The Tomorrow People followed a group of young adults with the powers of telekinesis, teleportation and telepathic communication. The series started with all of them hiding in the city subway system since they were being hunted to extinction by those who feared these powers. It was a somewhat predictable scenario with enough action to keep one mildly interested. The series had 22 episodes in its first and only season.
Star-Crossed involved aliens who landed on our planet and found the struggles of high school were about as dangerous as anything in the universe. While it may have been a partial remake of Roswell, at least Roswell had three seasons. Star-Crossed had one season and only 13 episodes in all. Not everyone will be sad to see it depart. USA Today's critic Robert Bianco will not shed a tear:
As vapid as it is unoriginal, Star-Crossed is sadly typical of a network that continually underestimates its audience. Teenagers may not be smarter than they were when the WB was at its peak, but it's unlikely they're dumber. So why does CW treat them as if they are?
The Sci Fi survivor in all of this is The 100, which has remained a good story on two fronts - the orbiting space station with the adults and the planet's surface with the kids trying to form a new society. Of the three it has the most interesting plot, which is probably why it was renewed for a second season. And unlike many of the shows, it has so many characters that you can lose a few and not interrupt the story. In that way it reminds me of NBC's Revolution where characters were dropping like flies. Of course, Revolution was also cancelled recently, so the future is pretty uncertain for shows on a number of networks.
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