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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 always know when a show won’t last.. how?..because I like it. Consider these shows: Does anybody remember “American Dreams with Gail O’Grady, “Journeyman”, or “Kings” which starred the magnificent Ian McShane? All gems…all cancelled for poor ratings. But you know what gets renewed season after season..mind numbingly stupid “reality ” shows! Survivor, The biggest loser, Extreme Home Makeover, The Houswives in New Jersey for Christ’s sake!! and the list goes on, too numerous to mention. The sad fact is, quality television is a thing of the past. Thought-provoking shows can’t capture viewer’s attention if the viewers are living in… Read more »
Maggie, if you thought Outlaw was right-wing propaganda, and if you thought the Smits character was defending the Arizona law by opting to take that case, you missed the same boat twice. You need to learn to pay attention. And if you do, perhaps you’ll learn to like Outlaw — or at least might have, had NBC not foolishly done away with it prematurely.
NBC what is wrong with you. Outlaw is a terrific show. Give it a chance, only after 4 shows, are you for real. keep the show please, many of us was watching it. I thought I was going crazy, searching the tv channels looking for the show.
The cancellation of Huge is a travesty. Finally, a body-positive, gender and sexuality inclusive show that allowed kids to be complex people and not just stereotypes. Plus it was still entertaining, funny, sad, subversive, and just really great. There isn’t anything else like it on tv. Like My-So Called Life and Freaks and Geeks before it, we lose another teen show with real kids that talk like kids actually talk, and dress like kids actually dress. I guess it’s back to a world where teen shows are about super-thin, Aryan beauties with giant bank accounts. I guess Glee’s nods to… Read more »
Outlaw was a descent show. Glad to see Jimmy Smits on television, so tired of reality tv and Biggest Loser is just that. NBC needs to consider more than just twentysome things when they do the ratings.
Outlaw was my favorite new show of the fall! I can’t believe it is being cancelled! NBC sucks!
NBC needs to take another look at Outlaw….obviously….it’s the only one being talked about here. I’ve enjoyed the episodes and have it set to record each week. I loved Jimmy Smits on Dexter and was glad to see him back in the saddle on this show with an interesting twist. Think again, NBC. Maybe you had it in the wrong time slot!
I live in the U.K. I’m devestated that Ghost Whisperer is cancelled! I remember watching the very first episode on a free to view channel, then it moved to digital so I had to record it (fights over T.V. in my house). I love the show and I hate the US studios for cancelling them. At least let them finish it properly. Don’t know if the latest series over here is the last but I’m not happy. I can’t complain because I am here and the studios are in the US! They want more crime. I hate crime, there’s too… Read more »
Very upset about “Outlaw” i loved the show! Not for nothing, but NBC should slow down on cutting shows so early, after 4 episodes?! come on! AFTER 4 EPISODES IN A CRAPY TIME SLOT? Why dont you cut down BIGGEST LOOSER by o i dont know, like and hour and a half maybe then you could possibly give these shows a chance!
I am really surprised that Outlaw has been canceled. Seems like the ones I like get axed. I would like to see it come back. Jimmy Smits deserves a hit.
Bring it back. Outlaw is a good show.
Please bring back “The Outlaw”..Great show…
my husband and I will trully miss “The Outlaw”. We looked forward to seeing it. Please bring it back.
I will trully miss the outlaw, my husband and I really look forward to seeing last week and when didn’t come on we wewe very disapointed,and now we are sad that this happening, please bring it back
I cannot believe that OUTLAW is going away!! I love this show. Edgy, good acting and using events that are important to todays events………..I am bummed. Come on NBC!!
I am GLAD outlaw is gone. It was a bad bad bit of right wing propaganda. I swore off the show after the first episode after he decided to defend Arizona’s awful immigration law.
I too cannot Outlaw was canceled. Very unique show. NBC don’t do it!!