Happy Town, ABC's small-town mystery that plays like a blander Twin Peaks, will be pulled from the network's schedule following this week's episode, then won't return until June 2. But Sam Neill was just getting started doing his grizzled thing! I'd feign surprise, except that a show just like Happy Town failed last year at this very time. Can you help solve this sad caper?
Harper's Island. Remember it? CBS's whodunit about a mysterious isle and a cast of characters knocked off one by one every week? No? You're silly. It was built as an interactive mystery where viewers could chat with the bumped-off cast member every week online. I think I was busy watching Kris Allen ballads on YouTube and crying into huge bowls of ice cream at the time.
Now, if ABC wanted to bring back whodunits that I'd actually watch, they'd reboot The Mole again and properly promote it. The season six petition begins here! And maybe ends. Who's got Anderson Cooper's BBM pin number?
'Happy Town' Bumped [Zap2It]