ABC is still doing well in the ratings so they can be picky about what they keep on their network schedule for the 2007-08 schedule. They have a lot of new shows. Here’s what won’t be returning:
Big Day – This quirky sitcom about a couple’s wedding day ran for 12 episodes, leaving one episode unaired. The ratings were low so it won’t be back.
Day Break – The Taye Diggs dramatic series was pulled after six episodes and ABC subsequently released the remaining episodes online. Diggs is committed to the Grey’s Anatomy spin-off Private Practice.
Extreme Makeover – This personal makeover series ran for four season and 55 episodes. Three have gone unaired. The Ty Pennington Home Edition will return for another season.
George Lopez – The six-year-old sitcom, which often performed better than most everything else ABC could put up against American Idol, has been dropped. The series finale ran last week on May 8, 2007.
The Great American Dream Vote – The Donny Osmond-hosted reality show was pulled after two episodes. Three episodes never aired.
Help Me Help You – Ted Danson’s sitcom, about an egotistical therapist and his patients, was cancelled after nine episodes. Four episodes went unaired.
In Case of Emergency – This sitcom starred David Arquette and Jonathan Silverman and just never caught on. One of the 13 episodes was left unaired.
The Knights of Prosperity – Nine of the 13 episodes of this sitcom have aired. The network said that it would return with Ray Romano as the new target of the “knights.” There was speculation that these four episodes would be combined with a small second season order but it didn’t happen.
The Nine – Many of the cast members have been committed to other ABC shows so it’s no shock that this series has been cancelled. ABC pulled this serial drama after just seven episodes and fans are still waiting to see the rest. The first seven are available on via iTunes and the rest may be released online at some point.
Show Me the Money – The William Shatner game show seemed to be a success initially but its popularity declined at warp speed. Six additional episodes were ordered and then quickly cancelled. Five episodes have aired to date.
Six Degrees – The first of ABC’s serial dramas to be pulled in the 2006-2007 season, Production was completed on 13 episodes and, after a brief return on Friday nights, the network has been releasing the episodes online. It’s no surprise that it won’t be back
What About Brian – The Barry Watson series was saved last year but the network felt the ratings just didn’t warrant a third year. The last episode aired on March 26th. Watson will star opposite Christina Applegate in new sitcom Sam I Am on Monday nights.
The Jim Belushi sitcom According to Jim has not been renewed for another season but it may not be dead yet. ABC Entertainment President Stephen McPherson said, “We are talking to the studio to see if there’s something financially, a deal that would make sense for us.”
Returning in the fall are: America’s Funniest Home Videos, The Bachelor, Boston Legal, Brothers & Sisters, Dancing with the Stars, Desperate Housewives, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Grey’s Anatomy, Men in Trees, Ugly Betty, and Wife Swap.
October Road and Notes from the Underbelly will return on Monday and Tuesday nights midseason once Dancing and Bachelor finish their fall runs (or sooner if new shows fail). Lost and Supernanny will return midseason (around January). Primetime is expected to return at some point during the season, as it did this year.
Nine series will air over the summer including Traveler, National Bingo Night, The Next Best Thing: Who is the Greatest Celebrity Impersonator?, and American Inventor. Their futures have yet to be decided. Stay tuned!
I got interested in Six Degrees and thought it was a great show. Unfortunately it was released on the Already Been Cancelled (ABC) network. They do this every year and I’m done with them. A friend told me about Traveller. It sounds like a good premise for a better network like FOX. Maybe it won’t be cancelled but I won’t be watching it to find out.
Now I know why ABC Television Network has spent so many years at the bottom. They have canceled good television shows like What About Brian, According to Jim, and The George Lopez show. But yet they keep so many shows like America’s Funniest Home Videos, Boston Legal, and Dancing with the Stars. How many times can you show someone getting hit in the crotch before enough, enough? I guess I like so many others will have to find some other network to watch.
No!!!!!!!!!!!!No Show Me the Money!I love game shows.Bring Show Me Back NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i loved what about brian and six degrees!!
since i cant watch them on tv i watch them on line…
i wish they were back on…
men in trees should be cancelled
atleast there still is october road… i was just getting into that show … please dont cancel it
This is terrible man! The Knights of Prosperity was actually different. Not about a family with three kids and a stupid fat dad just like every other sitcom. Knights was supposed to be corny and over the top, and it was just great. I have not been so upset since the last episode of arrested development. Hopfully all 13 episodes will make it to DVD if they decide to release it. Untill they do, I always have my “I want you to join the knights” poster and my Sofia Vergara desktop wallpaper.(she’s hot!)
I know steven. What About Brian is a DAMN GOOD show. This is proof that there are idiots in management making bad decisions.
I can’t believe What About Brian? got cancelled. It was the only TV show I actually watched. I am very disapointed…and a lot sad…
Bryan if you see this you need to get off no body cares what you say so get off you saying that we know that you dont care about these shows and what they meant to the fans so get off you jack ass you dumb ass stupid you make no dam sense
I dont know why all you people are saying “bring back [show here]!!!”. It’s not like it’s doing to do a lot of good. A gripe is understandable, but demands to a network who couldn’t care to read an individual viewer’s comments won’t do you people a lot of good.
Dear ABC If you are reading this, Read this message. You shouldn’t had cancelled George Lopez because it was a fantastic show. It was funny and interesting. I know it did not recieve it’s good ratings because you thought it could compete with American Idol. BIG Mistake. You should have switched the show on thurdays instead of Tuesdays. This is you fault because you cancelled a great show. I don’t know what you guys were thinking but I think you wanted to cancelled this show because this show has alot of Mexicans acting. I understand a show needs good ratings… Read more »
wow just wow im speechless oh well. And the idiots down abc is bringing a show about the cavemans from the insurance comercial i hope that show bombs .
Remember ‘Babylon Five’? They had a five year plan. You knew exactly when it was going to end. More shows should be planned this way. There are very few shows that ever come to a conclusion. Movies come to a conclusion and there is very little hue and cry about that fact. Networks should consider their viewers more, instead of willy-nilly cancelling series. I know, BUCKS.
Bring back George Lopez.
I am truly shocked to find out that What About Brian is being cancelled! That is one show that I really looked forward to and enjoyed the story lines and the talented acting. It was a show that was unique and entertaining. I cannot believe ABC has pulled it! I am so bummed! There definitely were a couple of other shows that they kept that should have been pulled instead!
I can’t believe that the George Lopez Show and According to Jim are being cancelled. I grew up in the 1980’s and sitcoms were what my sisters and I waited for, especially the “Friday Night Line up”. That was our night to sit in front of the TV laughing with our parents. For many years, there were no good sitcoms to watch … at least none that were as funny as the ones when I was a kid, until I watched George Lopez and According to Jim. These two shows get me laughing the way I did when I was… Read more »