ABC Cancels [Insert Show Here]

[Mr Light]

How often do these midseason replacements ever survive to the next season? Watching these things that they burn off when everything else is in reruns, like Happy Endings or Mr. Sunshine, it makes me wonder do they actually expect these shows to succeed?

The only recent success stories I can think of are The Office and I believe Grey's Anatomy started out that way.

 

[Gepard]

Yes.

No, it doesn't. It certainly ends on what some might consider to be a downer, but it is in no way a cliffhanger. The writers of the series weren't talented enough to know what the word "cliffhanger" meant anyway.

It can be interpreted as a cliffhanger or as the actual ending of the show...if perhaps an unexpected ending.

Only if they hadn't included Erica and the Amazing Secret Underground Bunker of Government Resistance Guys That We Should Have Heard of But Never Met Before (aka E.A.S.U.B.G.R.G.T.W.S.H.H.B.N.M.B) as a hook for next season. As long as those guys aren't

Spoiler: Cliffhanger

Blissed

, it's hard to read the finale as a conclusive end.

 

[Guy Gardener]

Happy Endings has been playing in sets of two mostly.

Burning it.

Wanting to be rid of the entire experience quickly.

I like the big girl... She's not big is she? But the other two, the blonde ones are rake like and tiny. It's all relative. Crazy with boobies all over the place struggling to break free. Everyone else on that show if wallpaperpaste.

The West Wing's CC attacked Smurfs on Ice as if it was a Soviet Invasion. Kicked the shit out of Smurfette on camera. Mr Sunshine was awful and Matthew was in a coma, but it had it's moments. I was reading on the Wikipedia the other day that Matthews production contract with the network had strenuous and huge penalties attached if he pilot wasn't picked up. It would have cost the Network more to dump the show, shelf the pilot, than play out a shitty dismally received season.

Better with You was bland but clever. The points they were making were ingenious but felt like recycled commentary from mid 90s comedians.

 

[Captain Mike]

pretty much expected on my end...when there are effin' idiots that prefer "reality TV as the drivel they put out now, why would anyone wanna escape thier own problems and enjoy the show when it is easier to put the poor people down and ignore your own freaking problem?

 

[bigdaddy]

How often do these midseason replacements ever survive to the next season? Watching these things that they burn off when everything else is in reruns, like Happy Endings or Mr. Sunshine, it makes me wonder do they actually expect these shows to succeed?

The only recent success stories I can think of are The Office and I believe Grey's Anatomy started out that way.

Harry's Law has been doing really well for NBC. Parenthood lived just because the demo is OK for NBC.

Happy Endings wasn't canceled and that's a mid season. It does happen.

 

[Jax]

I can't believe they didn't cancel that hideous Patricia Heaton The Middle "sitcom"

I don't see why they would for a show up against Idol it normally gets a low demo in the 2 range but a very nice viewer total. Its a sterdy show to build your night on and would do a lot better airing out of the Modern Family slot.

Harry's Law has been doing really well for NBC. Parenthood lived just because the demo is OK for NBC.

Happy Endings wasn't canceled and that's a mid season. It does happen.

Harry's Law collasped at the end but I think NBC feel the older skewing show can help them on fridays.

Parenthood is one of the most stable shows IMO and pretty young skewing for a 10pm show. Its gets a very below average viewer total yet generally gets a 2.0+ demo from it. It also saw a bump in the season finale and DVR numbers are solid meaning there is an audience for it.

 

[Mysterion]

Brothers and Sisters
Detroit 1-8-7
Off The Map
Mr. Sunshine
V
No Ordinary Family

No surprise on any of those except for Brothers & Sisters.

Link

So. Starting next fall ABC will be airing The Weather channel on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays; the home Shopping Network on Tuesdays and Thursdays; static on Saturdays, and that old test pattern with the indian on it, alternate Sundays.

 

[bigdaddy]

Happy Endings wasn't canceled and that's a mid season. It does happen.

Harry's Law collasped at the end but I think NBC feel the older skewing show can help them on fridays.
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I don't think Harry's Law dropped as much as people think. It dropped, but was pretty stable throughout the season. Plus it still got 7+ million viewers which was amazing from the network and some weeks a top show for them.

 

[Jax]

The older viewers stayed as they tend to do, the demo became a big problem though similar numbers on friday will give it a decent few year run.

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

How often do these midseason replacements ever survive to the next season? Watching these things that they burn off when everything else is in reruns, like Happy Endings or Mr. Sunshine, it makes me wonder do they actually expect these shows to succeed?

The only recent success stories I can think of are The Office and I believe Grey's Anatomy started out that way.

Body of Proof, Harry's Law, and Happy Endings were the only new scripted shows renewed by ABC and NBC this season. All three were midseason replacements. Every new scripted show that debuted in the fall on both networks was cancelled.

 

[OmahaStar]

Happy Endings has been playing in sets of two mostly.

Burning it.

That's generally what networks do around the time a show is canceled, not when it's renewed.

I dunno. I like the show. It's like Friends, only it's actually funny.

 

[Captain Mike]

I am waiting for the Bachelor, The Bachelorette, The Bachelor's Brother and The Bacherlorette's Sister...No matter that the MOFO's never get married and stay together in the fucking first place!

 

[Thena]

One day, there'll be enough of a backlash against reality shows that they'll start cutting back on them. Shame it didn't start with all the Balloon Boy nonsense.

 

[the_wildcard]

With regards to brothers and sisters, I am just surprised they didn't cancel it EARLIER. It's just amazing how some shows survive longer than others with what seems like no logical rational.

 

[Kronos]

Shocked to see Friends remake 174..err Happy Endings make it..the show is horrendous.

 

[Guy Gardener]

I like it on brothers and sisters when they get drunk and mass conference call at the top of their lungs on their cellphones.

It's like the show is set in the future.

Was that Waynes kid even born when In Living Colour was on the air?

 

[Mr Light]

He was born in 1982, so.... yes.

 

[Guy Gardener]

Goodness he is a darling wee baby!

Happy Endings doesn't seem to give a poop about it's concept.

 

[KB24]

Let's not forget they have 2 soaps leaving and are going with an extra hour of news to replace Oprah- at least here they are. It's amazing, a few month ago, I saw their little commercial showing what was coming on in the afternoon, and I thought man, outside of Millionaire, this lineup has been the same for 20 years!

What the hell is going to be on this network now? I swear, are the networks going to collapse and merge like UPN and the CW? Offer one stream or two or three HD options? So sad. I remember when a handful of networks was all that was on TV!

 

[Temis the Vorta]

ABC will be announcing their schedule soon. Upfronts are next week.

Looks to me like NBC is chasing the same female audience ABC is, so that could bode poorly for both as they split the audience too much. But NBC needs a strategy of some sort, so it's good to know that they've got one now. Maybe NBC is going more upscale and ABC is after the trailer park ladies.