The most devastating thing to happen to a television fan is the cancellation of their favorite show. 2008 was particularly difficult for the fans as 10 fantastic television dramas fell victim to the almighty axe....
•'Dirty Sexy Money'
It's been years since we had a juicy primetime soap, where none of the characters even remotely resembled anyone we know and provided viewers an escape from our busy lives. Dirty Sexy Money was escapism at its best and I think we'll all miss being a part of the Darling family each week.More »•'Jericho'
Despite the short-lived success of one of the most impressive fan campaigns in history, the lousy ratings couldn't keep the citizens of Jericho safe for another season. Fortunately, the writers planned for the worst case scenario and created an alternative ending so the fans could have some closure when the lights went out for the last time on this fantastic series.More »•'Journeyman'
Although the cast received news of the show's cancellation right before the end of 2007, NBC didn't officially cancel this series until early 2008. Journeyman struggled in the ratings during its entire run, but the impending writers strike allowed NBC to produce and air all 13 episodes since they were about to face a massive shortage of new material from their other established series. Despite the fact that this series held one of the top spots in iTunes downloads and Tivo recordings, it wasn't enough to turn back the clock and fix the Nielsen ratings.More »•'Las Vegas'
Why do the networks insist on fixing things that aren't broken? For several years, Las Vegas thrived on Monday nights, and then NBC decided to send it to hospice on Friday nights. We call it hospice because that is where TV shows go to die a sometimes quick and painful death. Between the move to Fridays and then the loss of James Caan and Nikki Cox in the final season, the show didn't stand a chance and was canceled -- without a chance to wrap up the lingering storylines.More »•'Men in Trees'
I'll be the first to admit that when I first learned the premise of this show, I was convinced it wouldn't last more than a few weeks. I was pleasantly surprised by this wonderful series and stuck it out until the very end. Sadly, Men in Trees suffered from an incurable illness caused by extreme exposure to musical time slots. How in the world could viewers tune into this series when ABC constantly changed the days and times? Nobody knew when or what day the next new episode would air and the show ultimately died from neglect.More »•'Moonlight'
For many generations, we have had a fascination with vampires. Do they really exist? Each new vampire series begs that very question, especially as each incarnation brings about a more "human" creature of the night. No matter how deep fans sunk their teeth into Moonlight, CBS failed to give this incredible series another season.More »•'October Road'
How does a series go from being a midseason success story to a sophomore loser in less than a year? Once again ABC, tried to fix what wasn't broken by moving this series from its popular Thursday night slot to Mondays, a night that wasn't historically successful for ABC (until Dancing with the Stars came along). Without giving the show a chance by moving it back to Thursdays, the network issued pink slips to this exceptional drama. This decision is not something those dedicated fans will forget anytime soon as they continue their fight to bring the show back and it doesn't appear as though they're going to give up anytime soon!More »•'Pushing Daisies'
Each fall, there are a couple of promising series that create a tremendous amount of buzz and Pushing Daisies happened to be one of them when it premiered in 2007. Although the ratings didn't exactly match the buzz, ABC seemed determined to make a go of it with this charming series. In general, the 2008 fall television season has been anything but successful, as viewers seem to have found other avenues of entertainment. I held out hope that despite the low ratings, ABC might cut this show a little slack since many other series seemed to be suffering as well. No such luck -- even the pie maker couldn't revive the deadly ratings. I'd like to think that Ned and Chuck lived happily ever after.More »•'The Riches'
While musical time slots can help explain why a series could become a ratings loser, the cancellation of The Riches is puzzling. The show had an incredibly talented cast and the writing was as good as we've come to expect from a cable series. I guess this is one mystery we'll never quite understand.More »•'Women's Murder Club'
There doesn't seem to be enough television series that feature empowered women, and when Women's Murder Club arrived on the scene I thought this would be a winner -- especially since it was based on James Patterson’s bestselling novels. Alas, it was not to be. Without much fanfare, ABC canceled the drama and it went quietly into the night.More »
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