![]() Except Paul Lee, the president of ABC at a time decided to renew it, along with Agent Carter (I will be getting to this show soon), in an effort to bet on shows that had long term cultural relevance over ratings. Ratings were abysmal and cancellation was all but certain. ABC broadcasted the show two episodes at a time and then it was over. It was a midseason replacement for Once Upon a Time. The entire first season aired in one month, January. The story of Galavant’s miraculous second season goes as such. Television musicals were not a thing and this show knew that it would have a hard time finding an audience. First off it’s a musical, and this is before Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. From the beginning Galavant knows that as a concept it’s a hard sell. There is something kind of refreshing about a show that knows from the get-go that it is doomed. The joy of a great clever show with actors that are obviously enjoying what they do for however long they get to do it. He should have won an Emmy for this performance and no I’m not joking. Omundson has the unenviable task of creating a bad guy who you can root for and even learn to love. He is supremely talented leading a cast of talented actors. The third is one of my favorite actors from Psych and Jericho, Timothy Omundson, the true hero of this show. Joshua Sasse was in the short lived CW show No Tomorrow and Vinnie Jones from another ABC show cancelled before it’s time Deception. Galavant is the first show to have three actors previously featured in Gone Too Soon. I don’t want to spoil them, it’s fun to see familiar faces pop up so keep an eye out. While talking about the cast I would be remiss to not inform you that Galavant loves cameos. All while singing it out and this cast can sing. Everything isn’t as it seems though, the characters are constantly subverting tropes, while developing into two dimensional people instead of just the archetypes they represent. No royal court is complete without a Jester ( Ben Presley), Chef ( Darren Evans), and maidservant ( Sophie McShera, Cinderella). Along with Galavant’s squire, Sid ( Luke Youngblood, Harry Potter and Community) set out on an adventure to defeat King Richard ( Timothy Odmonson, Psych) and his right hand Gareth ( Vinnie Jones Snatch), rescue Galavant’s one true love Madalena ( Mallory Jansen, Agents of Shield).Įveryone in the cast gets their due, including the supporting characters. Galavant ( Joshua Sasse, No Tomorrow) is a knight, who after an unexpected betrayal is convinced by Princess Isabella ( Karen David, Legacies) to help her rescue her kingdom from the man who humiliated him. I have recommended watching many shows that deserve a second chance and obviously I enjoy all of them, why else would I say they were Gone Too Soon, but If you only watch one show that I have written about it deserves to be Galavant. Then they go on to say that no one even thought they would get another season and the odds of them getting decent ratings are nil. This is in the very first song of the season. At one point in the second season it even comments on how the title song “ Galavant” (that was reprised several times over the course of the first season) didn’t win an Emmy so they needed to come up with something new. The first episode of the second season is called “A New Season aka Suck it Cancellation Bear”. What you need to know about Galavant is that the show is painfully aware that it isn’t long for this world. Galavant belongs in a completely different category from any of these ABC shows and that makes its cancelation even sadder. GALAVANT LETS GET LYRICAL TVThese shows are the spiritual successors to Castle and Bones, both shows that I loved, and there isn’t really anything on tv now filling that void. Sure they might have been formulaic, but they had great casts and an interesting twist that would have kept me watching: ie, Take Two, Deception, and Whiskey Cavalier. This week I’m talking about Galavant.Īs we have previously established, ABC is pretty bad about canceling shows that had potential. It stands on its own as a show that I’m just really happy existed in the first place. This week’s show doesn’t really belong in any of those categories. Some shows I am a little bitter about their cancelation ( Stitchers and Class) and some deserved better endings ( Ravenswood and iZombie). I always have feelings attached to the shows that I have deemed Gone Too Soon. ![]()
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