Skip to main content

CANCELLATION ALERT: The Crazy Ones, Friends with Better Lives, Bad Teacher, Hostages, Intelligence

CBS handed down cancellations to five freshman shows today as they join We Are Men. All of the CBS cancellations this year were to new shows, a rarity as they usually cancel at least one veteran show (not counting the ending (by choice) How I Met Your Mother).

Probably the most painful cancellation was The Crazy Ones. This was a big attempt by CBS to get in the single camera game and boasted the return of Robin Williams to TV for the first time in decades. Premiering after the season premiere of The Big Bang Theory in the tentpole 9pm Thursday slot, it debuted to huge numbers and did well for a little while. But things started to fall apart in late fall as the show was losing a ton of its lead-in and contributing to a consistent slide as Thursday night went on. It eventually lost its tentpole slot and swapped with Two and a Half Men before ending its season early so the writing was on the wall.

Two of the most recent entries were also cancelled: Friends with Better Lives and Bad Teacher. Friends premiered after the series finale of How I Met Your Mother and had disappointing numbers but it held up OK once it started following 2 Broke Girls in the new CBS Monday lineup. This was one that truly could have gone either way but it seems like CBS is leaning heavily on dramas for next season. Bad Teacher premiered to decent numbers after The Crazy Ones ended, but it all fell apart in the second week with a huge drop so this was not surprising. Its cancellation means that CBS so far does not have any single camera sitcoms planned for next season.

Least surprising was the cancellations of Hostages and Intelligence. The two shared the Monday 10pm timeslot. Hostages was annihilated by The Blacklist from week one while Intelligence had a huge debut in a preview after NCIS but then crashed and burned the very next Monday.
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

EPISODE GUIDES: That 70s Show Season Seven

On Thursdays, I go through classic series with a critical look at each season. Today I am looking at Season Seven of  That 70s Show ! THAT 70s SHOW: SEASON SEVEN 2004-2005 25 episodes The seventh season of  That 70s Show  is the final season with Topher Grace as a series regular and also the final full season for Ashton Kutcher. Despite still having both of those cast member, the show finds itself flailing especially with Topher Grace's Eric, who is stuck in a terrible arc for most of the season. The show also brings many characters back at one point or another but everything just feels tired. This season actually graded out the worst for me. Even worse than the often maligned final season (more on that next week). Every title this season is named for a Rolling Stones song. Starring Topher Grace as Eric Forman  (25 episodes) Mila Kunis as Jackie Burkhart  (25 episodes) Ashton Kutcher as Michael Kelso  (25 episodes) Danny Masterson as Steven Hyde  (25 e...
Post a Comment
Read more

EPISODE GUIDES: Rhoda Season Five

On Thursdays, I go through classic series with a critical look at each season. Today I am looking at Season Five (the final season) of  Rhoda ! RHODA: SEASON FIVE 1978 13 episodes Rhoda' s final season was a truncated one as the show was cancelled in December 1978 after only 13 episodes had been produced (and only nine had aired). This feels like a continuation from season four in many ways except with the ill-advised split between Ida and Martin (more on that below). While  Rhoda  has an occasional good moment and even a couple decent episodes, it is a show that seems so wildly different from season one and not in a good way.  Rhoda  could never figure out what it fully wanted to be and only made it four and a half seasons as a result. Starring Valerie Harper as Rhoda Morgenstern  (13 episodes) Julie Kavner as Brenda Morgenstern  (13 episodes) Ray Buktenica as Benny Goodwin  (11 episodes) Kenneth McMillan as Jack Doyle  (9 episodes) Nancy Wa...
Post a Comment
Read more

SCHEDULES OF THE PAST: 1995-1996 Thursdays

On Tuesdays, I take a look at schedules from yesteryear. Here's a look at Thursdays in the 1995-96 season! ABC 8:00 8:30 9:00 10:00 Sep Charlie Grace The Monroes Various Programs Oct Murder One Nov Various Programs Dec Various Programs Thursday Night Movie Jan Feb World’s Funniest Videos Before They Were Stars! Mar Apr May NBC was the powerhouse on Thursday nights but ABC still gave it the old college try in the Fall of 1995 with a trio of new dramas that they hoped would help them cut into the Peacock's dominance. Headlining their night was Murder One , a high profile new show from Steven Bochco that received much of the network's attention before the season started. The series focused on one murder case for an entire season, whi...
Post a Comment
Read more