Sci Fi Wire reports on something that always irritates me - pulling a series when there are episodes "in the can":

Fox has again pulled the plug on Tru Calling, taking the supernatural series off the air after the April 21 episode, meaning that viewers who were trying to catch up with the canceled series' last six episodes will miss the final one, TV Guide Online reported.

Look, I understand the whole ratings imperative. At the same time, this kind of thing ticks off a lot of the people that you would like to keep happy. Who am I talking about? People who own and use PVRs (and heck, even people who only have VCRs). Tru Calling has one episode left - so why not air it on a Sunday night at 3 AM? I won't stay up for that, but my ReplayTV will find it. Ditto a show like Firefly or WonderFalls - airing the remaining episodes during slots when no one is watching anyway does no harm to the bottom line, and will yield some amount of positive feelings.

Instead, networks go ahead and do stupid stuff like leaving the last handful of episodes hanging. What's the point?