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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What can I say
I very much enjoyed Happy Town and am dissapointed in it being canceled.
I do wish they would decide to let us see the last episodes so that we can find out about
the Magic Man.
I really do not understand the networks. They seem to hardly ever give a show a chance that makes you THINK .
I guess I should never have gotten into it
I am very disapointed, this was a great show.
I agree…I almost didn’t start watching this because I knew if the ratings weren’t good they would pull it …and they did just that. Where the heck do they get these ratings anyway?? What baffles me is I have nearly 200 channels …most of them repeats or junk TV shows…and ABC airs this new program in the summer time & yanks it before it’s even given a chance. What morons.
I was very surprised to see this show cancelled. I thought it was a good show and very compelling. Seems every time i like a show it gets cancelled. Happened to 2 other shows on another network. I agree with Anne safer to watch cable!
I am disappointed that Happy Town was cancelled. It was my favorite show after Lost. The writers of Happy Town show creativity. It was a good mystery that kept me guessing after watching each episode who is the Magic Man. It would be a wise decision to bring back Happy Town. Watching Happy Town is like reading a good mystery book, because you do not want to stop reading until the mystery is solved.
I can’t believe you canceled Happy Town without thinking about the people who did watch the show and wanted to see the end
I really enjoyed Happy Town it was suspenseful and it had all the factors to make a good show I loved it so much tht if I missed on wednsday I would find it on hulu and watch it.. I loved the concept of the show and I am really anxious to see who the magic man is I am totally up set that it is cancelled.:(
This was one of the most original shows on TV. I don’t know of another show that had a similar plot. It was VERY refreshing. The acting was great; Sam Neill in particular was heavenly. I had high hopes for ABC and its creativity when they came out with this show. Their decision to cancel it squelched that hope. I hope Sam resurfaces in another TV show. What a waste for someone as talented and interesting as him to be sitting on the sidelines.
I am very disappointed about Happy Town being canacelled.
I loved it. Almost like Twin Peaks. Too bad. Happy Town
could have had a cult following if you gave it a chance!
This is now the 3rd show they have cancled on me let me tell u what if they cancel rookie blue i am no longer watching any new shows abc comes out with ever
I can’t believe they cancelled Happy Town – the show was great, kept me guessing and on the edge of my seat. abc finely gets a show that is better than it’s usual drival and they cancel it. The only other show I watched on abc was Lost and now that is gone I will not be watching abc.
So sad. This was an intelligent thriller.
I can’t wait to see the ending.
The problem is there is no more originality in hollywood! So movies are jumping into remakes because they are afraid to take on someone new or take a chance on an unknown writer like myself, so they utilize their safety net and recycle old ideas and try to polish them up like an old car and run them as if they are new. Television is slowly spiraling into that same pitfall. The more they struggle the faster they sink like a victim in a pool of quicksand. Television shows are pulled as soon as they see a slight drop in… Read more »
My daughter and I are very upset that they will not complete Happy Town. They wonder why people do not watch these type of shows. This is one, they are concerned that network will cancel them before they complete the show. My husband did not want to watch it because he said this would happen and he was right. I wish they would air whatever they have already completed, it may help understand what is going on.
I am so disappointed, another of my favorite shows cancelled, all that’s left are those rediculous reality shows. At least show the last episodes, is it any wonder that I watch more cable programs than local TV programs!!!