Has your favorite TV show been cancelled? Will it be back for the 2012–2013 TV season? If your favorite is on the list below, you have our condolences.
This list encompasses shows that have been cancelled so far, covering those that have gotten the ax (or walking papers) between June 1, 2011 and May 31, 2012. In some cases, the last episodes of some shows aired months earlier but the network didn’t get around to canceling the series until later. If you don’t see what you’re looking for, try the 2010–2011 listings, the 2009–2010 listings, or maybe you’ve gotten lucky!
Now, let’s take a moment to bow our heads and remember these fallen TV series…
Against the Wall (Lifetime)
This family cop drama didn’t catch on with a large enough audience so it was canned after one season on the air. The last episode aired in September.
Allen Gregory (FOX)
Co-created by and starring Jonah Hill, this animated series aggravated lots of people but didn’t keep enough of them coming back week after week. FOX aired all seven episodes and there won’t be any more.
Bored to Death (HBO)
Starring Jason Schwartzman, Zach Galifianakis and Ted Danson, this show revolves around a man with writers block. The ratings dropped a lot in season three so HBO opted not to give it a fourth season.
Blue Mountain State (Spike TV) NEW
There won’t be a fourth season of the football comedy as the cable channel has decided to focus on reality programming.
Breaking Bad (AMC)
Walter and Jesse have been given their walking papers. The final 16 episodes will finish airing in either in 2012 or 2013.
Camelot (Starz)
The ratings weren’t great and there would have been production challenges in making a second season so the cable channel pulled the plug. The drama lasted 10 episodes.
CHAOS (CBS)
A comedic action series, this show was delayed until late in the season. When it finally debuted, few noticed. CBS burned off most of the episodes on Saturday nights.
Charlie’s Angels (ABC)
The original series was a big success for ABC but this one flopped. Production was shut down after eight episodes and the show was cancelled.
Chuck (NBC)
Has there ever been a time when this TV show wasn’t in danger of being cancelled? NBC decided to renew it for a fifth and final season of 13 episodes, giving the cast and crew ample time to craft a series finale.
The Closer (TNT)
Kyra Sedgwick supposedly made the decision to end this top-rated series after seven seasons on the air. Though Brenda Leigh Johnson will depart, some of the characters will continue in a spin-off called Major Crimes.
Combat Hospital (ABC)
This series was a disappointment for the network and they only aired 12 of the 13 episodes. They cancelled the show and Shaw Media, who produces the show, couldn’t find another American outlet to help pay for a second season.
Desperate Housewives (ABC)
Rather than wait until the ratings dropped any further, the network has agreed to close down Wisteria Lane after eight seasons on the air.
Ebert Presents: At the Movies (PBS)
Continuing the format of film criticism that was made popular by Ebert and Gene Siskel, this weekly program reviews a number of new and classic films. It didn’t find enough financial support and ended up being put on hiatus.
Eureka (Syfy)
Based on the ratings, this show was apparently too expensive to continue producing. The fifth and final season will air in mid-2012. After the cancellation announcement came down, the cable channel ordered an additional episode to allow Eureka some sort of proper finale.
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC)
Ty Pennington and his crew are getting a little rest. The network has cancelled the reality show but will still air it as occasional specials.
Free Agents (NBC)
The second NBC series of the new fall season to be pulled, this Hank Azaria sitcom fell to a 1.0 rating in the 18-49 demographic, despite much stronger lead-ins. For whatever reason, audiences just rejected this one.
Friends with Benefits (NBC)
The peacock network delayed this sitcom until the middle of the summer, an indication that they had no faith in it. The ratings were indeed terrible and they only aired 12 of the 13 episodes.
H8R (The CW)
Hosted by Mario Lopez, this reality series matched celebrities with regular people who dislike them in the hopes of changing their perception. Few were interested.
The Hard Times of RJ Berger (MTV)
This high school series was barely renewed for a second season and the ratings only got worse in year two. Despite leaving some shocking and unresolved storylines without a conclusion, RJ and his pals won’t be back.
HawthoRNe (TNT)
Starring Jada Pinkett Smith, this medical drama lasted three seasons and ended on a major cliffhanger. Sadly it’s been cancelled and won’t be back.
House (FOX) NEW
After eight seasons, the decision has been made to end the venerable medical series.
How to Be a Gentleman (CBS)
The sitcom did decently by most standards but CBS has big hit comedies and new ones have to meet a high standard. CBS cut the season order to nine episodes, shut down production, and shipped the show to the Saturday night graveyard.
How to Make It in America (HBO)
Ben and Cam try to make it in the fashion industry but their show didn’t make it past season two.
Hung (HBO)
Ray Drecker (Thomas Jane) may be popular with the ladies but the cable channel tiered of his company. They’ve cancelled the show after three seasons and 30 episodes.
In Plain Sight (USA)
The cable channel has announced that season five will the last for Mary McCormack and company.
In the Flow with Affion Crockett (FOX)
The comedy sketch show ran during the summer months and didn’t generate much interest. It’s been canned and all six episodes have aired.
The Joy Behar Show (CNN)
Her cable show has come to an end but you can still see outspoken Behar weekday mornings on The View.
Lopez Tonight (TBS)
George Lopez’s sitcom ran for six seasons but his late-night talk show barely lasted two before being cancelled.
Love Bites (NBC)
This anthology series about amour was conceived to revolve around two women in search of love. Off-camera problems created delays, what aired was very different, and most people ignored it.
Man Up! (ABC)
This series was a ratings disappointment and dropped nearly every week it was on the air. ABC pulled it after eight episodes had aired and released the remaining five online.
The Martha Stewart Show (Hallmark)
The daytime show started as a syndicated series and was nearly cancelled but was picked up by Hallmark as part of a bigger deal. It wasn’t a success for Hallmark so they’ve canned it.
Memphis Beat (TNT)
Jason Lee and company won’t be back for a third round of episodes. The show was cancelled after two seasons on the air.
Men of a Certain Age (TNT)
Though beloved by some critics and viewers, this drama never caught on with a big audience and lasted just two seasons.
The Nate Berkus Show (syndicated)
The interior designer will finish out his second season but there won’t be a third year of episodes.
The Nine Lives of Chloe King (ABC Family)
This drama left viewers with cliffhangers but the ratings just weren’t good enough for them to make any more episodes.
One Tree Hill (The CW)
This venerable series has continued to endure despite some major cast changes. The network decided to pull the plug following the ninth and final season of 13 episodes.
The Playboy Club (NBC)
This NBC TV series stumbled right out of the gate and was pulled after three episodes. It wins the distinction of being the first network TV series to be cancelled of the fall crop.
Prime Suspect (NBC) NEW
The remake stumbled right out of the gate and the ratings just got worse. NBC aired all 13 episodes and had no reason to order any more.
The Protector (Lifetime)
A drama about a single-mom police detective, this TV series never caught on with a big audience and the cable channel decided not to order a second season.
Skins (MTV)
There was an uproar from some parents groups when this show premiered. That died off and so did viewer interest. It certainly didn’t help that many sponsors pulled their ads from the show. The cable channel cancelled it after one season.
State of Georgia (ABC Family)
The sitcom’s ratings were terrible so it was no surprise that the cable channel cancelled it after all 12 episodes had aired.
Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns (TBS)
This sitcom was based on Perry’s 2008 film comedy of the same name. It lasted for five seasons and 140 installments. The series ending aired on November 18, 2011.
Wizards of Waverly Place (Disney Channel) NEW
After four seasons, the three Russo kids have competed and one was crowned as the wizard of their generation. The series finale aired on January 6th.
Work It (ABC) NEW
This sitcom premiered to poor reviews and ratings. The numbers got even worse in week two so the network pulled it off the air. The extra episodes may surface over the summer if ABC has an empty slot.
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What do you think? Are you surprised that any of these shows have been cancelled? Which one(s) will you miss the most?
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- Allen Gregory (FOX)
not surprised. that show was annoying and shallow
- Bored to Death (HBO)
too bad. it had a great cast, that brought somethign unique to the screen. a show with personality.
- Breaking Bad (AMC)
no surprise, to be honest. while it was intriguing to watch, they were struggling with the writing, or so it appeared to me.
- Chuck (NBC)
FINALLY! i never liked that show.
- Eureka (Syfy)
always liked this show, but, pretty obviously, in creative troubles. farewell, eureka!
- House (FOX) NEW
this is sad. really sad. one of the best shows ive ever seen. i guess its better to give it a proper end than to let it turn to a show zombie, though…
- How to Make It in America (HBO)
ive enjoyed this show. maybe it was too hip for its own good?
- Skins (MTV)
(watch the original)
hahaha. failed tv experiments like this make me laugh. who ever thought it would be a good idea to remake this for the US audience? FOOLS, i say!
Breaking Bad…struggling with the writing??? You could have said anything else and I would have kept my opinions to myself…but that show’s writing ONLY GETS BETTER. I could agree with you that some aspects of the show are somewhat ify here and there, but for the writers to expand so much on Gus Fring’s backstory and keeping the Mexican cartel story alive SINCE THE END OF SEASON 1??? You ask me, those writers deserve gold metals, ESPECIALLY FOR SEASON 4! Who ever thought Hector Salamancha would have been the one to personally bring down Gus? You can’t even try to tell me (or anyone) that the writers are off their game.
It’s those bloodsucking network goons who are screwing things up!
I agree with GaleBetticker555 Breaking Bad is the best show on TV if you ask me!
I’m so sad Season 5 of Breaking Bad will be the conclusion…not only because it’s no doubt the best show on TV and almost as addicting as a drug itself, but because it feels like Walt has just now reached an important phase of his arch (becoming the kingpin). Of course, the creators will surely think of some kind of genius way to focus more on the consequences of Walt’s actions than the progress of his meth operation…however, I think many fans of the show would rather see Walt build his OWN operation from scratch and go through season-after-season worth of trials and tribulations. I want unique villains and henchmen, I want to see Walt become the bad guy, and I want to see him last in that role as long as Gus has. It seems like we could use at least 2 or 3 more seasons. Would it hurt to let at least ONE hit show go for more seasons than Sopranos? Cheap two-bid producers and TV tycoons need to let go of their greed from time to time and give Americans what they really want!!!
Sad day! Can’t believe they cancelled against the wall! Been waiting for it to come back on since the last episode. Man this stinks first a&e cancels the cleaner now this!
Eureka(Syfy)
I will miss this show very much. It had humor and style but ran out of steam because there were too many loose ends. It must be very difficult to not only write a show but to execute the ideas of a writer. Congradulations on the semi-animated Christmas show. It was very clever.
Very disappointed about House and The Closer. How to Make It In America was a good program. Sorry it won’t return.
People took Skins the wrong way. I looked at it as “This may be what your kids are doing!!!!” or “How not to be a teen!” The groups that wanted this show gone are in complete denial about today’s youth. It was extreme, but I personally know people that grew up like this. Ask some young adults about the kick backs they have gone to in their youth.
I knew HawthoRNe was not going to return.
I really did enjoy In Plain Sight and Men of a Certain Age. I can relate to the latter. Sad to see them go.
Hate House is going.
Really liked In Plain Sight. Nice to have a show with a strong female lead that is also physical. Mary is really cool.
Hate to see the Closer go. It took me a while to get into it, but then I couldn’t get enough. So sad.
House and Breaking Bad are examples of how good TV still can be. But every good show comes to an end and with a full season to wrap up loose ends the writers can really surprise us with something special to remember.
I am shocked to hear that the Nate Berkus show will be cancelled. It is a very enjoyable show, and Nate is a perfect host. Not only does he bring humour, fashion, and decorating in one platform, he makes it thoroughly enjoyable with his participation. What will Nate be doing?
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