Canceled! Round 4: Angels vs. Men

[Starbreaker]

I'm bringing in three options this week. I'm betting on one of the new ABC comedies completely tanking.

Already Cancelled:

How To Be a Gentleman (CBS)
H8R (CW)
Free Agents (NBC)
The Playboy Club (NBC)

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Cmooooon Angels!

 

[Guy Gardener]

I withstood 10 minutes of the Charlie's Angles pilot before I switched it off and fondly reminisced about VIP and Fastlane.

How to be a Gentleman was written by someone heart-struck still about the cancellation of Frasier furious that Niles didn't get his own spinoff... Actually? Where are the Frasier people on Hot in Cleveland? I've seen the Mommy from One day at a time and Mary Tyler Moore do guest spots but no sign of David Hyde Pierce or John Mahoney?

Oh God.

David Spade.

I hate the thought of that guy getting work.

...

On of the best lines from Suits last season was "THAT'S TOTALLY UNCALLED FOR! Niles Crane was a completely misunderstood character."

Edit.

John's been in Hot in Cleveland.

My bad.

 

[Captain Craig]

Man Up

So are we giving a reprieve to HTBAG, see how it does in a Saturday slot first now that CBS moved it.

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

The move to Saturday is essentially cancellation for How to Be a Gentleman. CBS is just burning it off there.

 

[Starbreaker]

They've shut down production.

 

[shivkala]

I'd love the irony of Last Man Standing being cancelled early on in the season.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

So all the comedies about how men are doomed are themselves doomed? Does that mean men aren't doomed after all, or are even more doomed than we thought?

 

[gh4chiefs]

I'd love the irony of Last Man Standing being cancelled early on in the season.

So all the comedies about how men are doomed are themselves doomed? Does that mean men aren't doomed after all, or are even more doomed than we thought?

Good grief, are they now canceling shows before they even air?

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

Good grief, are they now canceling shows before they even air?

That's actually happened on a handful of occasions.

 

[Dream]

Good grief, are they now canceling shows before they even air?

That happens all the time.

It's called not picking up a pilot.

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

That happens all the time.

It's called not picking up a pilot.

That's not really the same thing as cancellation, though. There have, however, been a handful of times when a network has ordered a pilot to series, produced half a dozen or so episodes, and then been so unhappy with the results that they've cancelled the show without a single episode ever airing.

 

[shivkala]

The Justice League of America live-action TV series comes to mind. It was a pilot, but was never shown on American TV.

 

[gh4chiefs]

Good grief, are they now canceling shows before they even air?

That happens all the time.

It's called not picking up a pilot.

Oh for crying out loud, that's not the same thing. C'mon now.

 

[gh4chiefs]

That happens all the time.

It's called not picking up a pilot.

That's not really the same thing as cancellation, though. There have, however, been a handful of times when a network has ordered a pilot to series, produced half a dozen or so episodes, and then been so unhappy with the results that they've cancelled the show without a single episode ever airing.

Yeah but were these shows actually put on the schedule with a scheduled premier date?

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

Yeah but were these shows actually put on the schedule with a scheduled premier date?

Yes, some of them had premiere dates, as well as advertising run to promote them.

 

[Roger Wilco]

Man Up sounds absolutely atrocious. I don't know if it's the next one cancelled, but I have no doubt it should be.

 

[gh4chiefs]

Yeah but were these shows actually put on the schedule with a scheduled premier date?

Yes, some of them had premiere dates, as well as advertising run to promote them.

That just seems so dumb. Such a waste of money. I would think that somebody somewhere in the network would have some "splainin" to do.

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

Pan Am started well, but has dropped dramatically over its subsequent episodes. It's down to a 1.9 in the demo, putting it at serious risk. I think Charlie's Angels will be the next to go, but it looks like Pan Am will also be gone before too long.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Rats! Pan Am's the only good new show this year!