# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-be-cancelled-after-9-25-2014/699517/61 "2014-10-05T23:15:01Z")
[Dallas](http://deadline.com/2014/10/dallas-cancelled-tnt-845717/) has been cancelled by TNT. Not sure if it counts. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-be-cancelled-after-9-25-2014/699517/62 "2014-10-05T23:57:36Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > 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. Interesting. I was wondering why it was still on. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-be-cancelled-after-9-25-2014/699517/63 "2014-10-06T03:22:21Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > [Dallas](http://deadline.com/2014/10/dallas-cancelled-tnt-845717/) has been cancelled by TNT. Not sure if it counts. Crap! I found myself really liking the series after initially having low expectations for it. :mad: TNT didn’t help matters by splitting the season in two. I didn’t even know it came back on in August until about three weeks later. I’ll have to watch it on line after I finish my current work assignment. In the meantime, I hope another network picks it up for next year. ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-be-cancelled-after-9-25-2014/699517/64 "2014-10-06T03:27:09Z")
> [@MilTan](#): > > Oh come on. It’s not as if Shonda Rhimes’ shows last forever despite poor ratings. They last forever because they get great ratings. I actually really liked the Shonda Rhimes show \*\*Off the Map \*\*a few years ago, but it was cancelled very quickly, no second season. So she doesn’t ALWAYS know where the bodies are buried, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-be-cancelled-after-9-25-2014/699517/65 "2014-10-06T03:29:52Z")
> [@Sarabellum1976](#): > > I actually really liked the Shonda Rhimes show \*\*Off the Map \*\*a few years ago, but it was cancelled very quickly, no second season. > > So she doesn’t ALWAYS know where the bodies are buried, apparently. I know. It was my favorite of her shows, favorite new show of that entire year even, and it only lasted a season ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-be-cancelled-after-9-25-2014/699517/66 "2014-10-06T16:07:53Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > I know. It was my favorite of her shows, favorite new show of that entire year even, and it only lasted a season ☹ Mamie Gummer was great in that, wasn’t she? It was the first time I’d seen her act and right away, I was convinced she was destined for greatness. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-be-cancelled-after-9-25-2014/699517/67 "2014-10-06T16:53:05Z")
Media Buyer checking in. “Selfie” is probably going to be a hit. BTW, you all know that it’s a modern take on **My Fair Lady** , right? The main shows I’m avoiding buying for fear that they won’t be airing when my campaigns start are “Mysteries of Laura” and “Mulaney”. As much as I love John Mulaney,I’m hearing bad things about the show and I don’t think he’ll be able to lure viewers. Black-ish is going to do well. I watched it and it’s really funny, and does a good job of making the specifics universal, and the universals specific - if that makes any sense. Anyway, it’s solid and has a really strong lead in w/ Modern Family so it’ll stick around. I think “Scorpion” is going to do ok. CBS doesn’t flop often w/ procedurals. “Bad Judge” , “Manhattan Love Story”, and “A to Z” are also all on my personal doomed list. ---
**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 6, 2014, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-be-cancelled-after-9-25-2014/699517/68 "2014-10-06T16:55:35Z")
I don’t think _Dallas_ should count as first new cancelled show, because it wasn’t a new fall show. Only shows that are new from September on should be in the running. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-be-cancelled-after-9-25-2014/699517/69 "2014-10-06T17:24:47Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I don’t think _Dallas_ should count as first new cancelled show, because it wasn’t a new fall show. Only shows that are new from September on should be in the running. That’s really what I had in mind for this thread. Maybe my wording was vague enough not to have said it. But “Just New Shows” getting zapped was what I was wanting guesses for. Usually there would be carnage by now! 😉 ---
**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 6, 2014, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-be-cancelled-after-9-25-2014/699517/70 "2014-10-06T17:30:31Z")
Yeah-where are the one/two episode megaflops we usually get every year? ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-be-cancelled-after-9-25-2014/699517/71 "2014-10-06T19:58:03Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Yeah-where are the one/two episode megaflops we usually get every year? I think if it hadn’t had the atypical arrangement another poster mentioned above, I think Utopia would have been relegated to online finish only and off the air already. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-be-cancelled-after-9-25-2014/699517/72 "2014-10-07T00:08:30Z")
> [@GrandWino](#): > > Media Buyer checking in. > > “Selfie” is probably going to be a hit. BTW, you all know that it’s a modern take on **My Fair Lady** , right? > > The main shows I’m avoiding buying for fear that they won’t be airing when my campaigns start are “Mysteries of Laura” and “Mulaney”. As much as I love John Mulaney,I’m hearing bad things about the show and I don’t think he’ll be able to lure viewers. > > Black-ish is going to do well. I watched it and it’s really funny, and does a good job of making the specifics universal, and the universals specific - if that makes any sense. Anyway, it’s solid and has a really strong lead in w/ Modern Family so it’ll stick around. > > I think “Scorpion” is going to do ok. CBS doesn’t flop often w/ procedurals. > > “Bad Judge” , “Manhattan Love Story”, and “A to Z” are also all on my personal doomed list. You nailed it. “Mulaney” was probably the worst new show of the season, and “Mysteries of Laura”, “Bad Judge” , “Manhattan Love Story”, and “A to Z” weren’t too far behind. “Scorpion” was terrible, too, but I’ve given up trying to figure out why any of CBS’s shows appeal to anybody. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-be-cancelled-after-9-25-2014/699517/73 "2014-10-07T05:32:34Z")
We deleted “Dominion” from our PVR recording list today - we gave it a fair shot, but we found that watching a taped episode today seemed to take about three hours - we were just so uninterested and bored by the whole mess. I love post-apocalyptic anything - these guys have managed to avoid doing anything even remotely interesting with the genre, though. I love Anthony Head, and wanted to like the show, but he’s possibly the worst part of it, with one of the worst accents I’ve ever heard - he seems to swing between British and Texan, with stops in Midwest and God only knows what else. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-be-cancelled-after-9-25-2014/699517/74 "2014-10-07T15:29:04Z")
I finally say “Mulaney” the other night, and dear God was it awful. Did they deliberately try to find the worst actor in Hollywood to play the lead? ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-be-cancelled-after-9-25-2014/699517/75 "2014-10-07T15:32:42Z")
**GrandWino** did you buy a lot of ads for _Utopia_?? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-be-cancelled-after-9-25-2014/699517/76 "2014-10-07T15:49:12Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > I finally say “Mulaney” the other night, and dear God was it awful. Did they deliberately try to find the worst actor in Hollywood to play the lead? He’s an SNL writer and standup comedian. He’s absolutely hilarious, too, but he’s going to have to spend some time figuring out what a show based in his comedy should look like. Much like Louis CK. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-be-cancelled-after-9-25-2014/699517/77 "2014-10-07T20:16:21Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > 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. I wouldn’t say ‘argue’ so much as ‘I think one of them stands a chance.’ Manhattan Love Story. It’s cute. I enjoyed it enough to give it a second try. I couldn’t get through an episode of Selfie; but because it had John Cho I gave it a second chance. It might not be too bad. I really like Forever. But then again, I liked New Amsterdam. It’s a cool idea. John Mulaney show… ugh. I can’t even give this show a chance because the the awful Martin Short silliness ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-be-cancelled-after-9-25-2014/699517/78 "2014-10-07T21:10:12Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > I finally say “Mulaney” the other night, and dear God was it awful. Did they deliberately try to find the worst actor in Hollywood to play the lead? He’s not an actor, he’s a comic and writer. He was mostly responsible for Bill Hader’s “Stefon” character on SNL and his standup is fantastic. Jerry Seinfeld wasn’t an actor either and got the same criticisms. The problem w/ Mulaney’s show is that it seems to be trying too hard to be another Seinfeld, and it’s obvious. > [@ZipperJJ](#): > > **GrandWino** did you buy a lot of ads for _Utopia_?? 😃 Well, I wouldn’t say I bought zero ads in Utopia… But I gave it a low enough rating that I should be ok. (A big part of the job is projecting ratings and we’re “graded” after the fact once the new books come in to see how close our projections are. I didn’t expect this one to do very well - but it was also cheap, so it was worth buying here and there). ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-be-cancelled-after-9-25-2014/699517/79 "2014-10-10T20:09:30Z")
I’ve been seeing commercials for some piece of shit called Cristela or something like that for the last few weeks, I think it begins tonight. Hopefully it’s canceled by breakfast, as it looks like the most awful generic 90’s style sitcom ever, BUT WITH HISPANICS! Haw haw haw, how novel! Somewhere George Lopez is rolling in his grave. What’s that? George Lopez isn’t dead? Just his career? Oh. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-be-cancelled-after-9-25-2014/699517/80 "2014-10-10T20:15:11Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > I’ve been seeing commercials for some piece of shit called Cristela or something like that for the last few weeks, I think it begins tonight. Hopefully it’s canceled by breakfast, as it looks like the most awful generic 90’s style sitcom ever, BUT WITH HISPANICS! Haw haw haw, how novel! Somewhere George Lopez is rolling in his grave. What’s that? George Lopez isn’t dead? Just his career? Oh. I’ve seen them, too. Not even curious! Funny as Ebola. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-be-cancelled-after-9-25-2014/699517.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-be-cancelled-after-9-25-2014/699517.md?page=5)