Forever Canceled

Nooooooo…

How is it possible that Forever: a tv show starring this very pretty man, could be canceled? Sure, some times it was a poor American imitation of English charm. Often it was often schmaltzy. But look at that face. Pretty. In fact, so pretty we never called the show by its given title. Instead, “It’s nine o’clock. PrettyMan is on.” Speaking of names, PrettyMan himself has an absurd Welsh name: Iaon Gubbledrought or something.

Look, ABC, I am fifty two and it takes a lot to catch my eye, and PrettyMan had what it took. I can tell that you groomed him to target my age group. You kept putting him in three piece suits, and those haven’t been fashionable since I was in high school. I know your game.

And then just in case my fifty year old hormones weren’t stimulated yet, you paired him with my teenage crush, Judd Hirsch from Taxi. I’m surprised you didn’t give Peter Tork a recurring role.

So now I’m sad. I won’t get to spend Tuesday nights watching PrettyMan model Facial Hair Through History. No more puffy shirts or outrageous scarves or waistcoats. No more wondering who Judd Hirsch got his Jewish inflections from if he was adopted as a baby.

However, grabbing that photo from IMDB did make we aware that Iaon … Iano … oh, fine I’ll look it up again … Ioan Gruffudd starred with Benedict Cumberbatch in Amazing Grace. So that sounds like a nice Sunday morning snuggled up with some tea and Netflix.