With a new Fall TV season, it’s only fair:
- 2 Broke Girls - Comedically bankrupt.
- The Playboy Club - NBC saved me the trouble.
- Free Agents - And now, so are the talented leads after NBC pulled the plug. Perhaps the original UK version will be funnier on BBC America.
- Whitney - Star also co-created the aforementioned 2 Broke Girls. ‘Nuff said.
- Up All Night - Put it to bed, please. Or maybe to sleep.
- Charlie’s Angels - No Farrah = No, thank you.
- Unforgettable - Quickly became forgettable in the cookie-cutter morass that is the CBS police procedural.
- Terra Nova - I enjoyed it more when it was Land of the Lost.
A network programming schedule, low and no ratings bloodbath:
- The Chicago Code - Loved to see the city get its props, but the characters started to feel like set dressing too. Canceled by FOX.
- The Defenders - The Belushi/O’Connell chemistry couldn’t overcome the bland case load. Canceled by CBS.
- Detroit 187 - It took about 18 episodes to shake off its NYPD Blue conventions. But then it was too late. Canceled by ABC.
- The Event - The West Wing met The X-Files… about 10 years ago. Canceled by NBC.
- Law & Order: LA - So it wasn’t Skeet’s fault, after all. Canceled by NBC.
- No Ordinary Family - Liked the premise. Could never get past “Vic Mackey” marrying lovely Julie Benz and playing the doting, “clobberin’ time” dad. Canceled by ABC.
- V - Perhaps when the real hostile alien invasion actually arrives, we’ll just send a team of network execs to thwart them in nothing flat. Canceled by ABC.
- Chase - Won’t be able to run away from cancellation.
- Detroit 187 - Liked it better when it was NYPD Blue.
- Outlaw - Motion to suppress interest granted.
- Outsourced - Lowest laughs per capita on television.
- The Whole Truth - And nothing but a dud, so help me.
- UnderCovers - Awaiting its burn notice.
That should free up some hard drive space.
An all-healthcare edition:
- Trauma - Clear!
- Mercy - I miss E.R.
- Scrubs - Funny was its pre-existing condition. Now on lifeless support.