Cashmere Mafia and Miss Guided: ABC Cancels Two More
The alphabet network has dropped two of its unsuccessful midseason replacement series, Miss Guided and Cashmere Mafia. Based on their ratings, neither comes as much of a surprise.
Miss Guided centers around Becky Freeley (Judy Greer) as she starts working as a guidance counselor at her old high school. The single-camera sitcom debuted in March and ran for seven episodes. The premiere attracted less than 10 million viewers and dropped week after week. The final episode attracted just 4.3 million, ranking fourth in its timeslot. Though the series seemed an obvious choice for cancellation, the sitcom was reportedly being considered for renewal up until earlier today.
Mafia comes from Darren Starr’s production company and was compared with Sex in the City, though usually not kindly. The series focuses on four successful women who support each other in their business careers and personal lives. Critical reaction to the show wasn’t enthusiastic. The premiere attracted a decent 10.7 million viewers but the second episode drew under 6.2 million. The ratings continued to drop and the finale attracted just 4.8 million.
Now that Mafia’s been canned, Lucy Liu is expected to move to Dirty Sexy Money. ABC already renewed Money for season two and it’s expected to return in September. Stay tuned! 
35. glen said,
4.8 million is more people than we have in New Zealand but my wife and i looked forward to watching Cashmere Mafia every week and so did most of our friends!! We never really liked SATC and see no comparison except they are both based around successful women, although the hags on SATC werent really successful. It really sucks that a writers strike got in the way of this show. Its all about timing…
34. S said,
Cashmere mafia is better then lipstick jungle but they r both great>>> seems like someone doesnt like girl power!!!!
33. JENNIFER said,
Cashmere mafia was so much better than lipstick jungle.
I really am disappointed that ABC isn’t going to finnish out the season.
I can not believe that they are really keeping that stupid reallity show Big Brother it is a crime to make us whatch that and take are mafia away from us.
32. anonymous said,
I can’t belive Cahmere Mafia was cancelled! I loved that show! ABC SUCKS!
31. Anonymous said,
i can’t belief that mafia as been canceled! you people of ABC suck!!
bring it back! at least finish the season…
30. daniel said,
Cashmere mafia was a great show. It didn’t even get to finish its fulls season due to writers strike. If they had of finished episodes it would have given more people a chance to get addicted like I did. I loved the show. Heaps better then lipstick jungle that’s got a second season
29. kharinuts said,
i prefer cashmere mafia than lipstick jungle
28. carolyn said,
I can not believe they got rid of Mafia..i LOVE THAT SHOW..im in college and was getting my friends into it…we loved it, it was a great new show!! it gave us something along with greys to get into …we would watch the show and hope that we could be some version of that in a few years…really upset about it not coming back on…
27. Ishita said,
I don’t know about capitalism, but I do understand that it’s unrealistic to expect 10 mill viewers for EVERY series out there! People get tired watching TV after a while! But that does not in any way imply that Mafia wasn’t a super enormous hit, I know it’s supposed to have been competing with Lipstick Jungle, but I think it focused on the actual issues much better, along with a highly developed sense of style among all the lead characters! Tsk Tsk, what a shame, 7 episodes is truly heinous!
26. Daud said,
gosh i just can’t believe how cruel ABC is. they don’t even finish this season’s story, it just makes people, including me, furious you know. Oh bring back my gorgeous Mafia would you ?
25. Kendall Wilson said,
I loved loved loved Cashmere Mafia! I can’t believe they didn’t even finish the season, I was soooo mad when I saw Men in trees in it’s place…..
24. Anton said,
It’s not so much that both shows stink, but both just had bad timing. Miss Guided had to compete with the Final Four, and Cashmere had to go against CSI/Law & Order. And when the network pumps alot of ad bucks into these programs and doesn’t get a fair ROI, why lose more money?
Of course you could say it’s not fair and all they care is about money, but put it into perspective and ask yourself if you could really afford to run a network if you lost money on it every week.
On the flipside, maybe we might see Cashmere make a comeback on soapnet; though it doesn’t exactly qualify as one.
23. Courtney said,
I hardly get to watch TV. between a baby an work its hard to watch anything. I loved this show and loved where it was going. I have been watching and waiting for itsreturn. Do you maybe the writers stick had any effect on people? Please bring it back and allow for one more try. 4 million people loved it. Why isn’t that enough?
22. Benedicte said,
4,8mill is approximately the population of Norway, where I live. It seems to me that if nearly 5mill people love a show it’s successful! So many great tv shows get cancelled every year in the US, it’s a disgrace! I guess that’s what happens when Capitalism rules…
21. Anonymous said,
i loved miss guided!! bring it back