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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No wonder ABC can’t pull out of a 3rd place tie with NBC. It dumps shows like a daily ritual.
So ABC thinks that ratings will increase if they cancel a Great! Show like HAPPY TOWN and replace it with a RERUN of Castle. I’ve watched all the episodes of Castle so why would I watch a re run. I just looked at this weeks schedule of tv programs on ABC and I see nothing of interest to me. Therefore, I will be watching the other networks for the rest of the summer… Unless, ABC decides to air the last episodes of HAPPY TOWN.
I eill no longer watch ANYTHING on abc
The network did give it decent promo time before it started, but once the first week had disappointing ratings they dropped it immediately. The art of promoting cult shows and building them patiently no longer exists. Well at least we have a quiz show where they drop people off tall buildings to entertain us. Now THAT’LL be a winner!
Un*freakin*believable. Finally something not quite as mind-numbing as reality tv. Now I remember why I used to avoid television.
Good show, really bad network. Maybe a cable channel can pick it up. Cable seems to be so much more interesting than network. ABC is known for poor programming. They only like bad sitcoms. Drama doesn’t stay long on ABC. Eastwick? Really? Talk about boring. Too bad about Happy Town. It had a lot of potential.
This is ridiculous. ABC CONSTANTLY does this. They will promote a show that looks interesting, I get hooked, and they pull it before they have time to grow!! Same thing happened with Pushing Daisies, the Deep End, Eastwick, and many more. Like everyone else here, I’m going to stop watching any new show on ABC just because I do not want to get invested in another one, just to have it pulled after 3 episodes!! Very disappointing!
ABC you Picked such great shows to air last Season, I find myself watching ABC about 80-85% of the time BEFORE YOU PUT YOUR HEADS UP YOUR BUTTS! Flashforward and HAPPY TOWN Cancelled. You barely even gave this show a chance. YOu started it in LATE SPRING ? ARE YOU PEOPLE RETARDED? People are busy on vacation out side, studying for Finals …. YOU JERKED FLASHFORWARDS SCHEDULE AROUND & NOW MADE A COLOSSAL MISTAKE ON WHEN TO INTRODUCE THIS SHOW???? PLEASE FIRE THE COMPUTERS OR PEOPLE THAT DON’T ACUTALLY WATCH THE TV SHOWS YOU ARE PUTTING ON THE AIR &… Read more »
This is such bull****! C’mon ABC. It’s not like you have such great things to air this summer. At least let the show run its course!!!
VERY MAD!! I like that show and would like to finish it!! I want to know who the magic man is!!! Yea i agree with the other comments- I will probably stop watching stuff on ABC!!
YES!! VERY, VERY, MAD!!! How are we suppose to trust ABC? Why would I bother trying to watch another ABC show if they just cancel everything!
“They never gave it a chance!” seems to be the most common whine about shows that flatlined in the ratings, and the most wrong. They did give Eastwick, the Forgotten, and Happy Town all a chance by putting them on the air — and they tanked. All three got promotion (despite selective memory, Happy Town got promos aplenty before the premiere — I remember thinking then it sounded like a dud, and so it was). They went out on the air like every other show and most people yawned and turned the channel. They wouldn’t be replacing them with reruns… Read more »
This is why I am going to stop watching TV channels like ABC cause they stop shows before they are over even when they have them filmed already. If they don’t air the last 2 I refuse to watch ABC.
You know what ‘s really sick…had ABC just shown all the episodes starting from the April 28th debut Happy Town would be over by now! This is Pushing Daisies all over again…
Really enjoyed the show…stumbled across it while browsing on iPad….very sad it’s cancelled…I am hooked …darn it…ABC pull it together