It’s a sad day today. I found out today that Alias will be finished in May, at the conclusion of their 5th season.

I know that some people don’t get the fact that a person can be so attached to a TV show. But I really was. For 4 and a half years, I haven’t missed one episode and have been emotionally drawn into the characters almost like I was part of the story myself.

ABC didn’t actually come out and say that Alias is canceled, instead they announced the “countdown to [the] Alias series finale.” I understand that the ratings fell… but ABC had Alias following Lost last year, and Alias pulled in 10 million viewers. They’re down to 7.7 this year, which when you look at it – being on opposite CBS’s Survivor – really isn’t that bad.

Here’s the kicker. Alias fans are fanatics. They’ll buy anything ABC puts the name Alias on… t-shirts, DVDs, mugs, Alias wigs, screen plays… jesus… they could have a whole frickin business just selling Alias merchandise. In fact, they do.

It’s also sad that the producers (JJ Abrams is too busy writing/directing Mission Impossible 3 to care) aren’t looking to alternative deals with netwoks such as WB, Sci-Fi, Spike, FX, etc. If the show is pulling 7.7 million fanatic viewers in a crappy time-slot, I’ll put money that they’ll pull 5 million of those viewers to a cable channel. That’s a big number for a cable show. But it’s not gonna happen. And it’s sad.

Here’s to the memories…. Thanks Syd.