After posting a series low in the ratings last night, ABC has decided against ordering additional episodes of Dirty Sexy Money. Does that mean it’s cancelled?
Dirty Sexy Money follows nice-guy lawyer Nick George (Peter Krause) who takes over his late father’s only client, the wealthy and powerful Darling family. Tripp Darling (Donald Sutherland) is incredibly influential but is living proof that money isn’t everything. His relationships with his wife Letitia (Jill Clayburgh) and their five grown children is sometimes shaky at best. His adult children are politician Patrick (William Baldwin), promiscuous Karen (Natalie Zea), corrupt clergyman Brian (Glenn Fitzgerald), and immature, party-loving twins Jeremy (Seth Gabel) and Juliet (Samaire Armstrong). Other characters are played by Blair Underwood, Zoe McLellan, Lucy Liu, Will Shadley, Laura Margolis, Bellamy Young, Candis Cayne, Shawn Michael Patrick, Chloe Moretz, Sheryl Lee, Andrea Smithson, and Daniel Cosgrove.
Money debuted in September 2007 on ABC. The premiere episode attracted 10.44 million people and a 3.6/12 rating /share of the 18-49 demographic. The following episodes dropped considerably in the ratings but ABC decided to take a chance and renewed Money for a second season.
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Since its return on October 1st, the ratings haven’t gotten any better. Last night’s viewership represented a series low. As a result, ABC has decided against ordering any additional episodes for the season, effectively cancelling the show. There’s a slight chance that Money could return in the future but, with its ratings history, that’s not likely to happen.
The cast and crew are currently finishing up shooting the final episode. It’s not known if it will include any kind of closure for the show’s ongoing storylines.
For now, Money remains on the ABC schedule. If the network pulls it before airing all of the episodes, they’ll likely be released online or, at the very least, be issued on DVD. Stay tuned! 
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Please bring Dirty Sexy Money back. Maybe on another network or not on prime time. Please bring it back.
I really love this show too, and really wish it wouldn’t be canceled! I just finished watching the 13th episode of season 2, today, and I want more!!!
I love this show. I really wish they didn’t cancel it. I couldn’t wait to see what was going to happen next! ABC should consider bringing it back for a summer season!
The reason for the low ratings is that the show was not consistently on at a regular time.
ABC dropped the ball on this one.
What bothers me the most beyond finding a show I like is cancelled, is not getting closure. It’s like reading half a good book and loosing it. ABC should have an obligation to give viewers closure.
In 2007 ABC aired 8 episodes of The Traveler in the spring knowing before they were aired that it was cancelled.
The repercussions are easy if ABC has no consideration or obligation to their viewers we have a right to view elsewhere. .
Ratings aren
I love the show. It was fun. PLEASE BRING IT BACK
It figures, ABC always cancels the shows with great actors because the network can’t afford them. I thought the show had great writing and was fun to watch. I think the name most likely scared away some of the more conservative viewers and maybe the ratings showed it. Anyway I was looking forward to the show but I guess I will have to watch a show on HBO or Showtime instead. It’s a shame ABC can’t figure out what to do with their prime time line up. ABC did the same thing with Life On Mars, another great show that was cancelled, ABC really needs to get their act together it seems they are out of touch with what the public likes. I think the program director should be fired, my 9 year old daughter could do a better job. Another bad move ABC, good luck with that.
well, this was another great show that had to end before its time.
I’d really like to see it have a second win. I’d really like to know where the story is gonna go.
i’m with shanks
I can’t believe abc cancelled money, it was a great show. I just finished watching the season 2 on DVD. I was upset when I found out the show was cancelled
I hate ABC. I want more!
this show can’t end like this…its gettin goog..one of the best
This is insane. A top-notch show, top-notch actors (not a single weak character except possibly Wren, who seems miscast with her milk-fed looks and big Chiclet teeth), a plot that constantly “ups the ante,” and a killer cliff-hanger. I guess ABC is intent on making itself obsolete. What terrible Narratus Interruptus (my phrase).
I agree with the other comments on this board. What ABC did was dreadful, cancelling a show of such caliber and esteem and replacing it with nothing special. I believe that if the fans gather together though, and not just in a simple petition sort of way, but something more drastic, that the show could be revived. Therefore, I started up a website for it (link below), which, if we have enough involvement from people here and on other petitions, the show still could be saved.
Right now this website is pretty barebones, but if people join, it will expand and we could make a mark at saving this show. Please consider, because I think that we all signed this petition for a reason: the Darlings (and Nick George and Nola Lions) have found a spot in our hearts that we don’t want to go away.
http://s1.zetaboards.com/Dirty_Sexy_Money/index/
You can’t let a show end like that! Season two created more questions than it answered! So frustrating.
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