Cancelled TV Shows 2008/2009

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Eureka needs to go on the likely canceled list after the stuff they dumped on us this season. :(

Eureka was great I just didn't likethe guys whose name I cant remember atm being killed.other then that the season finale was great and I still enjoy the story.

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I'm told that financier and producer Media Rights Capital has canceled two of the four shows it put on The CW after being given the rare opportunity to program a network's Sunday nights. Both Valentine and Easy Money had been put on hiatus with skeleton crews while more scripts were written. Now both series are on permanent hiatus, which is a nicer way of saying they've been cancelled. MRC still has authority to program Sunday nights on The CW for the entire 2008-2009 season so it'll be choosing two replacement shows right away.

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King of the Hill May Live On!

There's an outside chance that Fox's canceled veteran animated series "King of the Hill" could reign again.

Sources say ABC, which is rolling out midseason animated comedy ?The Goode Family? -- from ?King? co-creator Mike Judge -- is eyeing the veteran Fox toon.

A spokesman for producer 20th Century Fox TV would only confirm "another network is interested" in the show. ABC had no comment and, to be clear, this is still the discussion phase.

At a time when shows are being renewed while earning modest 2.4 adult demo ratings, the current 13th season of ?King? is averaging a 3.4 -- nearly as much as CBS? breakout freshman drama ?The Mentalist.? Sunday's edition, boosted by "The Simpsons" annual Halloween episode, hit a season high.

While a possible pairing of ?King? and ?Goode? would make a lot of sense for ABC as animated shows perform best when partnered with other animated shows, creating a Judge block could be logistically difficult.

?King? takes nine months to produce new episodes due to the animation work involved. So while ?Goode? is slated for midseason, ?King? wouldn't be ready until next fall. If ABC orders ?King? and ?Goode? flops ? the network is left with an expensive half-hour animated show next fall with no partner. Plus, ABC wouldn't want its "King" to air at the same time as Fox's "King."

One source hinted the network might just opt for a script order -- which would getting the ball rolling on another "King" season, while leaving the network time to test "Goode" on the air.

Another option for "Hill" is to move to cable. But between cost of the show's animation and voice talent, ?King? is considered pricey and likely too rich for a small network, such as Adult Swim.

If ABC were to pick up the show, it would mark the second series to change broadcast networks in the past year -- the first being "Scrubs" move from NBC to ABC. ABC also expressed interest in CBS' "The New Adventures of Old Christine" when the show was on the bubble last year. All three titles are half-hour shows, a format the network has had some difficulty programming.

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For anyone else that's a fan of the Unit, it is performing a bit better than the list shows, with the reason being that they moved it to Sunday night and I think every episode this season with the exception of 1 has started at least 30 min late, royally upsetting me when I see it isn't being recorded properly on the DVR. Just saying...;)

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http://www.thrfeed.com/2008/11/nbc-cancels-ene.html

NBC has pulled the plug on freshman tentpole drama "My Own Worst Enemy" and returning sophomore series "Lipstick Jungle," sources say.

The cancellation comes after both shows dropped to new lows in the ratings in recent weeks, with the Christian Slater action series sinking to a 1.8 among adults 18-49 (4.3 million viewers) on Monday night and "Lipstick" falling to a 1.2 (3.3 million viewers) on Friday.

Though the "Lipstick" number was an improvement on the previous week, the show's ratings have been below the line for a while now, and sunk into the red zone after the drama moved to Fridays.

NBC's expectation for the return of "Lipstick" was modest, but "Enemy" was considered an important show. A spy thriller with a grown-up budget inspired by the Bourne movies, "Enemy" received NBC's coveted post-"Heroes" time period. That valuable Monday hour of scheduling real estate has become less worthwhile in recent weeks, however, as "Heroes" shed viewers -- weakening the lead-in for "Enemy" and hastening its decline.

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Well, that didn't take long. Never saw My Own Worst Enemy appealing at all.

I watch maybe a few hours of TV a week, and that is when im in bed so I never saw it, but seeing Christian Slater in the promo's made me not want to watch it, he looks like a huge douche bag.

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I'd rather have these scripted crappy show than another "Bachelor" or "Biggest Loser" any day. I never understood all these "time-slot" management. It's stupid how time can make a break a show. If it's good enough, it'll last. Don't blame it on time slots. I mean I understand that contending Heroes or Lost up against that POS American Idol could create conflict for those idiots who'd rather watch crappy wannabe's than a well scripted/acted show, but the fact is that American Idol is still a POS. AI really needs to end. God I hate is so much!

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I agree it can be confusing at times even from watching it from day 1.... But I actually thought Christian Slater did a decent job acting for the show...better than some of the stuff he had done in the past...I was actually getting into the show more and hoping they were going to explain just how the chip in his brain faulted....Then we might know and understand more of where the show was headed...but it is just like a big loop just going in circles of basically the same story over and over...but I think it did/does have potential but they are not acting fast enough to explain and show more of how things came to be...As like HEROES they are just now showing how everyone got their powers and explaining things very well...they should follow suit....

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