To no surprise, ABC has cancelled freshman sitcom Hank. The Kelsey Grammer show failed to catch on with critics or many viewers.
Hank revolves around a Wall Street CEO who’s kicked out of his own company and must relocate with his family to his small hometown in Virginia. Aside for Grammer, the series stars Melinda McGraw, David Koechner, Jordan Hinson, and Nathan Gamble.
The sitcom got off to a slow start on September 30th with a 2.1 rating in the demo and 8.34 million total viewers. The numbers got worse from there and last week Hank hit a series low of a 1.3 rating and 5.09 million viewers.
It’s been assumed that the show would be cancelled for awhile now, especially since ABC handed out full season orders to all of its other freshman sitcoms; The Middle, Modern Family, and Cougartown.
ABC confirmed the cancellation of Hank today and said that production is being halted after 10 episodes. The sitcom’s end comes on the heels of the cancellation of another struggling Wednesday night show, Eastwick.
Five episodes of Hank have been aired so far and it’s unclear whether or not the network will get around to showing the remaining five at some point in the future.
For now, Hank’s timeslot will be filled with repeats and specials.
What do you think? Was this show as bad as so many people think? Was there anything that could’ve been done to fix it?
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Let’s face it, anything ever did after Frasier is going to be a disappointment. No Tv viewer can get that out of their head
i liked hank, and i liked back to you that was also cancelled.. i don’t think hank was given enough time at all…. :-/
The show was just not funny…..They were trying too hard…..
i like hank. if you liked frasier, i don’t see why you wouldn’t like this. it wasn’t given a chance.
I liked Hank. Kelsey Grammer is hilarious.
I and my mom both liked Hank, it was funny. I don’t think it was given enough of a chance.
I think Hank was great! So real in this day and time. I didn’t care for Frasier at all. I thought is was stupid, although I did like Frasier on Cheers. I was very disappointed when they cancelled Hank. Come on, give us some sitcoms we can watch with out children. Instead we get Cougar Town? Yea, that’s a good one. Not!
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