I hate to say this, but if the WB is lukewarm about the pilot, which they themselves helped develop, maybe it's not so hot.
Well, we probably won't know for sure what's going on until there's some sort of official statement put out. But for what it's worth, the person on the WB's official forum who *seems* to be in the know posted in one topic that reshoots were done on the pilot for "retooling" of the ending, and in another topic "that the pilot didn't go to well," that it's "not horrible," but it "needs retooling." What remains a bit unclear, though, is whether the retooling and reshoots were done prior to the WB having seen it or afterward - and that would have made all the difference because if it were afterward, there would still be some hope. However, this person subsequently posted that they heard from someone in John Wells' office that DS isn't ever going to air.
So, regardless of the time frame of the retooling, it doesn't
appear to look good...
I'd rather have no "new" Dark Shadows at all rather than a not-so-great one that folded in ignominy after a few weeks.
I'm afraid I have to agree. But we should also keep in mind that all this info is being stated second and even third hand, so we don't really know how reliable it is.
If there is truth in the retooling story, what does seem odd is that, unless the script was somehow changed at some point prior to production but after the WB had approved it, one would assume that the WB was already well aware of how the pilot was going to end. Though I suppose the way the ending read on paper and the way it was ultimately shot/edited could have been vastly different.
I guess time will tell...