One of my favourite things, this time of year, is The Cancellation Bear on Twitter. @TheCancelBear follows the season’s new American tv shows, and contextualises their ratings in terms of whether or not the bear will get to eat them. The Bear is sad because FOREVER’s ratings mean it will not be an imminent meal. Given how insane the network pilot process is — and, having been involved in one pilot that didn’t make it to air and still cost an unrecoupable four million dollars, I know a little whereof I speak — Cancellation Bear may be the only sensible response to what has become a major cultural sporting event.