TV - The Shows that won't be back for Fall 2014

[Man Mountain]

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Goodbye, Community...

Black Monday bloodbath: More network series than usual get the axe
Community, The Michael J. Fox show, X-Factor all gone off the fall schedule
By Alex Strachan, Postmedia News May 12, 2014

Greendale Community College has closed it doors for the last time.

The cult comedy Community is one of an unprecedented 38 network comedies and dramas to be cancelled, now that the fall season U.S. network announcements are officially underway in New York.

The bloodletting didn’t end there: The X Factor is now officially DOA and The Neighbors have moved out for good.

The filmed-in-Vancouver sci-fi thriller Almost Human is completely dead, and not even Robin Williams could save The Crazy Ones.

Michael J. Fox couldn’t save his own show, The Michael J. Fox Show, and not even Jonathan Rhys Meyers could breathe life into Dracula.

Black Monday cast a dark cloud over what is meant to be a week of hope and optimism, as dozens of new series vie to become the next Grey’s Anatomy or Big Bang Theory.

Inevitably, though, there are casualties. And for whatever reason — a fractious advertising market, continuing audience defection to the premium specialty channels and serious competition from online streaming sites like Netflix and, new to the U.S., Amazon Prime and AOL — the bubble burst on more on-the-bubble shows than usual.

The week’s casualties include such high-profile, heavily hyped — and costly to make — serialized dramas as Crisis, Hostages, Intelligence and Believe, which was conceived by Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuaron, who also directed the pilot episode. J.J. Abrams’ once-promising post-apocalyptic drama Revolution, starring Winnipeg-born, Vancouver-trained Tracy Spiridakos, was cancelled after just two seasons.

One of unintended consequences of so many cancellations is that more new series than usual will vie for viewers’ attention in the fall.

There were some surprise renewals. Hannibal will return, even though there was speculation that its middling numbers and relentless violence — for a mainstream network series — would be its undoing.

And Parks and Recreation, considered to be in the same category as Community — critical acclaim, a devoted fan following but less-than-stellar numbers — will return, albeit in midseason, with a shortened, likely-to-be-last season.

Here’s a brief look at the cancelled (or already cancelled) series. The fall programming announcements continue through Thursday:

Almost Human

The Assets

Back in the Game

Bad Teacher

Betrayal

Believe

The Carrie Diaries

Community

The Crazy Ones

Crisis

Dads

Dracula

Enlisted

Friends with Better Lives

Growing Up Fisher

Hostages

Intelligence

Ironside

Killer Women

Lucky 7

The Michael J. Fox Show

Mind Games

Mixology

The Neighbors

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland

Raising Hope

Rake

Revolution

Sean Saves the World

Star-Crossed

Suburgatory

Super Fun Night

Surviving Jack

The Tomorrow People

Trophy Wife

We Are Men

Welcome to the Family

The X Factor


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[tokugawa]

Too bad about 'Almost Human'. I enjoyed that show.

I think 'Trophy Wife' had potential.

 

[AA_Train]

I was hoping Community would get to its 6 seasons and a movie mandate but not surprised it was cancelled as this season was outright terrible at times with only one or two episodes producing any significant laughs from me (even the GI Joe one was lackluster). Of the rest of the shows on that list. Suburgatory was the only show I enjoyed. The others sucked or I didn't see.

 

[Alix Turner]

what about the mob doctor and ray donovan? at least falling skies is coming back (thank god i met that model in a bar on granville that could confirm she'd been on set for the next season, and also give me her facebook contact:crazy

stop judging!

 

[badbadboy]

what about the mob doctor and ray donovan? at least falling skies is coming back (thank god i met that model in a bar on granville that could confirm she'd been on set for the next season, and also give me her facebook contact:crazy

stop judging!

Ray Donovan is an HBO series that they have in invested lots of $ in. Being cable it doesn't have the same issues as MM's list which are all regular network programming.

Ray Donovan is on my PVR and I never miss an episode :thumb:

 

[BORKO]

I was hoping Community would get to its 6 seasons and a movie mandate but not surprised it was cancelled as this season was outright terrible at times with only one or two episodes producing any significant laughs from me (even the GI Joe one was lackluster). Of the rest of the shows on that list. Suburgatory was the only show I enjoyed. The others sucked or I didn't see.

It could have netflix potential even if Harmon isn't in board..

 

[Ms Erica Phoenix]

I guess all those shows will get a new life in syndication.

Guess the discovery channel will now bring out. Crap in a bucket. A show about people crapping in buckets. The the history channel can bring out a show crap in a bucket a week later.

I maintain that somewhere there ought to be a "Shit You Can't Believe We Can Get People to Watch, But We Can!" network.

 

[HankQuinlan]

I maintain that somewhere there ought to be a "Shit You Can't Believe We Can Get People to Watch, But We Can!" network.

I thought there was already a whole bunch of those?

 

[blueball]

Believe was basically the exact storyline of Kiefer Sutherland tv show Touch that was also cancelled a couple years ago, changing a few details clearly didn't help in this case.
Trophy wife I found entertaining
Rake was also a good one. Comedy about an alcoholic lawyer that fucks escorts and has a gambling problem, that I can relate to!

 

[P_e_r_b]

Too bad about 'Almost Human'. I enjoyed that show.

I think 'Trophy Wife' had potential.

Trophy Wife totally had legs. The critics loved it and for a rookie season, the viewership was reasonable. The "show-stopper" was the expensive cast. It always comes down to $$$ with show-biz (any business for that matter.)

Why do shows like Survivor survive (sorry fans, but could sit through more than 2 minutes of these "reality shows" before having the urge to drop a 10 Megaton device on the island)? It's because they have a relatively cheap production cost, and a remarkably large regular viewing audience (like 9 Million viewers!) Go figure. The "log-burning-in-the-fireplace" broadcast doesn't cost much less and I know it's on during the Christmas season in our household.

 

[Man Mountain]

Goodbye, Revolution. I will be sad to see this one go. Last night's finale was pretty solid though and fairly satisfactory considering it is now the series finale and not just a season finale.

 

[BORKO]

Maybe PERB could be a TV series. LOL

I could think up a whole year just on myself. BadgerJohn on Fox..lol

Maybe you can send them a spec script.

 

[girth-brooks]

Considering I haven't heard of half of those shows, I guess I am not missing anything. (The ones I have heard of look pretty corny.)

 

[manni]

never heard any of the shows mentioned as I've cut down my TV viewing to almost nil.
just sports and the 11oclock news for me and I doubt they'd be cancelled anytime soon.

 

[UhOh]

I've heard of only two shows on that list and never watch a second of either one but I wouldn't miss a second of survivor.

 

[girth-brooks]

never heard any of the shows mentioned as I've cut down my TV viewing to almost nil.
just sports and the 11oclock news for me and I doubt they'd be cancelled anytime soon.

I didn't buy a huge plasma TV to watch "The Crazy Ones." Sports or nothing in this house.

 

[Man Mountain]

what about ray donovan?

Just for you, Alix:

at least falling skies is coming back (thank god i met that model in a bar on granville that could confirm she'd been on set for the next season)

I thoroughly enjoy Falling Skies as well. Except, I've been watching that on SPACE, so I'm one or two seasons behind...