http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/06/11/The-Loop--Crash-and-Burn.aspx What fruit loop okayed this series?  He or she must be real loopy.  Okay, I’m out of loop jokes — but so is THE LOOP. There was a rumor flying around the television business a year or so ago that a consortium of network executives had contacted the federal government about buying the Grand Canyon. Apparently, the Lords of Television were looking for a safe place to dump their failed shows.     Of course the deal never went through.  Someone in accounting did the math.  The Grand Canyon wasn’t big enough.     So, a decision was made to burn the old sitcoms. By burn, of course, we mean in a politically correct and environmentally-friendly way. How? Put the episodes that were paid for by the network, but unaired — the very episodes deemed so terrible that they warranted the cancellation of the show — yes, put those remaining episodes on the air.  However, TV execs by law subscribe to the Hypocrite’s Oath: First, do no harm. So the shows are aired when no one is watching and likely to be hurt.     This of course brings us to the burning of THE LOOP — a series that lasted a few episodes last fall before it was, I believe, the term is “put on hiatus.” (That sounds so much better than axed, doesn’t it?) en-US Critics Rant info@criticsrant.com Subtext Version 1.9.4.0 http://www.criticsrant.com/images/default_gravatar_bullhorn.png http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/06/11/The-Loop--Crash-and-Burn.aspx 77 60