# First TV show to be cancelled after 9/25/2014 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 25, 2014, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-be-cancelled-after-9-25-2014/699517 "2014-09-25T13:09:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-be-cancelled-after-9-25-2014/699517/41 "2014-10-01T18:37:35Z")
Here’s some kindling to keep the fire burning : [The 5 Worst New TV Shows This Fall](http://finance.yahoo.com/news/5-worst-tv-shows-fall-130500530.html) – anybody want to argue against any of these? I have this feeling that [Dylan McDermott](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001518/?ref_=nv_sr_2)is like the kiss of death, so I would lean hard on his show getting a quick ax. Couple that with CBS’s usual success rate for new shows and you have a real dilemma! I can offer no input on any of these shows. I am not attracted to any of them. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-be-cancelled-after-9-25-2014/699517/42 "2014-10-01T19:22:38Z")
Something tells me Fox’s _Mulaney_ ends up going first (it premieres this Sunday). With _Brooklyn Nine-Nine_ getting terrible ratings compared to the shows before and after it, I think Fox will realize that the only live action that people want to watch on Fox on Sundays is the NFL, so Fox does some schedule shuffling before November. _Red Band Society_ (it’s not “The Red Band Society” any more than it’s “The Family Guy”) will probably pull an Alcatraz / The Mob Doctor / Terra Nova and finish its 13-episode run. They can’t dump it to Saturdays as Fox airs college football on Saturday through early December. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-be-cancelled-after-9-25-2014/699517/43 "2014-10-01T19:41:55Z")
Fucking copycats! [Which new fall show will be canceled first?](http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/10/01/fall-canceled-first/) ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sterling\_Archer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Sterling\_Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterling_Archer)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-be-cancelled-after-9-25-2014/699517/44 "2014-10-01T20:12:06Z")
Brooklyn Nine-Nine is getting bad ratings? That’s a great show! It’s light, but fun and clever. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-be-cancelled-after-9-25-2014/699517/45 "2014-10-01T20:48:30Z")
wrong thread. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-be-cancelled-after-9-25-2014/699517/46 "2014-10-01T22:32:45Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > I have this feeling that [Dylan McDermott](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001518/?ref_=nv_sr_2)is like the kiss of death, so I would lean hard on his show getting a quick ax. Couple that with CBS’s usual success rate for new shows and you have a real dilemma! He sure is for my enjoyment of anything he’s been in: he’s one of my least-favorite actors. I did watch the first season of American Horror Story with hopes he would die. Anyone know if he dies in that movie where he’s locked in a freezer? ---
**Author:** ![MilTan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@MilTan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MilTan)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-be-cancelled-after-9-25-2014/699517/47 "2014-10-01T23:35:23Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Sad but Oh so True! I bet Shonda knows where more bodies are buried than Oprah. Oh come on. It’s not as if Shonda Rhimes’ shows last forever despite poor ratings. They last forever because they get great ratings. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-be-cancelled-after-9-25-2014/699517/48 "2014-10-02T02:47:47Z")
> [@Sterling\_Archer](#): > > Brooklyn Nine-Nine is getting bad ratings? That’s a great show! It’s light, but fun and clever. “[Brooklyn Nine-Nine christened its new time slot with 5.5 million viewers and a best-since-series premiere 2.6 rating, up from both its March finale (2.6 mil/1.3)](http://tvline.com/2014/09/29/once-upon-a-time-season-4-premiere-ratings/)” ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-be-cancelled-after-9-25-2014/699517/49 "2014-10-02T03:32:27Z")
Lord almighty, I could not get through **How to Get Away With Murder** (just saw it). It doesn’t help that I went through law school and that was so utterly absurd and ridiculous that I couldn’t possibly suspend the disbelief far enough. Every part of the plot was just… no. Maybe if I was a doctor, I could deal with it… but its too much for this lawyer (and I enjoyed **Ally McBeal** and **Boston Legal** to indicate how bad the law was here). But it’s going to last at least through the season. The 2nd episode of **Black-ish** was lame. I really liked the first one and thought maybe they’d explore race with humor. This was just a generic family comedy episode - about the sex talk. If it continues on this path, it may be gone before I thought. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-be-cancelled-after-9-25-2014/699517/50 "2014-10-02T07:38:20Z")
> [@BrassyPhrase](#): > > I definitely think/hope _Red Band Society_. Seriously? Children in the hospital with, I assume terminal (in some cases) diseases? Really? I’ve known people whose children never came out of the hospital after they went in, I can’t be the only one. I just cannot even see how this was a good idea to anyone. And all the sassy assertive black nurses (Octavia Spencer you deserve so much better!) really can’t save this for me. > > This sounds like such pure glurge, I can imagine tuning in. > > And if Octavia is actually playing a doctor, I’m sorry. I saw scrubs/female and thought nurse. (I have lots of nurses in my family) _Red Band Society_ is actually an American remake of a successful Spanish language program. > **[The Red Band Society (TV Series 2011–2013) ⭐ 8.1 | Comedy, Drama](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1698292/?ref_=nv_sr_1)** > > 45m ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-be-cancelled-after-9-25-2014/699517/51 "2014-10-02T09:14:00Z")
> [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > _Red Band Society_ is actually an American remake of a successful Spanish language program. > [The Red Band Society (TV Series 2011–2013) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1698292/?ref_=nv_sr_1) You mean it’s not a show about risque movie trailers? Damn. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-be-cancelled-after-9-25-2014/699517/52 "2014-10-02T12:26:24Z")
> [@BrassyPhrase](#): > > And if Octavia is actually playing a doctor, I’m sorry. I saw scrubs/female and thought nurse. (I have lots of nurses in my family) I only saw the pilot and they briefly had a female doctor but Octavia is not it. She played the sassy gruff black nurse with a hidden heart of gold. A completely unique character never seen before. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-be-cancelled-after-9-25-2014/699517/53 "2014-10-02T13:03:06Z")
I thought it was Nell Carter. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Norse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/big_norse/32/9954_2.png) [@Big\_Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Norse)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-be-cancelled-after-9-25-2014/699517/54 "2014-10-02T15:06:32Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > But more importantly – how does “Owen Griffith” look? I can just turn the sound off. > [@dropzone](#): > > He’s aging well. He’s playing younger than he is, and it shows, but he’s been doing that since his midshipman days. A bit of a young John de Lancie about him. I doubt you’ll complain. Even better, you can leave the sound on because he’s not using his horrible American accent. ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-be-cancelled-after-9-25-2014/699517/55 "2014-10-02T17:50:55Z")
‘‘FX has ordered 10 episodes of the sitcom and, if the series does well over its first 10-episode run, the network will order an additional 90 episodes.’’ > **[Partners (2014 TV series)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partners_(2014_TV_series))** > > Partners is an American sitcom starring Kelsey Grammer and Martin Lawrence that aired on FX. The show centers on two Chicago lawyers from vastly different backgrounds who develop a partnership after they unexpectedly meet in court on the worst day of their lives. This was Lawrence's first TV series since his eponymous Fox series ended its five-season run in 1997. > FX ordered 10 episodes of the sitcom and, if the series had done well over its first 10-episode run, the network would have ordered an... Judging from the few episodes I’ve watched, I wouldn’t hold my breath. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-be-cancelled-after-9-25-2014/699517/56 "2014-10-02T18:01:49Z")
> [@omni-not](#): > > ‘‘FX has ordered 10 episodes of the sitcom and, if the series does well over its first 10-episode run, the network will order an additional 90 episodes.’’ > > [Partners (2014 TV series) - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partners_(2014_TV_series)) > > Judging from the few episodes I’ve watched, I wouldn’t hold my breath. [Fixed link.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partners_(2014_TV_series)) ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-be-cancelled-after-9-25-2014/699517/57 "2014-10-02T18:23:52Z")
Not exactly a cancel, but [Fox has removed Utopia from its Tuesday timeslot](http://www.foxflash.com/fox/releases/masterchef-junior%E2%80%9D-moves-tuesdays). In effect, it is swapping Utopia with Masterchef Junior, which was going to air on Fridays, with Utopia being Tuesdays only. Until Masterchef Junior starts on 11/4, Fox will air the Tuesday slot with a repeat of the Family Guy/Simpsons crossover, repeats of The Simpsons & Bob’s Burgers, and World Series games 1 and 6. ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-be-cancelled-after-9-25-2014/699517/58 "2014-10-02T19:31:15Z")
Thanks **CZ**. Not sure what happened there… ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-be-cancelled-after-9-25-2014/699517/59 "2014-10-02T20:08:37Z")
Any URL that ends in punctuation or parentheses needs to be put inside URL tags, or the parser will (quite reasonably) assume the punctuation or parentheses were part of the post, not the URL. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-be-cancelled-after-9-25-2014/699517/60 "2014-10-02T20:23:17Z")
I read that Fox has an out with Utopia to recoup some money if they air at least 20 episodes. So look for Utopia to last exactly 20 episodes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-be-cancelled-after-9-25-2014/699517.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-be-cancelled-after-9-25-2014/699517.md?page=4)