"If Reading Rainbow is so epically popular, then why was the show cancelled to begin with?" This, of course, assumes perfect knowledge and efficiency. I wonder

"If Reading Rainbow is so epically popular, then why was the show cancelled to begin with?" This, of course, assumes perfect knowledge and efficiency. I wonder if the author of this piece would make the same sloppy argument against, say, Tell Me More, which, NPR announced this month, will be cut (http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/05/20/314256024/npr-to-end-tell-me-more-lay-off-28-people http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/05/20/314256024/npr...). Or consider Firefly, the arch-example of clueless program cutting (https://www.blastr.com/2013-5-3/netflix-exec-explains-why-theyd-never-bring-back-firefly https://www.blastr.com/2013-5-3/netflix-exec-explains-why-th...). I'm not saying this program was good or should be brought back (I never watched the original and don't know anything about it) but doing a hack piece on a KS campaign with such scant reasoning is not cool.