MTV has canceled its new sitcom The Inbetweeners, an adaptation of the hit UK show of the same name, after one season, Deadline reported yesterday. Inbetweeners starred Bubba Lewis, Zack Pearlman, Joey Pollari, and Mark L. Young as a quartet of guys stuck in the gray area in the high school social strata in between being cool and nerdy. The show, adapted for the US by ex-Arrested Development writer Brad Copeland, ran 12 episodes in its first season, but MTV has opted not to renew it due to low ratings. Critics praised The Inbetweeners, but it didn't receive a huge marketing push from the network and a regime change [...]
It hasn't be a great July for Freddie Wills. ABC is taking Trust Us with Your Life off the air and replacing it with reruns of that hilarious comedy about people falling on their respective faces, Wipeout. Though ABC is owned by the prudish Mickey Mouse, it seems like this decision was mostly a ratings call. Trust Us was not doing too well. It seems like people either didn't like the idea of short-form improv games being incorporated into premise based long-form or, more likely, they didn't like all that long-form improv narrative getting in the way of Wayne Brady being a real silly head.
Variety is reporting that, after three seasons, HBO has decided to cancel The Life & Times of Tim. Created, written, directed, and starring Steve Dildarian, L&TOT focused on the awkward and uncomfortable life of a mid-20s New Yorker named Tim. It was like Girls in a way but animated and about a man named Tim.
The cast of The Simpsons are prepared to take a substantial pay cut, although not one as bad as the rumored 45% slashing. The actors still won't get a cut of the show's back end profits, despite Harry Shearer's request for their share of merchandising glory (money).
It's pretty clear that the cast members want to keep their jobs on The Simpsons, and we know the producers are game. The big decision's all on you, Fox: do we get one more season, or two?
