If you were waiting anxiously to find out the identity of the mysterious Magic Man on ABC’s Happy Town, you’ll have to wait a bit longer.
Happy Town revolves around a bunch of strange disappearances and murders in a small town. The large cast includes Sam Neill, M.C. Gainey, Geoff Stults, Lauren German, Amy Acker, Steven Weber, Ben Schnetzer, Sarah Gadon, Jay Paulson, and Robert Wisdom.
After a disappointing start in the ratings, Happy Town was pulled off the airwaves for much of May. Before the show could return on June 2nd, ABC officially cancelled the series. Only eight episodes have been filmed but at least answers to some of the TV show’s mysteries will be revealed by the end.
Unfortunately, ABC has pulled the show off the air once again. Happy Town was scheduled to take next Wednesday off but return for June 30th and July 7th with the last installments. The network has decided, likely because Happy Town’s ratings have gotten really bad, to replace them with repeats of Castle.
It’s likely that ABC will get around to airing the last two episodes of Happy Town on a Saturday night sometime this summer. It won’t be soon though. On July 3rd, they’ll burn off the last episodes of the forgotten. On July 10th, the network’s airing the extra two episodes of Eastwick. Could Happy Town return on July 17th? Another mystery that we’ll have to wait to have solved.
What do you think? Are you upset that ABC has pulled the last two episodes of Happy Town? Do you think they’ll ever air?
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This show is great, but being on ABC and starting at a very odd time of the year definitely did not help to its advantage. This network never gives any new shows a chance (besides a few), its so annoying. I try not to get hooked on their new shows because I know they will end up being thrown in the trash. Someone mentioned they hope SyFy picks up the show: I doubt they will because they already have a supernatural mystery series set in a small town coming in July (Haven). And ABC does not let go of their… Read more »
I like Happy Town and I want answers and until now, no one asked me what I and my band of 4 others thought – for the PNW, it aired too late to watch on a week night so we usually taped it. ABC is irritating at best. Without Happy Town, we won’t be watching anything on their stupid network anyway so thththththtththtthsp!
Me and my wife enjoy Happy Town I say Keep It!!!
I hope the last two episodes are aired in July. I definitely want to see them, and I’m not interested in buying a DVD of the whole series. As someone previously mentioned, by the time a DVD would be produced the interest will have waned.
I’m confused as to why the last two episodes can’t be aired back to back on July 17th. I believe that’s what they did with Harper’s Island last summer, and I’ll be happy if they do that. I was just starting to get more involved with this show!!
Excuse me but why do networks feel the need to pull new shows because the rating aren’t high enough only to put on reruns. Do they really get more viewers with reruns. It is so frustrating. There needs to be a change in how they pick what people are watching, because some of my favorites have been cancelled, because “certain people” don’t watch them. Did the networks learn nothing from Jericho or even Family guy for that matter. It is very frustrating. Keep Happy Town at least let us watch the last two. Viewers deserve a little bit of closure… Read more »
The series is really pretty good in my opinion, but then I also liked Twin Peaks. I hope to get to see the finale. This would have made a good mini-series. Maybe SyFy will pick it up.
I wish people would give Happy Town a chance! I am addicted. Its creepy and weird and almost every single person on that show gives you the heebeegeebees! But people need to think of the show like a mystery novel… with a little sci fi and ghost story added in. People are so quick to turn from something that’s different.
Are you freaking kidding me! abc- another broadast cancelled! What a stupid network and to replace the last two before we find out what happened with repeatsa of castle? Another stupid show.
I wonder if I block out my channel I can get my money back.
Cancelled invasion, doing a piss poor job with V now finally a good series worth watching and discussing with friends is takin’ off the air.
Retards all of you!
I really enjoy Happy Town and do not think it got what it deserved. I wish more people would have checked it out,it is fun and full of great suspense . I think they aired it at the wrong time. Keep Happy Town
I’ll buy this if it’s offered on DVD but they really should show the last episodes. I’d have much rather seen the show continue is I think it had much more to tell us regarding the fictional town of Haplin and its residents. It was a breath of fresh air to see something this different from the normal tripe and pablum on television nowadays. It’s really not fair to pull the show off the air with only two episodes left. It was designed to have a payoff for the audience at the end of eight episodes and the network just… Read more »
I love Happy Town and Flashforward and I’m seriously bummed that these shows have been cancelled. The problem with these types of shows is you have to be locked in from the beginning or else you’ll be lost with each episode that follows. So much character development and storyline that seems to spiral into different directions, it’s hard to stay in tune to what’s going on if you miss a show. They should give these shows more time to connect with the viewer and stop having long layoffs between episodes. Maybe the American audience has just become so ADD that… Read more »
Wow, that’s ridiculous. I don’t think the show is all that bad, it just hasn’t had a chance. I can see how canceling makes sense but at least air the episodes that have already been made! It was getting more interesting each week. This is why network television is incredibly flawed.
Exactly. I kept wanting to say that. It’s not like LOST, but as a LOST fan.. it’s funny.. I also wanted to fill the void with Happy Town (and Fringe).
Keep Happy Town I want answers
I’m not a big fan of Happy Town, but started watching it and would like to know what answers they planned on giving. I just wish they would make up their minds. Either play it don’t, quit jerking people around. ABC said they would finish airing what was filmed and now they renig on that promise. I doubt they will air the last two episodes. This is probably some attempt to make money on the show by forcing people to buy the DVD box set when it comes out, to get their answers. The only thing they need to remember… Read more »