The carcasses of dead television shows line 2014 like roadkill. More than 70 shows were canceled during the year, according to websites that track such things. Some had enjoyed long runs and had simply reached the point of diminishing viewership that practically all series encounter eventually. Others lasted only a few episodes. Here are some lessons from the 2014 Cancellation Calendar.
It’s one and done for Gracepoint. Fox’s just-wrapped mystery drama will not live on beyond its low-rated first season.
Exclusives
ABC will not move forward with its Susannah Grant drama series Members Only. The cast was informed Saturday that the network did not want to move ahead with the series starring John Stamos and Breaking Bad‘s Betsy Brandt.
Sony Pictures Television is canceling the syndicated talker after two seasons, opting not to renew it for next year. It will remain in production through March and will air original episodes through the end of season next May.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — BET says its long-running music-variety series “106 & Park” is airing its last daily episode next month, then going digital. BET said Friday that the “106 […]
CBS has canceled sophomore Will Arnett comedy The Millers. The show will shoot one more episode before shutting down production. And CBS will air the episode on Monday, but has not made the decision on its remaining episodes. They will likely be pulled from the schedule.
The network is not ordering additional episodes of the rookie social media-centered half-hour comedy beyond its initial 13-episode order. Selfie, which stars Doctor Who‘s Karen Gillan and John Cho, is currently scheduled to air on Tuesday, Nov. 11, in its regular 8 p.m. time slot.
Patrick Jane is going to solve his final case on CBS next year. After seven seasons, the charming crime-solver will hang up his vest on the network. Though the show’s pending demise has been widely speculated, CBS officially confirmed for the first time that the show’s upcoming episodes will mark the drama’s final outing — and it will be a shortened 13-episode season.
Bad Judge has been disbarred and it’s R.I.P. for A to Z as two more fall shows have fallen prey to the broadcast ax.
For the 15 residents of Utopia, it’s the end of the world as they know it. Fox on Sunday canceled its big-budget “social experiment,” effective immediately (meaning last Friday’s episode was the series finale).
The network made the decision late Friday and will replace the comedy with back-to-back original episodes of fellow rookie Selfie on Tuesdays starting Nov. 4. ABC already planned to preempt the series next week.
The space comedy starring Krysten Ritter has been canceled ahead of its anticipated midseason debut. Mission Control, from Universal Television-based Gary Sanchez Productions, was a female-driven workplace comedy that took place in the 1960s. Sources say that there were casting problems.
For a second time in its run, CBS’s Unforgettable starring Poppy Montgomery and Dylan Walsh has been canceled. The network made the decision a day after it renewed two summer drama series, Under The Dome and Extant, and killed a third, Reckless.
The network considered bringing the show back after extending the cast’s options but ultimately didn’t have the shelf space for it
The co-produced Canadian comedy hailed from Shaw Media and Halfire-CORE Entertainment, and aired on Global TV in Canada, where it had already been axed due to poor ratings.
ABC has opted not to order additional episodes of Black Box, which starred Kelly Reilly as a famous neurologist struggling with bipolar disorder. Originally planned as a limited series, the final episode of the Bryan Singer-produced drama aired July 24.
