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USA Is in Talks to Pick Up 'Happy Endings' But a Deal Is Unlikely

by | May 16th, 2013

ABC canceled its critically-acclaimed but underwatched comedy Happy Endings last week, and there's been speculation that the USA network would pick up the show just like how TBS saved Cougar Town from the clutches of cancelation last year. USA is officially in negotiations with Happy Endings' studio Sony TV to pick up the show, Variety reports, but Deadline reports that, "At this point … a pickup appears unlikely but the network is carefully exploring the opportunity to migrate a show with some success on broadcast TV and a dedicated fan base." Happy Endings is the only recently-canceled network sitcom that fits that description, unless Go On has [...]

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'Futurama' Gets Canceled Again

by | April 22nd, 2013

Comedy Central has canceled Futurama, making it the second time the long-running animated series has been cut off by its network. EW reports that the second half of the show's seventh season, which debuts June 19th, will be its last. Futurama has seen its ratings decline since premiering on Comedy Central in 2010. The show ran on Fox from 1999 until the network canceled it in 2003. Creator Matt Groening and executive producer David X. Cohen say the news doesn't come as a shock as they thought the show was done for good three previous times. Cohen quipped, "As I said three times before, this is definitely the [...]

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ABC Cancels 'Happy Endings'; Will USA Save the Show?

by | May 13th, 2013

ABC announced Friday evening that they've canceled their critically-acclaimed sitcom Happy Endings after three seasons. After being given a late premiere by the network in a super competitive comedy timeslot at the start of the season, Happy Endings saw its ratings drop. The network put the show on hiatus a few months later before burning off the rest of the season on Friday nights, a timeslot that TV people have long called the "Friday night death slot."

Just because ABC has canceled the show doesn't mean this is the end yet. Reports began coming in last month that the USA network may be interested in picking up the [...]

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James Van Der Beek Says 'Don't Trust the B' Has "Basically Been Canceled"

by | January 22nd, 2013

ABC's second-year sitcom Don't Trust the B—- in Apartment 23 has been in trouble ever since the network put it up in a late October premiere on Tuesday nights last fall, paired with Happy Endings up against stiff competition from NBC and Fox's comedy blocks. Now, one of the show's stars, James Van Der Beek says it's pretty much canceled. Van Der Beek wrote on Twitter, "Sad to say ABC has pulled #Apt23 and will not be airing the 8 remaining episodes any time soon. Translation: we've basically been cancelled." ABC will back-to-back new episodes of Happy Endings in Don't Trust the B's slot until handing the hour over to Dancing with [...]

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NBC Cancels Half of Its Comedies

by | May 9th, 2013

After announcing today that they've picked up three new comedies for the fall and renewed Parks and Recreation for a sixth season, NBC officially canceled four of its current sitcoms: freshman series Guys with Kids and 1600 Penn and sophomores Up All Night and Whitney. Up All Night was as good as canceled anyway after Christina Applegate quit and Will Arnett began taking other work following the abandoned retooling of the series, but NBC only officially confirmed the cancellation today. The network has yet to announce a decision on the fate of Community, Go On, and The New Normal, but ratings have been low for all three [...]

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