Why Fox should let 'Wayward Pines' die after one season

Last week, the home of Empire Empire premiered a 15 second teaser for the new episodes during the penultimate episode of Wayward Pines – which also served as the first pieces of footage any of the public had seen of the episodes. Now, 1.2 million views 

But there's one show that's kept me wildly entertained, despite the fact that the premise pretty much falls apart if you think about it too hard: Fox's event series Wayward Pines, which closed out its debut season Thursday night. The cast is (mostly

One of the best things about “Wayward Pines” was how it kept switching genres: It started off as a supernatural thriller, took a turn toward horror, then another into science fiction, with detours into family drama and teen romance along the way. The

Wayward Pines, from Chad Hodge and M. Night Shyamalan, was one of the first two event series greenlighted by Fox as part of its current push in the arena, getting a pickup alongside 24: Live Another Day in May 2013.

Thursday's so-called "series finale" of M. Night Shyamalan's "Wayward Pines" proved why broadcast television still doesn't understand how to replicate successfu.