TVGuide is reporting that NBC has unceremoniously cancelled Las Vegas after five seasons on the air.
Las Vegas debuted on September 22, 2003 and was touted as actor James Caan’s first series regular role on television. The Academy Award-nominated actor was cast as the Montecito casino’s Head of Security, ‘Big Ed’ Deline. Others in the cast have included Nikki Cox, Josh Duhamel, James Lesure, Vanessa Marcil, Molly Sims, and Marsha Thomason.
Caan left the series last year to return to his movie career and Cox was cut from the show in a cost-cutting move. Caan was replaced by Tom Selleck and it was hoped that the addition of the veteran TV actor would help revitalize the series. It didn’t and, coupled with the series’ move to Friday nights, the ratings dropped significantly.
Last year, Las Vegas was one of the earliest NBC shows to get a renewal notice. What a difference a year can make.
NBC has opted not to renew Las Vegas for season six. Unlike Friday Night Lights, Vegas apparently doesn’t warrant shopping to other possible outlets and fans of the series are left with a cliffhanger. The last two episodes aired last Friday and was first in the ratings for both hours, Unbeknownst to viewers at the time, it was likely the last time we’ll see the staff of the Montecito. Stay tuned! 
whats the matter with you people have you lost your minds.taking off one of the best shows on tv and so was jericho .makesmpeople want to quit watching tv altogether and some people will.
What a shame we fans yes all of us fans of Vegas deserves a ending at least… are you telling us after watching Vegas for 5 years we do not get a ending to this story what a rip off… I got on to see when Vegas was coming back on since the writers are back and find that you NBC don’t even have the nerve to tell the fans that the show was cancelled. We wanted to know and see Belinda and Danny have their baby we waited all season for this and now we do not get the… Read more »
Thiws was a great show but writing started to suffer. Wrong move to fire Cox. Wrong move to cancel.
Some great shows like Freaks and Geaks, American Idol and now Las Vegas.
With just “reality TV”, time to listen to the radio or pick uip a good book.
Las Vegas was one of the best show out there. Cancel one of the stupid shows.
Not Las Vegas. Tom Selleck is great on it. Do not change any of the people on it, they make the show great. We want the show back on. You take off great show and leave us with crapy shows that we do not want on or put on new shows that are really crapy. Why mess up a good show. PUT IT BACK.
I agree NBC are morons they wouldn’t know good tv if it smacked them in the face. This was a great show it had it all drama comedy romance etc. I definetly cant believe they would leave it the way they did. They didn’t advertise for this show very well and the fact they switched air times and ratings went down and they have the audacity to think its the shows fault is humoruos to me. I am officially done watching nbc and anything affiliated with it. All the crap shows get to stay on but the good ones get… Read more »
I have been watching this show since the beginning and it never has gotten old. The move to Friday night was stupid. Stick it in the Tuesday at 10:00 slot and run it another year and the ratings will go back up.
They could at least finish the series, not just leave it hanging.
I won’t be watching NBC again. Very tired of Reality Shows!!!!!!!!!
Disappointed in NBC. Cancelling a show so abruptly, leaving the fans of the show wanting more and then cutting us off. You NBC people ruined Las Vegas when you moved it to friday nights. Done watching NBC that’s for sure. Go ahead and be another “me too” station and add yet another aweful reality show!
Really disgusted with NBC. Las Vegas was our favorite show. We watched it every Friday night.
We’re tired of those silly reality shows made for morons. At least Las Vegas had a story line, and was entertaining. The cast was great. Nice of NBC to leave us hanging instead of just finishing the story line. Guess we won’t be watching NBC anymore. You follow a story line and then they end it like this? Bring it back!!!!!!!!
I don’t why Las Vegas was cancelled, but whoever decided this should be fired! Go back on strike! You have the Oscar’s and People Choice Awards (of course it’s evident that it’s not about the people’s choice) and all your other award shows and you get up there and thank the fans and the viewer’s, what is that all about! Because if it’s for the fans and the viewer’s you would keep the shows that we like on the air. I guess, NBC, you won’t be happy until we stop watching your network because that’s what will happen next if… Read more »
It’s a shame a great show like this gets cancelled and shows with that douche bag, Alec Baldwin are still on the air. Go figure!
I am so disappointed in NBC right now! I just read about this and Las Vegas was the only show we watched on Friday nights! It was our favorite and to just end it like that is insane and totally unfair! NBC should really reconsider their thinking on this one! At least tie it up for all of us…….because there was a lot of story lines going on there at the end of the last show! I am totally bummed by this!!!!!!!!!!!! Come on NBC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It’s really sad that a series that has over 100 episodes and is in syndication can’t get a decent finale. The two episode that just ran can’t be the last thing they show us. Come on, if you need to cancel it, just write a few more episodes so this series can go out with some closure.
It makes me absolutely disgusted to know that we have shows on the air like MY DAD IS BETTER THAN YOUR DAD, MOMENT OF TRUTH, and how could we live without DON”T FORGET THE LYRICS?!! What is happening with television??? Vegas was actually a show with some substance. Do you really think that viewers are going to tune into reality shows and game shows night after night??…maybe that is what our society has come to, I certainly would hope not.