Cancelled shows of Tomorrow: No Soap Operas Allowed

[Sawyer]

Maybe that'll change, given that this is a supporting role.

[wiegeabo]

He was in supporting roles on The Agency the season it was canceled, and in In Justice for its whole 13 episodes.

[wiegeabo]

No, wait, I think he was the star of In Justice now that I think about it.

[Dr. Evil]

O'Mara had the same billing as Kyle McLaughlan on In Justice.

[wiegeabo]

yeah, it hit me as I thought back on it that he was the lead investigator or something

[Scarecrow_King]

watching Bent right now. It's actually pretty decent.

[Shifty]

Bent was NBC's worst comedy premiere ever in terms of ratings. It was up against American Idol and ABC comedy repeats but with lack of promotion this show was DOA. Good thing there is only two more weeks of that show but it won't have any chance for a second season.

Happy Endings is looking shaky for a renewal, it probably will be ABC's version of Chuck in that with so many cancellations for other shows it will hang on and survive for another 5 years. Cougar Town is another that with a new night and time has been hurting in the ratings and could be canceled based on what ABC has in development.


8:00
FOX American Idol 4.5/14 15.52
CBS Survivor 2.7/8 10.20
NBC Whitney 1.6/5 4.22
ABC The Middle (R) 1.2/4 4.91
CW One Tree Hill 0.7/2 1.45

8:30
NBC Are You There, Chelsea? 1.4/4 3.49
ABC Suburgatory (R) 1.3/4 4.43

9:00
FOX American Idol 5.3/14 17.59
CBS Criminal Minds 3.2/8 11.90
ABC Modern Family (R) 2.0/6 5.64
NBC Bent (Premiere) 1.0/3 2.82
CW America's Next Top Model 0.6/2 1.28

9:30
ABC Happy Endings 1.8/5 4.12
NBC Bent 0.9/2 2.42

10:00
CBS CSI 2.5/7 11.22
ABC Missing (R) 1.3/3 5.03
NBC Rock Center with Brian Williams 0.7/2 2.99

[wiegeabo]

Never even heard of Bent

[Sawyer]

Its always kind of appalling to me that a network would pick up a series and then do absolutely nothing to promote it when the time comes, much less wait until nearly the end of the season to air it. If you're going to pick it up based on it's pilot, you ****ing put the word out.

[Rowsdower!]

Originally Posted by wiegeabo

That might be the kiss of death. O'Mara is almost as bad as Glau with canceled shows.

And his awesomeness needs a good vehicle.

I hope not. He was (acting wise) probably the best thing about Terra Nova and this new project sounds so good. I have a feeling that show will at least garner significant interest, given that is has a movie star (Quaid) and one of the best TV actors of all time (Chiklis), doing what he does best... being a badass.

[enterthemadness]

Good & Bad for General Hospital.

Bad: Down two weeks in a row to 2.248 million viewers!

Good: The Revolution, lead-in to GH is also down two weeks in a row, back to back series lows. 1.33 million viewers. GH still 900,000+ viewers gained over TR.

Solution: cancel TR. Move GH to 2pm ASAP and give it a 1-2 year renewal.

[wiegeabo]

I thought they already canceled it.

[enterthemadness]

Originally Posted by wiegeabo

I thought they already canceled it.

Nope. Rumors.

One Rumor by SoapOperaNetwork is that The Revolution will be pulled soon. And GH *may* move to 2pm. No word if that means GH is renewed or just moving to 2pm for a short while.

Another is both shows are canceled, but not publicly announced til April.

It's in ABC's best interest to give GH the 2pm slot for 1-2 years. Give Frank & Ron a chance to fix the ratings. The Chew is at 2.14 million. Stronger lead in to GH, GH stronger lead in to Katie talk show.

[LibidoLoca]

Wait, what's Bent?

[O'Haire]

Originally Posted by LibidoLoca

Wait, what's Bent?

Yeah, I never heard of it until someone mentioned it today.

[Scarecrow_King]

new sitcom on NBC. it's sad that nobody knew about it, I found it quite enjoyable. It definitely deserved more promotion.

The lead actor was wonderfully charismatic in a womanizing, surfer boy role.

[Sawyer]

Hollywood Reporter:

Rosario Dawson Bringing Graphic Novel 'O.C.T.' to A&E With 'Walking Dead' Producer (Exclusive)
12:45 PM PDT 3/28/2012 by Lacey Rose

The cable network is developing the drama, which could serve as a starring vehicle for Dawson.

Rosario Dawson is teaming with The Walking Dead's Gale Anne Hurd to bring her graphic novel to A&E.

The drama project, O.C.T., is being developed with both women attached as executive producers. Though O.C.T. -- an acronym for the NYPD’s Occult Crimes Taskforce -- is still in its early stages, it is being considered as a star vehicle for the Sin City actress.

The scripted drama, an increasingly appealing genre for the cable network, will explore the inner workings of the task force, which was established after the Civil War to make the New York City streets safe from practitioners of black magic, demons from another dimension and all manner of supernatural malcontents.

Like the graphic novel, co-created by Dawson and David Atchison, O.C.T. will center on the character of Sophia Ortiz, a new member of the bureau who uses magic, spells, ghosts, the undead and the unnatural. At the heart of the story is an ongoing struggle between the O.C.T. detectives and an organized demon-force attempting to take over Manhattan. (At one point, Dimension Films was developing a big-screen version.)

News of the project comes as A&E wraps up its best quarter on record, with the network best known for Hoarders and Storage Wars posting gains in the key adults 25-to-54 demo (now averaging 819,000 viewers) and with total viewers (1.6 million). If ultimately ordered to series, O.C.T. would join a scripted slate that includes The Glades, Breakout Kings and the upcoming Longmire.

The script will be penned by The Unusuals’ Jorge Zamacona, who also will serve as a producer alongside Dawson and Hurd, who is particularly well-versed in the graphic novel to TV business as evidenced by the success of AMC's Walking Dead. Atchison, Ford Gilmore and Tony Shasteen, the graphic novel's illustrator, will join them as producers.

Zamacona is repped by CAA and Gang Tyre, and Dawson is repped by CAA, Untitled Entertainment and Bloom Hergott.

Never read the graphic novel, but this sounds enough like what 17th Precinct could've been to have me interested.

Plus, dat Rosario Dawson

[Shifty]

AMC Developing Football Drama 'The Real All Americans' (Exclusive)
7:19 AM PDT 3/28/2012 by Marisa Guthrie THR.com

Producers are in discussions with Tommy Lee Jones to direct the pilot, about the Native American college football program that minted Olympian Jim Thorpe.

AMC is in the early stages of development on football drama The Real All Americans. Based on Sally Jenkins’ book about the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Penn., All Americans chronicles the school's storied football program created by U.S. cavalry officer Richard Henry Pratt, an abolitionist and early equal rights proponent who made a harrowing journey to the Dakota Territory in 1879 to recruit the school's first students.

Producers are in discussions with Tommy Lee Jones to direct the pilot if AMC moves forward. Nicholas Meyer, best known as the writer of various Star Trek films, is writing the script with Harry J. Ufland (the upcoming Robert De Niro-Diane Keaton romantic comedy The Wedding) on board as producer.

Pratt’s football program had a stunning record of 167-88-13 and produced a string of famous athletes and coaches – including Olympian Jim Thorpe and coach Glenn “Pop” Warner. The subject matter is close to Jones’ heart. The actor, who grew up in Texas, is of Cherokee descent. He also played defensive tackle at Harvard, where he was a 1968 All-Ivy League nominee and played in the infamous ’68 Harvard-Yale game that featured a stunning 16-point Harvard comeback in the final minute. Jones recounted the story for the 2008 documentary Harvard Beats Yale 29-29.

All Americans would give AMC another period piece and also one that deals with racial issues. Hell on Wheels is set in 1865 during the post-Civil War construction of the first transcontinental railroad. The Western is AMC’s highest-rated series after The Walking Dead, with the first season averaging 3 million viewers after a series premiere watched by 4.4 million. In December, the show was renewed for a second season.

With Mad Men, Breaking Bad and The Killing, AMC has five scripted dramas on its schedule. Rubicon was the only series in recent development seasons that did not make the cut for a second season. The high success ratio is a result of the network's selective development process. So if All Americans gets picked up to pilot, odds are good that the network will move forward to series.

“If there’s something we care enough about to get into the pilot process, we feel like we’re producing the first episode of the series,” AMC president Charlie Collier told The Hollywood Reporter. “And that requires a ton of rigorous development where we really take it ultra-seriously.”

With Breaking Bad ending and The Killing potentially being a ratings flop with how things went in season one this could be on the air next year along with the Goodfellas show. Great to hear Jones involved.

Eventually AMC will have shows taking place in every decade.

1860s Hell on Wheels
1870s The Real All Americans
1880s The Real All Americans
1890s Broken Trail
1920s Mad Men
1930s Mad Men
1940s Mad Men
1950s Mad Men
1960s Mad Men
1980s Breaking Bad
1990s Breaking Bad
2000s Breaking Bad
2010s The Walking Dead, Rubicon, Breaking Bad, The Killing

[enterthemadness]

Breaking In rose to a 1.4/4 18-49, up from last week's 1.3/3. But show dropped in viewers from 2.8something to 2.700 million. After next weeks 5th episode, looks like hiatus! So why is Christian Slater just now promoting?!?!? Last week, Friday--err Saturday morning he was on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Did some interviews online. Tonight, Thursday, he's on CONAN on TBS. Is FOX not giving up? Or is Slater trying too little too late???

[Destructus86]

How is Fringe getting such low ratings? It's freaking awesome.

[wiegeabo]

Originally Posted by Destructus86

How is Fringe getting such low ratings? It's freaking awesome.

Fringe is a smart show.


That's how.

[Hunter Rider]

How is 'Missing' doing in the ratings?

[Parker Wayne]

Originally Posted by wiegeabo

Fringe is a smart show.


That's how.

You're right. Also, smart =/= most entertaining. I will admit that Fringe when I used to watch it was so-so to me so I didn't care for it after a while.

[Destructus86]

I still think Fringe is one of the best shows on TV

[enterthemadness]

The Chew and The Revolution drop. Gee, nice move canceling the soaps, dummies. 2.04 million for The Chew, 2 weeks in a row it's dropped behind AMC ratings. The Revolution has dropped 3 weeks in a row, hitting series lows of 1.32 million. A year ago AMC did 2.37 & OLTL 2.51 million viewers. What??? The Revolution is down 47% in overall viewers!!! 60% drop in W18-34!!!!!!!

http://www.tvmediainsights.com/2012/...se-more-steam/