I woke up this morning in a cold sweat. Even though it’s last week’s news that “Anchorwoman” had been canceled after it’s first episode, I couldn’t help but have this sense of dread that I was missing something.

I grew up with Fox. I watched the “Simpsons”, “Married With Children”, and “Futurama”. If there is one simple truth in this world, it’s that Fox executives keep shows around that are good or worse. The great shows are canceled before their time. The cancellations of “Firefly” and “Drive” are the two best examples that I can think of.

This leads me to one simple conclusion.

“Anchorwoman” probably would have been the single greatest television show that they ever had the courage to air, if they had allowed it to continue.

Was it brilliant, insightful, or witty? Was the concept so deep and complicated that Fox executives couldn’t comprehend it? They say it was canceled because of ratings, but we’ll never know the truth.