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Mourning the loss of canceled shows

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Okay before we get to today's column, I would like to pause for a moment to have a brief tête-à-tête with the producers of American Idol.

Many of you are worried about Ugly Betty.

The dramedy will get booted off the air on March 26 to make room for Samantha Who? and the new comedy In the Motherhood. (Let me pause for a moment to announce how annoying it is that a show I like gets booted for another show I like. Why couldn't they take Wife Swap off the air to make room for Samantha Who? Booo I say. Boooooo.)

The first season of Privileged comes to a close Tuesday at 9 p.m. on The CW. I'm not going to lie to you  -- I'm worried. Lately it does seem like every new show I like doesn't live to see a second season.  But I want to believe in the vast television landscape there is room for a quality show like Privileged -- a show that combines teen angst, compelling family drama, rocky romances,and  navigating your post-college twenties with the best pop-culture references since I stopped visiting Stars Hollow.

Some of my friends started an email chain this week with the theme being "Why is Lynette always such a bitch?"

They were talking, of course, about Desperate Housewives.

Love makes the TV story line go 'round.

Without it, the supply closets would go unused on Grey's Anatomy. The siblings would all only have each other to fight on Brothers & Sisters. Ted wouldn't have anything to talk to his children about on How I Met Your Mother. And Gossip Girl's website would be empty.

The remote to TV disappointment is paved with high expectations.

That's the best way I can sum up the post-Super Bowl episode of The Office that will air this Sunday on NBC at approximately 10:30 p.m. ET.

No.

It's not just because Sawyer spends the entire episode without his shirt on.