August 14th, 2009 | 12 Comments
TNT has canceled Saving Grace. The acclaimed drama will come to an end with a nine-episode final season scheduled to air next summer. Originally, the network had ordered a 15-episode third season, with nine to run this summer and six in the winter. TNT now has ordered three more episodes, which will be added to the six earmarked for winter, and the nine episodes will run next summer. Saving Grace has been a ratings success for TNT, pulling in an average of more than 3.5 million viewers this past summer and ranks first in its time period for the adults and the women 25-54 demographics.
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August 13th, 2009 | 0 Comments
Comedy Central has canceled the mocumentary series Reno 911! after six seasons. “Reno 911! was cancelled at 1:30 pm today,” the show’s co-creator/star Thomas Lennon wrote on his Twitter feed Thursday afternoon. “Won’t be wearing the shorts again.” The sixth season of Reno 911! wrapped its run July 8.
The show, a parody of Cops-type law enforcement documentary shows,” co-stars Kerri Kenney-Silver, Cedric Yarbrough, Niecy Nash and Robert Ben Garant.
June 15th, 2009 | 0 Comments
A&E announced that The Beaste will not be picked up for A second season. The police drama, which premiered in January, starred Patrick Swayze as Charles Barker, a rogue undercover FBI agent teamed up with rookie Ellis Dove (Travis Fimmel). The series was filmed on location in Chicago.
Reviews for the series were mixed and its audience averaged 1.3 million viewers through the 13 episodes, which concluded their run in April. But Swayze was unstinting in a rough-and-tumble performance that he maintained while battling pancreatic cancer throughout. His illness had no discernible effect on his gritty portrayal.
May 19th, 2009 | 0 Comments
CBS has picked up Cold Case, Numbers, The New Adventures of Old Christine, Rules of Engagement and Gary Unmarried. CBS is looking in to potentially acquiring the recently-canceled NBC drama Medium, which is produced by CBS TV Studios. CBS opted not to renew Without a Trace and The Unit and freshman 11th Hour.
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May 19th, 2009 | 33 Comments
CBS has canceled long-running Sunday night action-drama The Unit while NBC has canceled Thursday night comedy mainstay My Name Is Earl and the supernatural Medium. But not all is lost for two of the shows.
My Name Is Earl studio 20th TV is talking to Fox and ABC about possibly picking up the show. ABC in particular has been receptive to picking up rival shows, having taken Scrubs after NBC canceled the series last year and committing to take on The New Adventures of Old Christine should CBS cancel the series.
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May 18th, 2009 | 3 Comments
ABC has canceled the Christina Applegate series Samantha Who. According to an insider close to the show, decision to scrap the show came down to numbers. The show couldn’t cut it’s budget enough to make a third-season pickup work. ABC had been thinking about moving to multiple cameras, rather than the single camera now used to decrease the budget. ABC was looking to trim as much as $500,000 per episode from the show’s budget.
The show became expendable once ABC picked up ten new series for next year. With so many new series, it no longer made sense to bring Samantha Who back or promote it. The show was initially a strong performer for the network on Monday nights, but faltered this season after moving to Thursdays.
