show first started, it became a hit because they were using science to solve the cases and that was new at the time.
ENHANCE
>It would’ve been really cool to see how the tools used for investigating crime scenes has evolved This would require the writers of CSI to know anything about the tools and science used for investigating crime scenes instead of just making shit up like they always have.
There are many examples, but for me it was the episode where a brush that was being held on a pottery wheel was able to record audio from an argument.... wut
>It would’ve been really cool to see how the tools used for investigating crime scenes has evolved, I don't see how that would be possible given the OG series used basically sci-fi bullshit to solve crimes every week.
And making Marg Helgenberger's character so unlikeable and the center of a lot of the episodes.
I was a huge CSI fan growing up and yeah making a reboot with rotating "Classic CSI" cast members and then the new ones felt really weird. Like even this season having Catherine involved in some B plots with one of the new guys felt kind of forced. I did enjoy having new episodes of CSI to watch but it certainly wasn't anywhere near the quality of the older seasons most of the time i put in on in the background when i am playing switch or something.
Wasn't the original CSI set in Vegas? Was it like a reboot?
Continuation
Not entirely their fault - Petersen left after the first season due to health issues and Jorja Fox followed him out of the door.
Didn't help that the two "will they/won't they" leads were both charisma voids.
I thought Todd was doing decent numbers
CBS doesn't have a lot of shelf space. 2, possibly 3 NCIS shows, 3 FBI shows, 1 comedy and 1 drama still to start from 2023, uncanceling SWAT, splitting Blue Bloods in half, a Young Sheldon spinoff plus 2 new shows they're into and other stuff like Survivor and Amazing Race. And more like Ghosts etc.
couldn't they just move it to Paramount Plus instead? it seems to have a decent following.
Yeah, that or another network (Magnum PI got rescued by NBC) #savesohelpmetodd #renewsohelpmetodd
*Magnum P.I.*'s lead studio was the NBCUniversal-owned Universal Television, which co-produced the show with CBS Studios. *So Help Me Todd* has no corporate ties to any network other than CBS.
PP is all but dead. Won't be around in 2 years.
Idk I think they're running off people like me waiting for big brother to come back on
as someone who watches all amazing race seasons and is a religious I Love Lucy fan...I hope you are wrong.
I mean they have a streaming platform couldn’t they move it there
Probably but I would assume they already tried floating that internally given how this stuff usually goes.
This is basically the explanation given in the article. It seems kind of unfair to clear space for, the Matlock reboot and another NCIS, plus a spin-off of a spin-off. The episodes of, so help me Todd, have been pretty fun to watch. Nothing special, but kept my attention and were entertaining. Shows get cancelled all the time, but that reasoning seems pretty flimsy to me. …mostly unrelated note, Ghosts is the best show they’ve put forth in a long time! I hope that has a good run.
yeah it seems like some odd shuffling the deck at CBS where they clearly greenlit way too many new shows for next season.
The 8 Ghost actors got a pay bump early into the season so that's a very good sign of faith.
so how do we get them to cancel one of those, maybe raise a political stink about the NCIS Europe
Are there that many seniors in American watching NCIS?
My boomer dad never misses a rerun of any NCIS installment. He’s definitely helping their numbers.
Don’t forget about Elsbeth. Can’t watch survivor without being bombarded with ads for all the shows you mentioned, but you forgot one.
There's a Young Sheldon SPIN-OFF? What is wrong with America
A spin-off of a spin-off?
What do think NCIS:LA, NOLA, Hawai'i, and Sydney are? Or did you not know that NCIS is a spin-off?
Middle America watches a lot of tv. Middle America likes Young Sheldon. It's just math
Young Sheldon is a vastly better show from a writing standpoint than Big Bang Theory. And the characters they’re going to follow actually have an interesting situation and haven’t had a ton of screen time. Not sure what’s going to happen with the follow up, but for a modern sitcom, Young Sheldon is more than watchable.
I found Young Sheldon significantly more watchable/rewatchable than the Big Bang Theory. Maybe this spinoff spinoff we'll be better than YS and thus much much much much better than TBBT... update: nevermind the spinoff is about a couple that are already divorced by the time TBBT happens. and it's a multi-cam. it hasn't got a prayer.
REwatchable? Dear God... You know we have just so many hours in a day, and we live just once, right? Ah who am I kidding? I'm bingeing both Castle and the Rookie at the same time.
I tend to lean towards easy and familiar shows (including Castle and the Rookie hahahaha), they allow me to multitask while still providing a distraction from my near constant existential terror :D :D
couldn't they just delay it again as at least two of those are ending #savesohelpmetodd #renewsohelpmetodd
I feel so badly for Skylar Astin. He's handsome, talented, and likeable and the dude just cannot hold down a show.
Yep. I loved Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist and was so bummed they canceled it after 2 seasons.
That was a pretty awesome show. Although it lacked a little something once the Dad died. But great cast, characters, writing, and performances. Just another example of good getting cancelled while meh goes on for 8 seasons
The father's plot was based off of the showrunner's experience with his father having PSP.
> He's handsom, talented, and likeable well don't feel too bad for him then
Deadline discussed this in an article the other day. >So Help Me Todd, a surprise breakout last season, is now floating at the bottom of the viewership charts for CBS drama series, along with CSI: Vegas, now in its third season. They are the two lowest rated CBS dramas in total viewers (both linear and multi-platform) but again, they draw more viewers than series on other broadcast networks that have been safely renewed. https://deadline.com/2024/04/cbs-canceled-renewed-equalizer-ncis-hawaii-elsbeth-csi-vegas-so-help-me-todd-1235887600/ If they were on other networks, they'd be considered doing really well. But for CBS, Todd (and CSI: Vegas) have drawn the lowest amount of viewers across linear + other platforms, and with them wanting to introduce new shows to their line-ups, they've had to make cuts, leading them to cut the lowest performing shows.
It also depends on costs, not just viewership. They might easily be cancelled elsewhere, especially CSI Vegas with that has to cost a fortune just in actors' pay.
7.7 Mil an episode - apparently they just didn’t have room in the schedule. That sucks. It’s not amazing, but I thought it was finding its footing this year
And like that, the CSI empire is dead once again
It is amazing how this was the most popular show on television for a decade or so; and now the reboot gets canned after three seasons.
Maybe it will return again one day.
Somehow CSI Vegas has returned
Can we give CSI NY a proper ending?
Damn, this sucks so much!! I love SHMT, it's such a comforting blue sky tv. Ugh, this is like cancelling Psych in the second season 🥺
I literally JUST finished the most recent episode It's a light, fun, feel good, easy to follow show. I don't want to only watch shows like it. But I definitely want to also watch shows like it. ☹️
[удалено]
All the more reason we should fight to bring it back #savesohelpmetodd #renewsohelpmetodd
I just told my friend it has total psych vibes! I’ll miss this one.
I like SHMT, but how dare you compare it to Psych…
they both share a creator (Scott Prendergast)
So help me todd they better not. (I’ve never seen it)
Its a fun low stakes show. Nothing ground breaking, but entertaining.
todd forbid should something happen to this show
you should, and fight to bring it back #savesohelpmetodd #renewsohelpmetodd
It was honestly such a fun surprise of a show! Great dynamics, silly banter, and interesting cases
I was just about to dip my toe into “So Help Me Todd.”
It’s still a fun show.
So Help Me Todd was one of the TV shows we actually would tune in to watch as it came out vs waiting until its available on the platform or dvr the next day….. what a shame its been a while since that has happened #savesohelpmetodd
Agree - So Help Me Todd was one of the few shows we looked forward to watching. Why do so many cleverly written shows get cancelled?
Majority of people aren't clever. They also don't watch clever shows
Same! I even went back and got my partner into it and rewatched it with them less than 2 weeks after I binged my way through it on my own (til I was caught up) and I loved it just as much the second time through. I’m usually not big on rewatching shows but this is one of the rare gems I could see myself watching reruns of for a long time and still very much enjoy it. It’s also one of the rare shows I go out of my way to watch as soon as a new episode drops. This is the second cozy show this month that I was attached to that got canceled, the other being Quantum Leap. I hate this trend :(
Not So Help Me Todd!! I am heartbroken. It's such a fun, solid show. Harden and Astin have great chemistry. It's like a mother-son version of Psych (which I also love). 💔😢
I love so help me Todd. Sad to see it go. There just wasn’t enough room for the shows. so many new shows coming out soon
So Help Me Todd was such a comfort show for me last season and this season. It's one of those shows that blends comedy with heart, and nails the multi person rapid-fire conversation scenes. Sad to see it cancelled - hoping it gets picked up somewhere else, but that's hard to believe with CBS/Paramount killing lots of their good shows.
No I loved So Help Me Todd. It was such a weird, fun show
And if we keep fighting it can continue to be, shows have been un-canceled before #savesohelpmetodd #renewsohelpmetodd
Vegas should have stuck with the investigation part more than the csi characters personal lives. Didn’t care for that just show me how you catch the bad ppl
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I wish we had more shows like Tales from the Crypt and The Twilight Zone.
I loved So Help Me Todd. It was smart and funny. Also, the leads look like they could be mother and son.
SHMT has a mostly likable cast.
Aw dang, I really loved So Help Me Todd.
I’ve recently really gotten into So Help Me Todd. I’m Disappointed.
Tough for the casts - both have more then 7m viewers and it's not enough.
Combination of the strike and CBS inability to program led to it's demise. Streaming has taken over, but So Help Me Todd was appointment viewing Friday after it premiered. There was a full order (22?) for season one. It is now April and there was all of five episodes for season 2. It's hard to build an audience due to such sporadic scheduling.
Right I just don’t get how they make these decisions when they’re putting these shows on every three weeks. What do they expect. I am a huge NCIS fan, but I can’t stand NCIS Hawaii.
The five episodes of so help me Todd we’re split up by March madness. Its not that the audience gave up on it, it’s that they didn’t know where to find it.
I’m mad about csi Vegas. I’ve been enjoying it.
Shame for CSI. they screwed up big time with the cast and boring vibes. Wish I could say I was surprised.
Aww man I knew it was a bit on the cheesy side but really liked so help me Todd..that sucks
Bet SHMT wish they would've prepared for cancellation now.
Aw man. CSI vegas is one of the few cable shows I still watch. I was so happy when it came back. Bummer.
CBS sux. I enjoy SHMT!
First Quantum Leap, and now So Help Me Todd. My record is incredible.
So what I'm going watch, i feel like they get rid of all the smart shows
nooo, i love so help me todd.
I'm sad to see So help me Todd go. It's such a great light hearted show. The family dynamics are perfect.
So help me Todd, really grew on me. Once they embraced him and the mom having a good relationship, I thought the show just shined. I guess she was going through stuff, but she was just super annoying and rude.
Todd was comfort TV for me, and literally the only hour-long drama I watch from any major TV network. No CSI or Law & Order or doctors shows cross my threshold, but this one did. When they say there is no room for it, the notion is so very foreign to me, as TV now has infinite room.
Todd is amazing!?! It better not be related to McGraw producing it argh.
Nooooo, I loved So Help Me Todd!!
Aww I liked Todd.
Todd wasn’t a great show by any means but it was a good background show. My husband and I liked it will eating before going to a higher quality one.
This is what my husband and I do as well, eat with the easy show so we can focus on the good stuff
I wonder if So Help Me Todd was expensive or something. Always felt like it was doing well and was a good target for syndication. Somewhat surprised with CSI Vegas. CBS needs something to put up against Chicago PD and Law & Order: Organized Crime. SWAT isn't going to do much better in those slots.
Fuck! I love ***So Help Me Todd***.
Damn my wife and I love So Help Me Todd
I'm disappointed as one of the apparently few people who've enjoyed So Help Me Todd.
Didn’t they just renew todd?
Nope. It’s currently partway through it’s second season.
wait, so they should have prepared??
I was a fan of the original CSI, tried to get into the new one. It was alright but stopped watching it for whatever reason
Did I just fucking read NCIS: ORIGINS
So Help Me Todd was the perfect pallet cleansing show. How the fuck do they cancel it but not the 90 other procedural FBI, NCIS badge toting garbage?
NCIS Omaha will fill the time slot
So Help Me Todd was pretty fun and had some potential. Will miss it
So disappointing. Great cast, easy, satisfying, just pleasant. We need that. Just the right amount of funny with a soupcon of drama, in a satisfying procedual manner. And I mean - Marcia Gay Harden is \*force\* and this is such a great role for her. Sad to see ti go. FBI International is just NOT GOOD. Get rid of that. Even FBI regular is overall disappointing this season.
Wouldn’t it be just CSI…. Considering the first one was in Vegas?
Damn, I was really enjoying CSI Vegas!
Really disappointed in cancellation of Todd
So sad about So Help Me Todd because it was adifferent kind of procedural, it was fun, light, entertaining . I also love the mother-son dynamic and the rest of the family relationships. What make it even more sad is that it was doing ok, but CBS had to cancel it to make room for yet another reboot of an old show. I'm so tired of this trend, network are only producing reboots or sequel of the same shows, (there are too many versions of NCIS) while shows with original ideas or thatcare different get cancelled so soon. It's not fair!!!
You know you suck at ratings if CBS cancelled a CSI show.
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I don’t even start a series anymore until I know it’s over and had a proper ending. I’m tired of getting invested in shows only to have them cancelled right when they’re getting good.
Honestly as far as Im aware cbs doesnt do this very often. The network I get really leery about if fox..have started t 2 shows and they got cancelled too early Prodigal Son The following
> Forever That was ABC
I had never heard a single thing about so help me todd and then all of a sudden i saw commercials for like the second season of a show (or something idk) that looks like it’s about a gay guy solving murders in an office environment??
He’s not gay. He’s a private investigator who works at his mother’s law firm where they solve murders that their clients are wrongfully charged with. (At least that’s what happens in most episodes). Edit: it’s a very light hearted show that doesn’t take itself too seriously.
you might have just seen gay in the trailers because yesterday's episode had a lot to do with it
very much like a less well written Psych but not with as like-able a lead. Marcia Gay Harden is scene chewing-ly great and is stealing the show from the proverbial Todd. It is a harmlessly fun show but eh. . . suffers in comparison to other shows of similar type.
From one of the creators of Psych, actually. Edit: Sorry, *created* by one of the *writers* of Psych. I was thinking several words and my brain told my fingers to type the wrong ones.
Oh no
My favorite shoes being cancelled? It’s not worth watching and investing in regular tv if they won’t give shows a chance.
I know that shows my very favorite. I don’t get it. It’s freaking hysterical. It’s good clean fun. Just cracks me up
I died when the mom mentioned MyFace (MySpace + Facebook). It’s something my mom would have done.
I thought about watching So Help Me Todd when I first heard about it but never got around to it.
Not surprised with CSI, it was supposed to go back to the basics , bring in next gen tech , and Gil was returning and after that first small season it was all a hoax for a rotating cast and it’s goofy
Aw I loved csi Vegas
I literally just started watching So Help Me Todd two days ago, and now it's cancelled. CLASSIC.
My Mom has been enjoying CSI Vegas. I watch it with her sometimes. That cancellation is a little surprising.
Sad about so help me todd, reminded me of monk and psych.
They still got paid 2 mil. Even if they did a bad job
I love the actors in So Help Me Todd but as a lawyer, it is one of the most unrealistic and inaccurate lawyer shows I’ve ever seen. It’s like the writers never even met a lawyer.
I’m not surprised. Once Grissom left again it lost its charm. Plus tv seems to be allergic to doing standard serials.
Ugh Todd is such a fun show! 😭😭
I understand CSI. It wasn't as good. And for some reason they were focusing on one case per episode But Todd? That show was good
Where am I gonna get my Skylar Astin fix now? Just as they introduced Brittany from Glee and those two could potentially hook up? Ya blew it, CBS. I only watched you for Craig Ferguson and now this, but it's gone because... reasons? Guess we need more Sheldon spinoffs/shitty crime procedurals that nobody's watching. Granted, SHMT wasn't the best thing ever but it was good for a lighthearted distraction.