Thank heaven for small favors.

While the WB network announced the cancellation of 7th Heaven awhile back, they’ve only recently announced the reason why. And, surprisingly, they claim it’s not because it’s an awful show, the children have gotten older and either left/outgrown their cute phases or because of recurring, pre-La La Ashlee Simpson. Executives at the network claim that the show was losing significant cash as a result of their sizeable cast. Which I find ironic, given how hard they seemed to work to get at least two members (Barry Watson and Jessica Biel) to return on an ongoing basis, as well as chase after inexplicable guest stars like Olympian Tara Lipinski, ‘N Sync member Lance Bass and Haylie Duff, none of which were moderately compelling enough to make me sit through an episode of the pseudo-religious, preachy family drama. But Reverend Camden and company did manage to teach me one thing over the course of the ten years they plagued the WB – if you pray hard enough, you can make anything happen…even cancellation.