Posted Jun 22nd 2009 1:38PM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: Industry, Programming, Nip/Tuck, Cancellations, Reality-Free
Not even the marvels of plastic surgery could save what's become, believe it or not, one of cable TV's oldest dramas - Nip/Tuck.
The wildly successful medical drama starring Julian McMahon and Dylan Walsh as plastic surgeons wrapped production on its series finale (and 100th episode) last week and according to The LA Times, it was a quiet day.
Why the lack of fanfare typically associated with the end of such a popular show? Simple - the finale likely won't air until 2011, around two years from now.
Continue reading Nip/Tuck makes its final cut as FX drama wraps shooting
Posted Jun 16th 2009 4:29PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Industry, Programming, Cancellations, Reality-Free
Looks like even a successful show can be canceled after a few years. ITV's
Primeval (shown on BBC America on Saturday nights and on The Sci-Fi Channel)
has been canceled after three seasons. The show was actually successful and well-liked and there's going to be a
big-screen version too (and probably a U.S. version), but it was too expensive to produce.
Are you going to miss this show, or was three seasons enough?
Posted Jun 12th 2009 8:13AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Cancellations, Reality-Free
If any of you
Hickey fans were hoping that the show might live on in cable, it's time for me to shatter all your hopes and dreams like that first girl who told you you just weren't all that. The truth hurts. It looks like the producers couldn't make the numbers work, so
new episodes of My Name Is Earl won't be coming to TBS after all. I'm of mixed feelings about this now. I really enjoyed the show for the most part, but now that I have some distance from it, I don't think I'll be too shattered if it's gone.
Continue reading It looks like Earl has checked off his last list item after all
Posted Jun 9th 2009 10:17AM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Programming, Cancellations, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
Usually, TBS and I don't agree on what's funny. Sure, we both like
Seinfeld, but who doesn't like
Seinfeld? Normally, I stay away from the network's aggressive slate of not-so-groundbreaking sitcom pap like
The Bill Engvall Show and
Tyler Perry's House of Pain. But now I'm happy to hear that – instead of developing another show around another unfunny family-friendly comedian –
TBS is in talks to pick up My Name is Earl for 13 new episodes.
NBC unceremoniously canceled
Earl a few weeks ago when it announced its new fall season during its
Upfront presentation. TBS already has
Earl repeats lined up for the fall, as part of a deal with the show's producer, 20th Century Fox, but it's still unclear if the network will be able to produce new episodes of the show on a basic cable budget.
Continue reading TBS might save My Name is Earl
Posted Jun 4th 2009 2:05PM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Cancellations, Reality-Free
Though it probably comes as no big surprise, sources are saying that the
Patrick Swayze drama about a rogue FBI agent,
The Beast, won't be returning for a second season.
While A&E has told Variety that no official decision has been made, word is that episode 13, which aired at the end of April, will be the series' last.
I've been watching
I'm a Celebrity: Get Me Out of Here!, which is a terrible revelation to make about myself, but in the three hours of my life that show has taken from me, I've come to a few conclusions: 1. My life needs more meaning, and 2.
Lou Diamond Phillips is kind of a bad-ass.
I bring this up because apparently, there had been talks of
The Beast continuing with someone other than Patrick Swayze in the lead in case Swayze's poor health prevented him from continuing on the show. Phillips recently guest-starred on the series, and I would love to see him on television (in a situation in which he wasn't getting eaten by rats).
Continue reading A&E cancels The Beast
Posted May 22nd 2009 4:29PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, Cancellations, Upfronts, Reality-Free
When the news about
Without A Trace ending its run was made official at the CBS Upfron
t this past week, I wasn't shocked. Rumor had it that either
Without A Trace or Cold Case would be dropped, and
Cold Case might have tipped the scales in its favor with a strong showing with its two-part season finale. But as much as I liked
Without A Trace, I'm not really sorry that it's calling it a day.
Seven years is a darn good run for a TV show. In fact, if it had been a British series, it might have ended after 30 episodes – unless you're talking
Coronation Street which is a freak of TV.
But here's the thing about
Without A Trace, it's been a solid show with a strong set of characters who've had a chance to shine as much as possible within the confines of a procedural. Anthony LaPaglia as Jack Malone was terrific. The high point in many an episode for me was when Jack lost it and got in someone's face. His personal life was generally a mess, so LaPaglia had lots of chances to show the troubled side of his character.
Continue reading It was time for Without A Trace to end
Posted May 20th 2009 3:01PM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: OpEd, Cancellations, Reality-Free
This will be the last season of
According to Jim, and I will miss it. Not because I liked the show, or even watched the show (I did see one episode while waiting on line at UPS and then decided to never watch it again), but because
According to Jim has been the target of all my jokes about the lack of quality network television for virtually as long as its been on the air.
If you care about such things, then spoilers follow about the series finale.
Continue reading My eulogy for According to Jim
Posted May 19th 2009 4:27PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Industry, Programming, Cancellations, Pickups and Renewals, Upfronts, Reality-Free
Well, this is a rather interesting development, and a good one for fans of NBC's
Medium:
CBS has picked up the show after NBC canceled it.
You don't often see that happening, but it's been happening more and more lately (and this upfront week is crazy in general, with lots of renewals for shows we all thought were pretty much dead). CBS didn't just pick up the show, they got in a few digs at NBC too. CBS Television Studios produces
Medium, and they say that "NBC's cancellation of
Medium is inexplicable to us," and went on to point out that "the ratings don't lie.
Medium outperforms many of NBC's renewed shows." They also talk about how NBC scheduled the show inconsistently.
No word yet on what exactly CBS will do with the show. Perhaps pairing it with
Ghost Whisperer on Friday nights? (Note: CBS will not, however, pick up
Knight Rider. Sorry, fans!)
Posted May 19th 2009 8:33AM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Other Reality Shows, Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Industry, Programming, Desperate Housewives, Lost, Scrubs, Grey's Anatomy, Dancing With The Stars, Cancellations, Pickups and Renewals, Upfronts, Casting
Yesterday, we gave you a preview of ABC's upcoming fall
comedies and
dramas. Today, we got the official lowdown on the network's 2009-2010 schedule during its upfront presentation.
As expected, the network picked up a number of new shows and stuck with some of its most solid performers.
Returning: Lost (Update: Lost will be back, but exactly where and on what night has not been determined.)
, Castle, Scrubs, Better Off Ted, Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, Ugly Betty, Dancing With the Stars, 20/20, Supernanny, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Desperate Housewives, Brothers & Sisters,
The Bachelor.
Wife Swap, True Beauty,
America's Funniest Home VideosGone:
Samantha Who?,
Cupid,
The Unusuals,
In the Motherhood,
According to JimNew: Cougar Town,
Hank,
The Middle,
Modern Family,
Flash Forward,
Eastwick,
Shark Tank, The ForgottenNew for Mid-Season: V,
Happy Town,
The Deep End
Watch this space for more details on the new shows and comments from ABC execs...
More on the schedule, comments and some details on the new shows after the jump.
Continue reading The Upfronts: ABC
Posted May 18th 2009 8:03AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Industry, Programming, Cancellations, Reality-Free
The last few days have seen a ton of rather surprising renewals. Just when you thought
Dollhouse,
Castle,
Chuck,
Scrubs, and
Better Off Ted were dead, they get renewals for another season. But that's not going to happen to another show with a following,
The Unusuals.
The news won't come officially until ABC's upfront later tomorrow, but creator Noah Hawley
says on his Twitter page that the show will not be back next season, and that the final four episodes will start airing on May 27.
Continue reading Goodbye to The Unusuals
Posted May 18th 2009 2:30AM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Cancellations, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Reality-Free
How many times have we Internet bloggos reported the cancellation of
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles?
It seems like the series was killed and resurrected a dozen times during its second season. At this point, it's hard to believe
Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello who is telling us that
the show is dead and will not rise again no matter how much its fans kick and scream. But it looks like Fox has officially canceled
TSCC.
Continue reading The Sarah Connor Chronicles is terminated - for real this time
Posted May 15th 2009 10:00PM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, Cancellations, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, Episode Recaps
(S04E21/S04E22) "I don't want to run anymore." - Michael
I'm happy that Prison Break is over. I've been a fan since the beginning, and even though it tested your threshold for absurd and ridiculous TV moments on more than one occasion, Prison Break was still one helluva ride. While part of me wishes that it had gone out on a creative high after maybe a season or two, I still appreciate what Paul Scheuring, Matt Olmstead, and Co. tried to do in season three and on some level, I even respect what went down here in the final season - arguably the drama's worst. That being said, tonight's two-hour finale offered some solid closure while wrapping up most everyone's story in ways that actually felt believable.
Continue reading Prison Break: Rate of Exchange / Killing Your Number (series finale)
Posted May 14th 2009 11:04AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Industry, Programming, Cancellations, Pickups and Renewals, Reaper
There are a lot of shows with their heads on the chopping block, but one that truly deserves a stay of execution is furiously wiggling its head out of the neck brace.
Show producers are negotiating with local CW affiliates to
bring Reaper back on Sunday nights next season in syndication. The deal could also bring the show to cable.
The Hollywood Reporter, however, notes that either scenario is a bigger long shot than Roseanne's chances of getting another crack at singing the National Anthem at a Padres' home game.
Continue reading Reaper refuses to abandon all hope
Posted May 7th 2009 7:05PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Industry, Programming, TV Squad Polls, Cancellations, Reality-Free
We've heard that
Mad TV will be leaving the FOX schedule in a couple of weeks, canceled after 14 years on the network (
Talk Show with Spike Feresten has also been axed). Now it looks like the people at the late night comedy show have no intention of hanging things up.
Producer David Salzman is
looking for another network to pick up the show. He says that this finale coming up is the "FOX finale," but he's talking to other networks about doing another season of the show (at least).
So, what network would be a good place for
Mad TV to continue? I think there are three or four networks that come immediately to mind (no, I don't see it on Lifetime or WE). After the jump, let us know what channel would be a good fit for this show.
Continue reading Mad TV might not end after all
Posted May 6th 2009 11:03AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Reality Shows, Programming, American Idol, CSI, Law and Order, Survivor, Grey's Anatomy, Cancellations, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free, TV Squad Ten
Earlier this week, I let you know of
the ten shows I thought should be renewed. Now it's time to reverse the question and think about the shows that shouldn't be renewed. Yes, there are some shows that should end now, either because they have annoying characters (*cough* Meredith Grey *cough*), are not treated properly by their network (insert here pretty much all shows on FOX), have been on TV for too long and have a hard time being original (I'm talking about you
Survivor), etc.
ER would have been a prime candidate for this list, but NBC finally made the right decision and ended the show a few weeks ago. Note that my list includes some shows that have received early renewals. Still, I think they should be canceled asap. So what other shows, besides
ER, I think should bite the dust? Let's find out!
If you just want the list, click here.Continue reading TV Squad Ten: Series that should be canceled
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