WINTER 2014: USA NETWORK ENDS 'PSYCH'; SERIES TO WRAP UP IN MARCH

Well it's the end of the road for one of USA Network's dramas.

The long-running, delightfully entertaining Psych will wrap it up at the end of the current eighth season. The series finale is scheduled to air on Wednesday, March 26 at 9 pm and will be followed by a one-hour live retrospective special, Psych After Show, that will involve the cast and creator of the hit USA Network show. While the future of Psych was debated these past couple of months, USA Network confirmed that this season will be the show's last, but that it doesn't necessarily mark the end of Shawn and Gus (stars James Roday and Dule Hill). Could some form of TV movie(s) be in the future for fans? Only time will tell...

Meanwhile, Roday and Hill took to YouTube today to send a special message to fans.

WINTER 2014: NBC CANCELS 'SEAN SAVES THE WORLD'

While Sean Harrison was busy trying to save the world, and Sean Hayes was busy trying to save his new show, viewers were busy saving something else.

Sean Saves the World has spent the better part of this TV season trying to rack up viewers and decent ratings for NBC, unfortunately to no avail. News broke yesterday that the network has abruptly stopped production on the freshman comedy. There were four episodes left to produce in the 18-episode order. So yeah, basically the show is cancelled.

NBC moved the struggling comedy to a new time slot to boost ratings, and it failed miserably. Two episodes remain to be aired and will be scheduled after the Winter Olympics.

WINTER 2014: ABC'S 'THE ASSETS' IS HISTORY...AFTER ONLY 2 EPISODES

The Assets is history.

ABC has pulled (as expected) the low-rated Cold War drama after only two episodes. It premiered last week to disastrous ratings and continued the downward trend this past Thursday. The Assets was supposed to be an eight-episode miniseries to fill the void while Scandal takes a hiatus. The network, however, was not so thrilled with the less than 3 million viewers at the 10:00 PM slot.

ABC will air repeats of Shark Tank in its place. No word yet on when, or if, the network plans to burn the remaining six episodes later in the year.

FALL 2013: DAYTIME TALKER 'KATIE' CANCELED

Katie has been canceled.

The daytime talk show will end in June 2014 at the conclusion of its second season. Both Disney/ABC and Katie Couric have stated that ending the show was a mutual decision.

Rumors surfaced last spring that Couric's talk show was on cancellation watch due to low ratings, as well as Couric's interest in looking for a new network. The renewal for a second season came down to the wire.

FALL 2013: SHOWTIME CANCELS 'CALIFORNICATION'

Showtime is giving David Duchovny's Californication one more season before putting it out to pasture. The show's upcoming seventh season (slated to begin airing in April) will be its last, and will wrap up the storylines of the main characters. 

Californication premiered in 2007 and follows a troubled novelist, Hank Moody (Duchovny), when he moves from New York to California to help clear up his writer's block. Things got a bit complicated when Moody's drinking and womanizing begin to interfere with his relationships and life.

FALL 2013: USA NETWORK CANCELS 'NECESSARY ROUGHNESS'

USA Network is pulling the plug on its low-rated sports-centered drama Necessary Roughness. The show's third season ended back in August and yesterday it was announced that it wouldn't be returning for a fourth season.  

Necessary Roughness tried to attract new viewers to the show last season by casting John Stamos as Dr. Santino's new boss. Despite the casting coup, change in setting, and new tension for the show's main antagonist, it didn't result in higher ratings.

FALL 2013: AMC'S 'THE KILLING' IS COMING BACK TO LIFE...TO NETFLIX.

The Killing is coming back to life...again.

The mystery drama that was canceled twice by AMC will be returning for a short fourth and final season thanks to the good folks at Netflix. The highly praised third season concluded several months ago with a cliffhanger of sorts. Fans took to the internet to vent over the network's decision to cancel the show a second time without giving Sarah Linden and Stephen Holder a proper ending.

Netflix has picked up the series for a 6-episode final season to wrap up all the loose ends. The streaming service stated that "the rich, serialized storytelling in The Killing thrives on Netflix, and we believe it is only fitting to give Sarah Linden and Stephen Holder a proper send off."

No date has been given for the show's return.

FALL 2013: 'ALL MY CHILDREN' CANCELED (AGAIN); SOAPNET TO GO DARK BY END OF YEAR

Daytime soap opera All My Children's return from the television grave has been cut short. The online revival series has been officially canceled and confirmed by several veteran actors who made the TV-to-Internet transition. The 41-year old sudser based in fictional Pine Valley, PA aired on ABC before it was canceled in September 2011. The show was picked up by a new production company in 2013 and aired on The Online Network for six months before it went on hiatus. Despite offering the episodes via streaming sites like Hulu and iTunes, the revival failed to generate enough interest and buzz.

The bad news for soap fans continues rolling with today's announcement that cable network SOAPnet will go 100% dark by the end of this year. The network premiered 14 years ago when daytime soap operas were more numerous and relevant. In addition to re-airing same-day episodes of ABC soaps, SOAPnet gained a loyal following by airing classic daytime (Ryan's Hope, Another World) and primetime soaps (Knots Landing, Falcon Crest, The Colbys, Dynasty, Dallas, Hotel, Sisters). Over the years the network phased out classic television in favor for teen-driven dramas.

FALL 2013: ABC ORDERS MORE 'GOLDBERGS' 'TROPHY WIFE' 'SUPER FUN NIGHT'; CANCELS 'BACK IN THE GAME'

ABC is finally making some decisions on its new comedies, and boy do they look desperate!

The alphabet network has given full-season orders to The Goldbergs and Trophy Wife. The greenlight request for additional episodes would bring each show to 22 episodes. While not necessarily out-of-the-ballpark hits, ABC seems to have been pleased with the ratings. How else could we explain the network's sudden vote of confidence?

Meanwhile, ABC is really desperately rooting for Rebel Wilson. An additional four episodes have been ordered for Super Fun Night. The new comedy hasn't proven to be ratings gold in spite of the heavy promos focusing on the plus-size popular Australian actress. Aside from a botched pilot episode and poor quality scripts, Super Fun Night has been slammed by critics. ABC, however, still has faith that Rebel Wilson will draw in more viewers. We'll see what happens with this comedy but keep the life-support machine plugged in.

The network has benched the freshman family comedy Back in the Game...permanently. The baseball-themed comedy starring Maggie Lawson has been cancelled. But don't fret fans, ABC will finish airing whatever remains of the show's 13 episodes. Back in the Game was semi-decent, compared to some of the other shows mentioned above, but just couldn't find its footing.

FALL 2013: NBC CANCELS 'IRONSIDE' AND 'WELCOME TO THE FAMILY'

It's been a rather busy Friday afternoon in TV land as several networks have made some serious decisions regarding their new shows this season.

On the cancellation front, NBC has axed struggling police procedural remake Ironside and comedy Welcome to the Family. Both shows failed to gather an audience despite posting fairly decent premiere ratings. 

Ironside had considerable amounts of promos and hype to boast its premiere but putting popular star Blair Underwood in a wheelchair just didn't help the cause. The drama faced tough competition in its Wednesday night timeslot with the perennial favorite CSI and ABC's country sudser  Nashville. The real nail in the coffin came last week when FX's American Horror Story: Coven premiered to smashing numbers in the 10 pm timeslot and took a nice chunk of audience away from network television. Ironside also faced some creative backlash for not casting a disabled actor in the role of paraplegic Robert Ironside. The negative press helped detract some audiences from even giving the show a chance. Honestly though, the drama's case-of-the-week format was pretty dull and slow that Ironside's wheelchair moved faster than the plot. The final episode airs October 23.

Welcome to the Family was another unfortunate sacrifice that the network had to make due to low numbers. Stuck in the 8:30 pm timeslot, the family comedy based on unplanned teenage pregnancy couldn't hack it against CBS' new comedy The Millers. While the premise isn't necessarily the best, it was something different but a soft cast didn't help the situation. Don't get us wrong, we love Mike O'Malley but he needed a better co-star foil in this production. Additionally, most of NBC's new comedies are struggling, especially much touted, heavily advertised Sean Saves the World and The Michael J. Fox Show. If a decision had to be make to stop the network from losing more blood, it was apparent that the show on the bottom of the totem pole was getting cut.

CBS, on the other hand, is doing a little better with its new comedies. The network has just given full-season orders to freshman comedies Mom, The Crazy Ones, and The Millers. Apparently dysfunctional comedies about recovering alcoholics and divorced parents are drawing the audiences. Each show has received the order for the "back 9" episodes, which would make the full season count to 22 episodes.

FOX has also picked up a full-season order for freshman police comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine, which has posted solid numbers since its debut. Additionally it will join New Girl for a special comedy hour after Super Bowl XLVIII on February 2, 2014.

Death List

Lucky 7 (ABC)

We are Men (CBS)

Murder Police (FOX)

Us & Them (FOX)

Ironside (NBC)

Welcome to the Family (NBC)

Life Support

Betrayal (ABC)

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (ABC)

Super Fun Night (ABC)

FALL 2013: ABC CANCELS 'LUCKY 7' AFTER TWO EPISODES

The fall 2013 television season has crowned its first casualty: ABC's Lucky 7.

The lottery-themed drama that focused on co-workers winning the jackpot didn't score any winnings with audiences. Lucky 7 was up against some tough opponents in the 10 pm time slot, Tuesday nights. This past Tuesday was the show's second episode and viewership dropped 50 percent from its premiere last week. In other words, most who watched the unlucky drama disliked it so much that they didn't bother returning for a second helping. 

Network television hasn't had much luck with lottery-themed dramas. The last one to air prior to Lucky 7 was NBC's Windfall. The Luke Perry-led drama only lasted for 13 episodes after numerous pre-emptions and shifting around led to its cancellation. Guess America doesn't really care to watch regular joes winning millions and suffering everyday problems.

ABC will air Scandal recaps effective immediately, and production on the set will shut down by next week.

FALL 2013: NBC SHUTS DOWN 'CAMP' FOR GOOD :(

Summer has officially come to a close and summer Camp has been shut down...permanently.

NBC has decided not to renew the Rachel Griffiths-led dramedy for a second season. Yesterday, co-star Nikolai Nikolaeff tweeted about the show's ultimate fate, "So...It was a great summer and I loved every minute of it. Sorry to all the @NBCCamp fans out there but no go on #CampSeason2." The tongue-in-cheek view of summer camp generated a lot of buzz and mixed reviews. The low ratings, compared to other new summer shows on ABC and CBS, were pretty much the deciding factor on axing the show.

Such a shame though, Camp was one of Stay Tuned's favorite shows this summer.

FALL 2013: AMC OFFS 'THE KILLING'

AMC has pulled the plug on its serial crime drama The Killing. In a statement released yesterday, the network has opted to not pursue a fourth season of the beleaguered drama. The murder mystery serial had been cancelled by the network back in the summer of 2012 after a soft second season. After several deals and shopping the series around to other networks, AMC decided to revive the drama and grant it a third season. Surprisingly, the show's third season was the one with the most favorable reviews and decent ratings. Apparently not enough to spare it from the chopping block a second time. This cancellation is clearly more permanent.

The Killing ended its third season on August 4, 2013.

FALL 2013: A&E CANCELS 'THE GLADES'

A&E has pulled the plug on The Glades. The procedural drama about a Chicago detective relocating to south Florida had just finished its fourth season on a ratings high. The season finale marked a season-high 3.4 million viewers making the episode the most watched of the entire fourth season. Despite the good numbers for the network, it wasn't enough to keep the ax from swinging. Fans of the police drama will most likely be upset since the season (and now series) finale was a cliffhanger. Detective, and groom-to-be, Jim was shot by an unknown assailant and left to die. Now it looks like viewers may never find out who shot Jim, and if he survived.

FALL 2013: TV LAND CANCELS 'HAPPILY DIVORCED'

After two season, TV Land ends its relationship with Fran Drescher's Happily Divorced.

After a very loooong waiting period -- Happily Divorced aired its last episode in February -- TV Land brought out its ax and cancelled the low-rated comedy. The series, loosely based on Fran Drescher's real life marriage with Peter Marc Jacobson, was lauded as one of the network's new original series. TV Land has been successful with its original half-hour comedies but Happily Divorced remained one of the low rated shows on its lineup. This past season saw some big-named guest stars pass through the Lovett household but even that wasn't enough to boost viewership.

The first season of Happily Divorced is currently available on DVD. No word on a release of Season 2.

CANCELLATION NOTICE: NBC DIMS THE LIGHTS ON 'FASHION STAR'

The latest reality show victim to be given the ax is NBC's Fashion Star. The couture reality show featuring amateur designers vying to sell their clothes in major department stores will not be returning for a third season as indicated by NBC Entertainment president Bob Greenblatt at the Television Critics Association summer press tour. Despite a creative retooling of the show, Fashion Star failed to generate a substantial audience. In fact, it just adds to the list of reality show failures NBC has recently suffered. Back in the winter and spring of this year, the network released Take it All and Ready for Love, both shows bombing right out of the starting gate and quickly erased from the network's schedule. The Celebrity Apprentice had a weak season compared to previous years and this summer's offerings of Siberia and Get Out Alive with Bear Grylls have been downright flatlining.

Thank goodness for The Voice and The Biggest Loser, right?

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ANOTHER REALITY SHOW BITES THE DUST...

Oxygen announced today that it has canceled The Glee Project after two seasons. The reality show courted talented singers to participate on the show for a chance to star in an multi-episode arc on the hit FOX show. According to a Oxygen network representative "The Glee Project will not be returning to Oxygen, but we are extremely proud of this series which launched the careers of several talented individuals. The show had so much heart and we thank Ryan Murphy and all of the creative talent who helped make the series a critical darling.” It was reiterated that the decision was in the works several weeks ago and has nothing to do with the recent death of Glee star Cory Monteith.