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Has your favorite TV show been cancelled? Here’s a list of television series that won’t be back for the 2011–2012 TV season. If your favorite is on the list, you have our condolences.
This list encompasses shows that have been cancelled so far, covering those that get the ax between June 1, 2010 and May 31, 2011. In some cases, the last episode of a show 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 2008–2009 page, the 2009–2010 listings, or maybe you’ve gotten lucky!
Now, let’s bow our heads and remember these fallen series…
18 to Life (The CW)
A comedic series, about a pair of teens who get married on a dare, didn’t register with US viewers. It’s already been renewed in Canada for a second season. Though the series was confirmed as cancelled in the US, producers have been told that the remaining season one episodes will be run in December and the network might be interested in season two.
100 Questions (NBC)
This sitcom went through a lot of changes before it got to the small screen and was postponed until after the regular season. The ratings were terrible so it was cancelled after six episodes. The last one aired on July 1, 2010. We never saw Charlotte Payne find her match.
As the World Turns (CBS)
This venerable soap opera was incredibly popular in its day but has been struggling for years now. After 54 years on the air, viewers have had to say goodbye to the residents of Oakdale. The last episode aired on September 17, 2010.
At the Movies (syndicated)
Movie critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert began this TV show in 1986 under the title Siskel & Ebert & the Movies. The title changed several times over the years. Siskel died in 1999 and Ebert had to step away during his battle with throat cancer in 2006. Other hosts replaced them but couldn’t recapture the magic of the original sparring critics. It was cancelled and the last episode aired on August 14, 2010. Ebert later announced that he and his wife had plans for their own version of the series.
Batman: The Brave and the Bold (Cartoon Network)
This animated series teams the caped crusader with lesser-known heroes and often pays homage to the Adam West TV show from the 1960s. It lasted for two seasons before being cancelled.
Breakthrough with Tony Robbins (NBC)
A feel-good show in which motivational speaker Tony Robbins works with troubled families on a personal level didn’t connect with viewers. NBC cancelled the summer series after two episodes. The remaining four installments were released online.
The Bridge (CBS)
This is a Canadian TV show that follows a cop who’s elected to head the police union. While it’s popular enough in Canada to be renewed for a second season, CBS buried it on Saturday nights and, not surprisingly, it didn’t find an audience in the US. CBS cancelled it after three episodes but CTV will air season two.
Entourage (HBO)
A comedy-drama that follows the acting career of Vincent Chase and his boyhood friends from Queens, NY. The pay-for-view cable channel has announced that season eight will be the TV show’s last. The final batch of episodes are expected to air in Summer 2011.
Friday Night Lights (DirecTV’s Channel 101, NBC)
Centered around high school football in Dillon, Texas, it’s been announced that the critically-acclaimed (but ratings-challenged) television series is ending after five seasons on the air.
Gravity (Starz)
A comedic and dramatic look at an out-patient program for suicide survivors, this television program never found a large audience. It was cancelled after 10 episodes with the last one airing on June 25, 2010.
Hannah Montana (Disney Channel)
Miley Cyrus has decided to call it quits and move on after four seasons. The final episodes are expected to air by Spring 2011.
Huge (ABC Family)
Nikki Blonsky stars in this drama about a summer weight-loss camp called Camp Victory. The series didn’t get enough viewers for the cable channel so it was dropped after just 10 episodes. The “series finale” ran on August 30, 2010.
Larry King Live (CNN)
In June 2010, venerable interviewer Larry King announced that he would be leaving the grind of hosting his own nightly show after more than 25 years. His program will be replaced by one hosted by British television personality and journalist Piers Morgan.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (USA)
Vincent D’Onofrio and Kathryn Erbe return for this venerable crime drama’s final season of eight episodes. They will air in 2011.
Lone Star (FOX)
The critics and some viewers loved it but Lone Star never found an audience. Revolving around a con man who has a conscience, FOX pulled it after two nights of disastrously bad ratings. There are four episodes left unaired.
My Boys (TBS)
Revolving around a female sports writer in Chicago, this sitcom ran for 49 episodes and four seasons. TBS cancelled it so we’ll likely never find out how the story of PJ and her friends comes to a close.
My Generation (ABC)
A new drama that follows a group of high school students some 10 years after they graduated. The series stumbled out of the gate and ABC pulled it after two episodes had aired. There are six left on the shelf.
No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency (HBO)
Produced in conjunction with the BBC, this series follows a small detective agency in Botswana, run by Mma Ramotswe. The show is finished as a TV series after seven installments but may return as a pair of movies.
Outlaw (NBC)
Jimmy Smits has had some good luck and some bad luck on TV. Unfortunately, this drama about a former Supreme Court Justice was ignored by most viewers. NBC cancelled it after four episodes had aired. The remaining four installments were shifted to Saturday nights.
The Oprah Winfrey Show (syndicated)
The queen of daytime talk is stepping down and will launch new programming on the new OWN cable channel in Fall 2011. The final episode of Winfrey’s syndicated show will air on September 9, 2011
Party Down (Starz)
Following a group of aspiring writers, actors and misfits as they work as a catering team, this series ran for two seasons and 20 episodes. The last episode, which was hardly watched, ran on June 25, 2010.
Persons Unknown (NBC)
A group of strangers find themselves trapped in small town and are under constant scrutiny of security cameras. The show tanked in the ratings on Monday nights and was shuffled off to Saturdays, the TV graveyard. NBC promoted it as a self-contained series but plenty of things were left unresolved by the end. The finale aired on August 28, 2010.
Secret Diary of a Call Girl (Showtime)
Star and executive producer Billie Piper signed a deal for the fourth and final season of this UK series. They’ll begin airing on ITV2 in late January 2011. There’s no word yet on when they’ll run in the US.
Smallville (The CW)
After 10 seasons, it looks like Clark Kent will finally become Superman. Will we get to see the man of steel slip on the familiar blue and red tights before the end? We’ll have to wait and see.
What do you think? Are there any shows on this list that you’ll particularly miss?
Image courtesy NBC.
I think they should have given outlaw a little while longer….Loved it…. Not thrilled with the new Law and Order LA but loved Outlaw…. so sad
I just got into Friday Night Lights this past summer and am so disappointed I didn’t start watching it sooner. I’m definitely getting it on DVD to see how it all began.
Smallville got long in the middle and i lost interest, but started watching again . I will miss this show . Hopefully the actors find a great parts to play after smallville or some hard earned time off .Thank -u 4 entertaining us !
Lone Star had great potential and should have been given more of a chance to catch some buzz…great acting & story and hugely unique. why do we only get cop/medical/law dramas or reality shows? Yuk! Definitely will miss Friday Night Lights, another best show to come around in awhile. oh, well, keep the crap coming & i’ll keep watching what I want on Hulu..ignorant networks!
I will miss L&O:CI with D’Onofio and Erbe, Friday Night Lights.
Forgot Smallville
@Bill: You are correct! Thank you.
ill miss Friday night lights,law& order:Criminal intent and huge
Persons unknown was terrible. not one charactor or actor for that matter was the least bit memerable or even interesting, the place was dull ,dialogue drab and situation predictable ( this is thrice sad because im vastly slow witted ) it should have gone down much sooner if only to save we few who kept waiting for an improvment time to find something better.
The only one that I will miss is Law and Order CI. The rest I don’t care about.
I wonder if it occurs to the head honchos, that we don’t watch because we’ll get invested. What I mean is that, they don’t give a show enough time to establish itself before they yank! I am VERY skeptical on what I tune in to because I’ll be left hanging. Lost…gone!
Happy Town…gone! The Class…(FUNNY!)gone! Nip Tuck…gone! Persons Unknown…gone! For god sakes if gonna pull @ least wrap up the endings for the viewers that DID tune in!
I’m quite sad to hear that My Generation has been canceled. I was really getting into that show. And I loved Huge and Persons Unknown. They both are in need of more episodes, it really sucks how they aren’t gonna make anymore. Especially for Persons Unknown, it left me still very confused.
Really heinous to not give the series more than a couple of episodes as a test. Lone Star, My Generation and Outlaw were all really interesting shows. I am pissed that the first two have ended before we know “what happened.” Grmbles. How is it even possible that reruns pull more ratings than some of these new shows. Seems they would make more money running the new shows in a crapply slot than running crappy reruns in a crappy slot.
The only show I will miss is “Persons Unknown”! It’s too bad they ended with such a question provoking cliffhanger! At least “Harper’s Island”, the other self-contained series, had a true ending! Most of the other shows were obviously going to be inevitably cancelled! Just the commercial previews were enough to show how bad some of the new shows were going to be! I’m sorry for all of you out there who lost a show! I miss good programming, too!
Yes, I will particularly miss “Lone Star”. I think it was one of the greatest TV shows ever made.
I’ll miss entourage, outlaw and law and order criminal intent. If I knew thats how persons unknown would end, I would not have watched. Yay hannah montana is gone. Too bad about Lone star. I’m just glad I didn’t bother watching the second show, seeing how it’s on this list. And 100 questions too. That sux, it wasn’t as good as the office but still good. And at the movies. Were the ratings really that bad? And I mean you didn’t change the timeslot. 6:30 am on saturdays? Who’s up then? It’s as if you wanted it to go. The… Read more »