# The fox network cancels even more cult favorite TV shows **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 11, 2018, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-network-cancels-even-more-cult-favorite-tv-shows/813958 "2018-05-11T02:03:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-network-cancels-even-more-cult-favorite-tv-shows/813958/1 "2018-05-11T02:03:27Z")
They just cancelled the Mick, Brooklyn 99 and the last man on earth. Fox will go down as a network that really cancels excellent shows just to make room for crap shows that only last 1 season. Luckily other fox cancelled shows have been picked up by other networks. Futurama, American Dad, Arrested Development, etc. I hope Hulu or another broadcast network picks these shows up and renews them. Especially last man on earth, you can’t just give us a cliffhanger like that and then cancel the show. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-network-cancels-even-more-cult-favorite-tv-shows/813958/2 "2018-05-11T04:10:35Z")
NINE NINE!! Fuck. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-network-cancels-even-more-cult-favorite-tv-shows/813958/3 "2018-05-11T06:24:40Z")
NEIN! NEIN! That show is a goddamn national treasure and they are absolute fucking idiots to cancel it. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-network-cancels-even-more-cult-favorite-tv-shows/813958/4 "2018-05-11T13:14:05Z")
Maybe they did it so that they could make room for yet another talent/singing/dancing/cooking/survival reality show. Also, none of the shows mentioned have Steve Harvey on them so their demise is eminent. As we all know, Steve Harvey will eventually be on every TV show in the near future. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-network-cancels-even-more-cult-favorite-tv-shows/813958/5 "2018-05-11T13:28:12Z")
I would feel partly to blame since I do watch _Brooklyn Nine-Nine_, but on Hulu, but apparently Nielsen is able to track Hulu views for current shows, so, not my fault! . ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-network-cancels-even-more-cult-favorite-tv-shows/813958/6 "2018-05-11T13:52:51Z")
Terry doesn’t like this. . ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-network-cancels-even-more-cult-favorite-tv-shows/813958/7 "2018-05-11T14:01:02Z")
Good news: not only is there the possibility of someone else picking it up, [there may actually be competition for it](http://deadline.com/2018/05/brooklyn-nine-nine-new-home-hulu-tbs-fox-cancellation-pickup-fan-reaction-1202388006/). ---
**Author:** ![SantaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@SantaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SantaMan)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-network-cancels-even-more-cult-favorite-tv-shows/813958/8 "2018-05-11T14:06:16Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > Maybe they did it so that they could make room for yet another talent/singing/dancing/cooking/survival reality show. . Dancing with the Starsearch Cook Island I might watch it at least once 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-network-cancels-even-more-cult-favorite-tv-shows/813958/9 "2018-05-11T14:20:47Z")
There’s already a thread in Cafe Society - [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=854585](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=854585) ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-network-cancels-even-more-cult-favorite-tv-shows/813958/10 "2018-05-11T14:39:06Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Good news: not only is there the possibility of someone else picking it up, [there may actually be competition for it](http://deadline.com/2018/05/brooklyn-nine-nine-new-home-hulu-tbs-fox-cancellation-pickup-fan-reaction-1202388006/). From the article: > [@](#): > > Brooklyn Nine-Nine, which was Fox’s highest-rated live-action comedy series this season among adults 18-49 I mean, I can see why they’d want to cancel it . . . ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-network-cancels-even-more-cult-favorite-tv-shows/813958/11 "2018-05-11T14:42:31Z")
Thank god Brooklyn 99 may be saved. That show is consistently clever and funny. I do worry about last man on earth. You can’t just have a cliffhanger like that. Hopefully even if nobody picks up the show, they will do a movie like they did with firefly after fox cancelled it. I want to ensure the cast ends up somewhere happy. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-network-cancels-even-more-cult-favorite-tv-shows/813958/12 "2018-05-11T14:54:49Z")
Funny, I thought The Mick was the kind of crap show that good shows were cancelled for. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2018, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-network-cancels-even-more-cult-favorite-tv-shows/813958/13 "2018-05-11T15:10:46Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > From the article: > > I mean, I can see why they’d want to cancel it . . . It was still poorly rated. It was simply the highest poorly rated live-action comedy. It was doomed from the start. I like it, and I can’t have things I like. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-network-cancels-even-more-cult-favorite-tv-shows/813958/14 "2018-05-11T15:14:44Z")
Why would they do this just when I’m starting to go Full Boyle on the show ?! ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-network-cancels-even-more-cult-favorite-tv-shows/813958/15 "2018-05-11T15:41:14Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > NEIN! NEIN! > > That show is a goddamn national treasure and they are absolute fucking idiots to cancel it. I love _Brooklyn Nine-Nine_, but your post seems to be based on the (erroneous) assumption that the purpose of the television network is to provide you with quality entertainment. It’s not. The purpose of a television network is to make as much money as possible by selling people like you to advertisers. Americans are, by and large, people with shitty taste. That’s why, when they replace _Brooklyn Nine-Nine_ with something incredibly mediocre, it will probably make FOX more money. They’re not cancelling it just to spite you; they’re cancelling it because they figure that it’s not the best way to invest their money. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-network-cancels-even-more-cult-favorite-tv-shows/813958/16 "2018-05-11T22:45:41Z")
Dammit, they canceled Lucifer too. :mad: Fuck Fox. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-network-cancels-even-more-cult-favorite-tv-shows/813958/17 "2018-05-11T22:54:15Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Dammit, they canceled Lucifer too. :mad: > > Fuck Fox. Honestly, that’s for the best. I’m still pissed at how shitty a show they managed to produce with such rich background material. I shouldn’t expect Neil Gaiman’s pleased with it either. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-network-cancels-even-more-cult-favorite-tv-shows/813958/18 "2018-05-11T23:25:21Z")
Even at its worst, it was better than the endless range of craptastic talent/vocal/whatever shows they keep inexplicably churning out. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-network-cancels-even-more-cult-favorite-tv-shows/813958/19 "2018-05-11T23:35:46Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > I mean, I can see why they’d want to cancel it . . . A slightly less restrictive category, all scripted shows on Fox, gives a better idea of why they might choose to cancel those three. ([Cite](https://www.thewrap.com/why-fox-canceled-brooklyn-nine-nine-the-mick-and-the-last-man-on-earth/)) > [@](#): > > All three shows (plus “Gotham”) were tied as Fox’s 13th highest-rated scripted programs out of 20 total shows. Only 25% of Fox’s scripted shows did worse. That’s the kind of performance that’s going to at least get some hard questions about before renewal. ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-network-cancels-even-more-cult-favorite-tv-shows/813958/20 "2018-05-11T23:37:48Z")
Brooklyn 99 is the only American sitcom I’ve enjoyed in the last 20 years, so of course it would be cancelled. Bugger. Nine nine! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-network-cancels-even-more-cult-favorite-tv-shows/813958.md?page=2)