To get disappointed viewers used to the idea of a second Maverick, Garner filmed a series of vignettes that aired at the beginning of the Kelly-only episodes, where he would introduce the evening's story.

Phil Redmond explained to disappointed viewers he felt the only way for Beth to leave Brookside was to die.

A very disappointed viewer and licence fee payer.

Is "Twin Peaks" merely a heavily promoted soap opera, as some disappointed viewers have complained?

Once, when the cow failed to make an appearance, the CBC was inundated with phone calls from disappointed viewers.

But with an average of nine million fans having tuned in, inevitably there were many disappointed viewers who went looking for the fourth episode of "Smith," only to find yet another episode of "CSI."

Zhang Yimou's "Shanghai Triad," for instance, is enough of a genre piece to have momentarily disappointed viewers with a taste for the exotic, but Mr. Zhang remains one of the most subtly brillant film makers of his time.