In this instructional gif, the rat represents the canceled shows.
Where to start? The good news? Okay. Happy Endings, ABC's late entry to the season, has been picked up for a second season despite scheduling obstacles. Critical praise and reasonable ratings helped push the show into renewal territory. Also renewed were the new Dana Delaney medical examiner series Body of Proof and reality show Shark Tank.
But after it granted those three renewals, the network headed to the slaughterhouse. ABC bested Fox's five simultaneous cancellations with six seven of its own, though most of them weren't expected to come back. V, Detroit 1-8-7, Mr. Sunshine, No Ordinary Family, Off the Map, and Brothers & Sisters were all let go, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Of that lot, only V and Brothers & Sisters weren't freshman series. Great, now we'll never know what Queen Anna was going to do those miserable Earthlings!
[UPDATE] Better With You was also canceled.
The biggest casualty of the bunch has to be Brothers & Sisters which as recently as last week was rumored to be returning for a final season (though with possible cast cuts to keep the series within budget). But it looks like ABC has new plans for Sunday night, greenlighting the drama Good Christian Belles (formerly Good Christian Bitches) to accompany Desperate Housewives, and let's face it, that just makes sense.
It's a busy day for pickups and cancellations, so if you'll excuse me, I have a million more bits of news to write. In the meantime, tell us which of ABC's cast-offs you'll miss the most!
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I've been watching V Since 1985, And I'm really getting fed up with ABC. every time I get interested in a show they cancel it. I was really into V, and was s looking forward to series 3!! Every time I start watching something they cancel it, I'm gonna stop watching all together if They don't put V back on!!!
I also like No ordinary family.
V is one of my favorite shows!
I'm bummed that "Off the Map" was cancelled. That was a great show. Please bring it back!
Come on ABC we want another season of V!
I agree
Awe off the map was amazing! This is heart breaking
Please bring back "off the map". It was one of the best new shows on the air.
off the map is a really good and adventure program, please bring it back..... O_O
Off the Map....luv'd the show, hope they do re-consider...come on bring back Off the Map!!!!
WHY V :((((((((((
Off The Map fresh, new, very good we wanted back
We really like it the V al lease be done with the finale or season
Its a big shame that off The map has been cancelled. it should have been given a chance and put at 8:30 time slot instead of the 10:30.. I love all the medical shows and this show was like greys but set in the jungle...It will be missed.:(
I don't know who I'm more mad at. Michael Chiklis and Julie Benz for quitting the show or ABC for upsetting fans once again with the cancellation of No Ordinary Family. Fans of Terry Goodkind's series, The Sword of Truth suffered in anguish when the network canceled Legend of the Seeker after it's second season. I don't think the Network is being very fair. No wonder their losing viewers.
Bummed, I really liked Off The Map - I'm a HUGE Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice fan and this just fit my style. It will be missed.....
Detroit 1-8-7 was the best show on TV. It could have surpassed 'The Wire' if given a chance. Too bad ABC is too blind to see the vision.
Off the Mao should be reconsidered; it was a very good show; too late for many should be transmitted earlier again
OMG I LOVE Off The Map!!
I can't say I will miss Brothers & Sisters, the plot was very good but unfortunately it was sickening to watch. the writers would have done a who;e lot better if they kept the characters more true to life instead of so annoyingly obvious. There would not be too many families (still alive) that fail to keep secrets from each other like they do. Time & time again soon after promising to keep personal secrets from other siblings,they are on a conference call to all and sundry. once or twice would be acceptable, but it seems the writers could not come up with something new to entertain the audience. Desperate Housewives is just as bad and neds to be axed so writers get the message, NORMAL people don't want to watch poorly written CRAP.moreless
suck man i really love off the map
Thank the lords V is gone. It was CG mayhem from the start, and absolutely awful scripting and acting (a couple of roles aside). I'm still miffed this train-wreck replaced Flash Forward, which actually had a good story (besides Joseph Fiennes hammy acting), excellent production quality without relying so much on CG, and huge potential. Ah well.
Why does ABC keep dropping shows that Fans love, I loved V and No Ordinary Family. I really don't see a reason to watch shows on ABC anymore and will stick to networks that know how to make the fans happy like HBO, SciFI and Stars, yes folks Cable networks are better and won't fail the fans. Alot of my friends feel the same way,
I loved V, Off the Map and Detroit 187. Good shows . Is there anything we can do to keep these shows on. Seems every show that comes on good goes off. I also liked Ordinary Family.
I loved V, Off the Map and Detroit 187. Good shows . Is there anything we can do to keep these shows on. Seems every show that comes on good goes off. I also liked Ordinary Family.
I will be sorry to see No Ordinary Family get canned,
Face it people, If a show is smart, has new Ideas or has a premise that is challenging then that means the Network or Cable Execs just will not get and the show will be doomed from the start. Since the Network or Cable Execs aim the shows at the public, but depend on the Advertising Execs [who also do not get it] to fund the shows, These intersting shows just never have a chance.
@ jenna_w6669 ABC doesn't care about losing 500 viewers, but I think those 500 were the only ones still watching V.
I only watched a couple of episodes of V, but despite some interesting ideas, the whole thing was an utter waste of time. I did like Detroit 1-8-7 -- interesting characters on the edge, good stories -- but there are a lot of cop shows out there, and this one didn't really have anything unique and special to offer, so I'm not surprised. No Ordinary Family was okay, but a bit odd (just how do they think they are going to hide their powers when they constantly use them?!?). I really like Body of Proof, and I'm glad it was renewed.
V was an utter piece of crap. Tried to like it but the writing and characters were horrible. It was a mess especially with the killing of Diana.
this is what happens when money is the only consideration. Better With You has serious potential and could have been successful. The trouble is that you have one week new show and next week its a repeat or something different. Then you get two new episodes in a row but week three its something different or a re-run. The only shows on TV that airs consistently is American Idol because of its live voting issues or Survivor for a similar reason along with another reality show Big Brother. Everything else doesn't have any consistency. Look at how well the HBO and Showtime series do, they run the entire season of shows in a row as well as AMC seems to do that with their shows and holy crap successful series which build large audiences! Try it out TV execs, pull your heads from your asses or the corporations advertising asses and do something un-original running all your series in a weekly fashion with no extended breaks for crap awards shows which should always be Saturday or Sunday viewing no other days.moreless
V I will miss that show
Jeeezzzzz, why,..every year the same, give a show some time. What if great show s like Buffy or Friends or Battlestar Galactica or SG-1, Gilmore Girls, Dawson\\\'s Creek, How I met your mother and so many more,...never got the chance to grow!???
ABC will lose at least 500 plus people if V is not comming back!! All my FB and Twitter friends Will Boycott ABC!! ABC BIG SHOTS do not care what we the people want to see! Yet they keep crappy shows like wipeout and other reallity shows that no one wants to watch!!!! Hope it was worth it ABC losing alot of viewers!!1
ABC has just lost a viewer! More inane sitcoms & reality trash? Good thing i got Digital Cable TV. At least there are some decent things to watch there.
crazy... absolutely crazy ... V and No Ordinary Family should NOT be cancelled.... who are these eeejits that are given the power to make the WRONG decisions to cancel such good shows and keep old and new rubbish going... absolute ..frakkin tosspots!
Meh too bad about V :(
nooooooo v
Crap
Wow, I've been lucky so far! I feel like every season I have this crazy feeling or hunch of which shows are worth getting into, without fear of network ripping them out from my heart. Aw man... now I jinxed it.
I hate cancellation of shows without any conclusions!!!!!!! So I've been watching V for nothing...STUPID BUSINESS!!
So long Off the Map and V
So long Off the Map and V
Unbelievable! Just like the FOX cancellations, these are bad cuts too! Off the Map was terrific; Detroit 187 fairly captivating as well. And I don't think ABC has the lineup to afford these kinds of cuts!Off the map.... SERIOUSLY??
i love V
why v
I will miss Detroit 187. The show represented Detroit well and was written well.
They keep cancelling my SciFi shows, like V, so just another reason not to turn the TV on anymore.... been going back to re-reading my SciFi books and re-watching my SciFi movies and TV shows.... oh well.... guess I'll go watch my birds out back again.... (*yawn*)
I really enjoyed watching Off the map...sad to see it go...and so will a lot of my swedish friends as well :(
Thanks ABC for letting the Visitors take over the planet.