An End for The Two Coreys
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, Reality, Cable, Cancellations, Gossip, Video,
Sooner or later, all train wrecks must come to an end.
According to the the co-producer of The Two Coreys, the show’s second season will be the last for the A&E program. Haim’s documented relapse - coupled with the duo’s ongoing issues - make it difficult for the series to proceed.
It’s also hard to produce a show when the stars aren’t even speaking to each other. In the recent issue of People, we learn that the Lost Boys actors won’t even appear in the same photo together anymore.
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FX Cancels Courteney Cox’s Dirt
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Prime Time, FX, Cancellations,
Although she tried hard to set aside her nice girl persona, fans apparently had a tough time accepting Courteney Cox Arquette as a badass. Either that, or they simply didn’t like her show.
After only 2 years on air (1.5 if you take the writers’ strike into account), Arquette’s Dirt has been yanked from the FX network. Interestingly enough, this is about the same length of time Matt LeBlanc’s Joey managed to stay on air. The drama also hung around longer than Matthew Perry’s Studio 60 and Lisa Kudrow’s The Comeback.
Despite earning 3.7 million viewers for its January 2007 debut, the program eventually experienced a dramatic decline. By April, Dirt‘s second season finale was down to 1.06 million. I guess that kiss with gal pal Aniston didn’t have much lasting power.
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The CW Fails to Sell, Continues With Youth
Posted by Robin Paulson Categories: Action, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Prime Time, The CW, America’s Next Top Model, Heroes, Lost, The CW, Cancellations, News, Ratings,
Not only do television stations have to deal with battling technology nowadays, but they also have been fighting another war when it comes to selling ads. Unfortunately for the CW, it seems to be losing quite a bit on both fronts, selling nearly 40% less of prime time ads than they did the previous year.
The drop in sales is not merely from the drop in ratings this year (down 23%)—in actuality, it may be largely due to the fact that the troubled station has cut down its programming from 15 to 10 hours a week, eliminating Sunday night from their lineup. Marketing was, however, able to sell 8% more in ad prices compared to last year, solely relying upon its appeal to younger audiences with shows like Gossip Girl, America’s Next Top Model, and the upcoming Beverly Hills 90210 remake. With their break from WWE, the CW will have to pray that more pre-teen girls jump on board to watching their shows to cover the lack of ratings pull Smackdown received.
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CBS Cancels Moonlight, Renews Mother
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Sci-Fi/Horror, CBS, Cancellations, Renewals,
Yesterday, we named those shows recently cut by the major networks. Now we know which CBS programs will be added to that dreaded list.
The freshman dramas receiving the ax include Moonlight and Shark. Although fans of the vampire series did their best to campaign for the cult fave, their passion simply didn’t equate to ratings. (I’m sure the network feared they’d end up with another failed Jericho in their hands.)
Meanwhile, those programs being spared include: How I Met Your Mother, The New Adventures of Old Christine, Rules of Engagement and The Unit. It seems Britney Spears might be good for something after all…
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Networks Announce Scheduling Cuts
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, Reality, ABC, FOX, The CW, Cancellations,
UPDATE: You can find out which programs CBS just cut here.
Over the next few days, the networks will be furiously announcing their additions and deletions for the fall season. While the fates of some shows are still in limbo (e.g. Moonlight, How I Met Your Mother), here are a few of the programs you can say goodbye to right now.
- ABC: Men in Trees, October Road, Oprah’s Big Give, Women’s Murder Club
- CW: Aliens in America
- FOX: Back to You, New Amsterdam
(On a side note: You can expect TV Envy’s Summer Programming Schedule to be published soon.)
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NBC Drops Monk, Psych
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Cable, NBC, The Office, Cancellations,
As we all know, the recent writers strike forced programmers to fill their schedules creatively. CBS brought Big Brother in early, FOX aired endless repeats of House and NBC borrowed shows from other areas. Unfortunately for the Peacock network, their experiments have all ended with a thud.
Back in February, NBC pulled quarterlife after only one episode. Fortunately, that internet series still had its regular fan base to return to. Now two other programs on the network are going back to where they came from.
Come next week, both Monk and Psych will be dropped from the Sunday lineup. Reruns of the USA Network shows starting airing on their sister channel back in April. Unfortunately, both programs have had only churned out horrible demos since their debut.
A two-hour block of The Office will fill in for the time being.
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ABC Axes Men in Trees
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Prime Time, ABC, Cancellations,
Well, it’s not like we didn’t this one coming…
Back in March, underdog Men in Trees was rudely pushed aside to make room for Women’s Murder Club. At that time, I said the program’s dismal ratings probably had something to do its inconsistent treatment. Now ABC has finally made it perfectly clear how it feels about the struggling show. The network has just officially cancelled it.
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Cashmere Star Moving to Dirty Sexy Money
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Prime Time, ABC, Cancellations, Rumors,
While ABC has neither confirmed or denied the demise of Cashmere Mafia, the program’s prognosis does not look good. The evidence? One of the show’s leading ladies is already working on her own backup plan.
Lucy Liu, Cashmere‘s Mia Mason, is reportedly in talks to star in another ABC drama. Assuming her upcoming schedule frees up, she could soon have a full-time job on Dirty Sexy Money. The role would allow the actress to return to familiar Ally McBeal-esque territory: Liu would once again play a lawyer.
In case you were wondering about Lipstick Jungle (a.k.a. NBC’s version of Mafia), that show did make it on the 2008-09 schedule.
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Secret Talents of the Stars Already Cancelled
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, Reality, CBS, Cancellations, Ratings,
Thanks to dismal numbers for Tuesday’s debut, CBS has decided to cancel Secret Talents of the Stars after only one outing.
The show which would have eventually had viewers vote on their favorite performances was originally scheduled to air through the end of May. Unfortunately, the reality series placed a distant third in its original time slot (even behind a repeat). If things dwindled from there, the phone lines would have been painfully quiet.
So what did this abrupt cancellation force us to miss out on? Next week, Jo Dee Messina was slated to perform modern dance, Joshua Morrow was going to juggle and Bridget Marquardt was planning to transform into a trapeze artist. (Yes, be thankful the program ended now.)
If you missed out any of this week’s performances, you can catch four of them after the jump:
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NBC Lays Out Fall Schedule
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Action, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Prime Time, Sci-Fi/Horror, NBC, The Office, Cancellations, Renewals,
Last week, NBC‘s programming chief got a jump start on the competition by revealing his company’s calendar for next year. In addition to the fall lineup, the programming schedule through Summer 2009 was revealed.
Of all the interesting notes, I actually found it quite refreshing to hear that the network will be working to keep the 8 o’clock time slot a “family hour”. (In other words, they’ll put the most family friendly things they have - whether they really should be watched by children or not - during that portion of the evening.) After the kids are put to bed, NBC will then kick things up a notch with an hour of “blockbuster” programming then sixty minutes of adult-themed content.
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