And the Next Cancelled Show is...

[Karzak]

'The Leftovers' Renewed for a Third and Final Season at HBO

The Leftovers will not be departing.

HBO has renewed the drama from creators Damon Lindelof and Tom Perrotta for a third season. The news comes on the heels of the show’s second season finale and a Writers Guild of America nomination in the episodic drama category for Justin Theroux starrer “International Assassin,” written by Lindelof and Nick Cuse.

The series, which debuted in 2014, explores what happens when two percent of the world’s population mysteriously vanishes. Based on the novel of the same name by Perrotta, the show burned through its source material in the first season and the writers consequently revamped the drama in its second iteration, relocating to a new city (both onscreen and off) and introducing new brand new characters. The risks paid off, as the series solidified its status as a critical hit this year.

 

[Guy Gardener]

Yay.

 

[Enterprise is Great]

YES! The Leftovers will continue! I'm glad that they know going into season three that it's the final season and they can plan accordingly.

 

[Mr Light]

Anybody hear about Moonbeam City? That show cracked me up and I loved the 80s neon look, but they aired the last two episodes at 1am instead of 1030pm, so I can only assume it's not getting renewed...

 

[Squiggy]

Mike and Molly: Upcoming season will be last

 

[bigdaddy]

Yay! She might have time to do Gilmore Girls now.

 

[Mr Light]

Truth Be Told is airing its last two episodes on Christmas Day. I think it might be cancelled I thought it was a cute show. Oh well.

 

[Owain Taggart]

Edit: Doh, posted in wrong thread... Sorry!

 

[Karzak]

‘Best Time Ever With Neil Patrick Harris’ Canceled By NBC

NBC has canceled live variety show Best Time Ever With Neil Patrick Harris after one season.

The hourlong show, adapted from the British variety series Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, was hosted and executive produced by Harris and featured Nicole Scherzinger as co-host. It debuted on September 15 with big fanfare by the network and OK ratings. Best Time Ever, which featured a mix of stunts, taped segments, pranks by Harris and celebrity guest appearances, saw its ratings perk up behind The Voice, leading to the network delaying its move from 10 PM to 8 PM by two weeks.The show’s numbers slid in the 8 PM slot. While the finale posted a four-week high in adults 18-49, that proved not to be enough for a second cycle.

Best Time Ever was part of a recent push by NBC to make live programming a priority, particularly followed by the ratings success of The Sound Of Music Live! starring Carrie Underwood, Peter Pan Live! starring Allison Williams as Peter Pan and most recently The Wiz Live!

 

[Karzak]

Also:

‘Public Morals’, ‘Legends’ & ‘Agent X’ Canceled By TNT

 

[auntiehill]

Drat. I thought "Public Morals" had potential.

 

[Guy Gardener]

Best Time Ever started with a huge mind####.

Neil brings up some random audience member, and says "you look familiar, have we met before?" A clip runs up on the big screen, of Neil in costume disguised as the chauffeur who picked them up from the airport to bring them to the show... "No, that's not it, but I'm sure that I do know you two from somewhere" and the big screen shows clips of Niel photobombing their Wedding 6 months earlier.



It was a bloody good start.

 

[TheSeeker]

^ That's the only episode I caught and thought that bit was pretty good.

 

[Karzak]

For those interested about the inner workings of television production in Hollywood, this article about Mike & Molly breaks down pretty well (in a cliffs notes kind of way) the mechanics about how shows get picked up, renewed or canceled.

Why ‘Mike & Molly’ Isn’t Going Out With A Bang

When a new broadcast series is picked up, that typically comes with a six-year license fee deal between the network and the producing studio and matching six-year pacts between the studio and the cast. When the six seasons are over, the network has to negotiate a new license agreement with the studio (usually shorter-term, one to three years). Based on that, the studio negotiates new contracts with the actors. Ideally, that is done early into the sixth season of a show, so the cast can be locked in for Season 7 and creators can plan the storyline. But that happens more and more these days as the networks are holding tightly their purse strings and try to postpone their renewal decisions until the last second.

There's more in the article itself that's worth reading. It's not comprehensive or applicable to every TV show ever made, but there's some good info here.

 

[Karzak]

‘The Awesomes’ Canceled By Hulu After 3 Seasons, Being Shopped To Other Outlets

Hulu has opted not to order a fourth season of its original animated comedy series The Awesomes created by Seth Meyers and Mike Shoemaker.

The Awesomes was one of the first full-length original scripted series on Hulu to stick. The show — which follows a group of up-and-coming superheroes — developed a cult following. Its most recent third season ended its run last month. Meyers and Shoemaker executive produced the series alongside Lorne Michaels. I hear the producers are in discussions with other potential distributors.

After an early focus on off-beat comedies, Hulu has been ramping up its original slate with high-profile, high-end series like the upcoming J.J. Abrams-produced 11/22/63 limited series starring James Franco and Jason Reitman’s Casual.

 

[Karzak]

‘The Man In The High Castle’ Renewed By Amazon For Season 2

No surprise here — after overwhelmingly positive response from critics and fans, Amazon’s original drama series The Man In The High Castle has been renewed for a second season to stream next year. Based on Philip K. Dick’s alt-history novel, the series hails from creator Frank Spotnitz (The X-Files) and Ridley Scott’s Scott Free. The project had been a standout at Amazon since the pilot stage, becoming the service’s most-watched pilot to date.

The Man In The High Castle depicts a divided and drab 1962 America, in which the Nazis rule the East and Midwest and Imperial Japan reigns over the Western states, with a neutral zone between them. The series launched with a provocative marketing campaign featuring Nazi symbols in the context of the show, which made headlines when an ad was pulled from a New York subway car.

Scott, Spotnitz and Dick’s daughter Isa Dick Hackett are among the executive producers of the series starring Alexa Davalos, Rupert Evans and Luke Kleintank, Rufus Sewell and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa.

The Man In The High Castle is the second Amazon drama series to get to a second season, following Bosch.

 

[Karzak]

BBC One Orders Second Series Of ‘Ordinary Lies’

BBC One has commissioned a second series of Danny Brocklehurst’s Ordinary Lies. The first series, which debuted this year, reached an average consolidated audience of more 6 million viewers. The second series will feature six hourlong episodes and goes into production next year.

The show is produced by StudioCanal-owned and UK-based production company Red and follows the lives of an everyday workforce. The second series will be set in the headquarters of a large national sports company. Brocklehurst created the show and also writes and exec produces. Emily Feller produces with Nicola Shindler exec producing for Red.

BBC Drama Commissioning controller Polly Hill and BBC One controller Charlotte Moore commissioned the second season.

 

[Guy Gardener]

Ordinary Lives is very good.

From a distance it's a bog ordinary car yard, but everyone there on staff have such complex and tragic secret lives... Shit? A new location and new cast for a new season to root through for dirt?

Superb.

 

[Karzak]

‘Full Circle’ Renewed By DirecTV/AT&T For Presidential Election-Themed Season 3 Starring Dougray Scott & Kim Raver

DirecTV’s original anthology drama Full Circle has been picked up for a third season to air in 2016. Dougray Scott and Kim Raver are set for starring roles in the ensemble drama, whose third season is being written/executive produced by Jorge Zamacona. Following AT&T’s acquisition of DirecTV, Season 3 will air on Audience Network on both DirecTV and AT&T U-verse. Filming on the 10 half-hour episodes will start in January in Los Angeles.

 

[Squiggy]

‘Best Time Ever With Neil Patrick Harris’ Canceled By NBC

NBC has canceled live variety show Best Time Ever With Neil Patrick Harris after one season.

The hourlong show, adapted from the British variety series Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, was hosted and executive produced by Harris and featured Nicole Scherzinger as co-host. It debuted on September 15 with big fanfare by the network and OK ratings. Best Time Ever, which featured a mix of stunts, taped segments, pranks by Harris and celebrity guest appearances, saw its ratings perk up behind The Voice, leading to the network delaying its move from 10 PM to 8 PM by two weeks.The show’s numbers slid in the 8 PM slot. While the finale posted a four-week high in adults 18-49, that proved not to be enough for a second cycle.

Best Time Ever was part of a recent push by NBC to make live programming a priority, particularly followed by the ratings success of The Sound Of Music Live! starring Carrie Underwood, Peter Pan Live! starring Allison Williams as Peter Pan and most recently The Wiz Live!

Dear NBC,

In case you haven't noticed, we're not in the mood for gameshows.