Dozens of TV Shows Cancelled as Networks Clean House

Variety ^ | May 8, 2015 | Cynthia Littleton

[EveningStar]

It's house-cleaning time for the major networks as the cancellation ax falls in order to make for new additions in the fall.

Some shows, such as NBC's "State of Affairs" and "Constantine," have been off the air so long that it feels they'd already been cancelled. But the formal notice falls just as hard even when if it is long expected.

[BwanaNdege]

Maybe it was because Mork passed away

Mindy married Gibbs, never died her hair red and is still married to him after 26+ years.

[QT3.14]

[sauropod]

I don’t think she’s bad looking but I’m tired of the self promotion.

[SkyDancer]

Exactly. The girl was wronged. She got even. End of episode. Should have been a made for TV movie instead. Whatever happened to “V” - I kinda liked that ....

[Personal Responsibility]

And that was a shame. The show was excellent! They killed it before release by sticking it on Friday nights.

[SunkenCiv]

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[Personal Responsibility]

Not Guilty!

[Hot Tabasco]

Don’t feel back, I haven’t heard of any of them. :D

Neither have I........There are a couple of series I record but they're all on cable channels, not major networks.

[wally_bert]

ME-TV is the best channel.

[wally_bert]

I really liked Galavant.

[yarddog]

Yes, I am watching Star Trek right now.

Not one of my favorite episodes tho. Not one of the worst either.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

Crap. ‘Forever’ cancelled. I suspected as much. The season finale wrapped things up and no cliffhanger.

A shame. I enjoyed the show.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

I liked ‘Stalker.” My only complaint is there were no happy people, only brooders.

[jaydee770]

Just a few ring a bell and I have not watched any of them on purpose. The closest I got was probably channel surfing and I couldn’t tell one from another. Surprised a bit to hear Kevin Bacon was in one of them - Had I known, I would have checked it out...

Lately, among the shows I followed consistently were Longmire and Justified and now they are both gone. That leaves me with Walking Dead.

A&E had a hit with Longmire, but tossed it because they didn’t own it (or something) and couldn’t make as much money on it as they needed/wanted.

I really don’t understand how it all works and how the decisions are made. For example, why would a “Firefly” get cancelled before completing it’s first season, yet a “Jersey Shore” goes for 6 seasons? Boggles the mind.

[Bigg Red]

OMW! The only one I have even hear of is “The Mindy Project”, and that is probably because someone on the show did something that caused him or her to be mentioned in a news story.

Never watch any sit coms on TV, and I am not missing anything important.

[cport]

That’s what I liked about it, his no filter mouth was the best part.

[fieldmarshaldj]

“Resurrection” was bizarre, and with cancellation, we’ll never find out what it all meant.

[dfwgator]

Can’t even remember the last time I watched a network TV show.

About the only US-based series I watch is “Mad Men.” The wife watches the novelas on Univision...and I recently caught the KDrama bug.

[Rides_A_Red_Horse]

The wife and I enjoyed “Constantine.” We gave “Messengers” a chance and it looked promising.

[EveningStar]

I tuned into Battle Creek because I like Dean Winters, having been a big fan of him as “Mayhem” in the Allstate commercials.

I liked Battle Creek and I particularly like his Russ Agnew character.