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CANCELLATION ALERT: Community, Revolution, Growing Up Fisher, Believe, Crisis

NBC cancelled five more shows today as they firm up their list for next year. Gone are Community, Revolution, Growing Up Fisher, Believe, and Crisis.

After five seasons of low ratings, Community could not cheat death again. The show has been a niche favorite since the beginning though it could never find a mass audience or break into the awards circles. It always seemed like it was on the brink of being cancelled, yet it lived the last couple years because NBC kept striking out with their new comedies in a big way and that would always lead them to continue this show and Parks and Recreation because they were better by comparison. But this year, they had About a Boy to join Parks on the renewal list and Community became expendable. It ends after five seasons and 97 episodes.

Less than two years after being the darling of the NBC fall schedule, Revolution has been cancelled after two seasons. The show that NBC incessantly promoted during the 2012 Summer Olympics got off to one of the hottest starts in recent memory fueled by a big lead-in from The Voice. But things started to turn south after its winter hiatus when it lost more and more of its lead-in's audience. It was thrown to the wolves at 8pm Wednesday this season and actually didn't crash and burn like many thought it might. But it didn't do enough to earn a third season. Two Voice-fueled shows have failed to last into a third season: Smash and now Revolution. The Blacklist will try to buck that trend next year and I think they'll be able to do it.

Three freshmen joined the list: Growing Up Fisher, Believe, and Crisis. Growing Up Fisher was the one with the best chance as it did OK for awhile on Tuesday but the wheels have come off in recent weeks and NBC had a more attractive pickup option in About a Boy. This cancellation marks two years in a row for a failed sitcom for stars JK Simmons and Jenna Elfman after the failures of Family Tools and 1600 Penn last year. Believe had a solid debut in a preview episode after The Voice but things instantly fell apart when it moved to Sunday. Crisis never stood a chance as it premiered after the deflated second episode of Believe. Back to the drawing board for Sundays midseason on NBC.

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