'Life on Mars' producers preview the series finale

ABC's "Life on Mars" has its series finale on Wednesday -- which is a good deal earlier than its creators had hoped. Fans of the show can at least take comfort in the fact that executive producers Josh Appelbaum, Scott Rosenberg and Andre Nemec have had an ending in mind all along.

If you're going to remake a show that was a big hit in another country and has a cult following in this one, it probably helps to have fans of the original at the helm. Such is the case with Life on Mars. More »

I'd wager that about 90 percent, maybe more, of the audience for ABC's Life on Mars premiere Thursday will be people who've never seen the British show on which it's based. But either way, viewers shouldn't be disappointed.