Cancellations & Renewals
TNT Announces 2nd Season Renewal for HawthoRNe
TNT has picked up a second season of the medical drama HawthorRNe, starring and executive-produced by Jada Pinkett Smith. The network has ordered an additional 10 episodes of the drama, which currently airs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET.
For its first season, HawthorRNe has averaged approximately 3.8 million viewers and ranks as ad-supported cable’s [...]
NBC Announces Preliminary Fall Schedule
Following is the press release announcing the renewals and new series for which decisions have been made so far. Additional series pickups will be announced on May 19, so don’t fret if you don’t see your favorite CHUCK! here. It still has a chance for survival.
NEW YORK CITY – May 4, 2009 – NBC [...]
Is Chuck Renewed or Not?
Rumors of Chuck’s renewal have been circulating the internet over the past few days. Twitter was abuzz this morning with unofficial news that the show was coming back. They were citing an article by LA Weekly’s Nikki Finke for which the headline read simply, “NBC Renews Chuck, Medium, Law & Order; Announcement on Monday.” The [...]
‘Pushing Daisies’ Will Live On…In Comics at Least
Pushing Daisies comics are coming! Bryan Fuller tells E! Online that DC Comics has made a 12 issue order. “I think the comic book is great, because it has all the characters in it, and it starts a new story. It’s basically Chuck, Ned, Emerson and Olive versus 1,000 corpses, so it becomes a [...]
‘Reaper’ Fans Be Heard
I’ve written a lot about the campaign to save Chuck, but I have neglected to mention that there is a similar effort out there to keep the CW’s Reaper alive. In a recent article, I mentioned that Reaper’s creators had signed a development deal and it didn’t seem like a good indicator for the [...]
Cancellation and Renewal Report for April 17
According to reports, NBC is considering axing My Name Is Earl due to low ratings and high production costs. But Earl fans rejoice because word is that Fox could possibly pick up the sitcom.
The critically acclaimed AMC series, Breaking Bad, has already been renewed for a third season. Production is expected to begin later this [...]
Airdates for the final episodes of ‘Pushing Daisies,’ ‘Eli Stone,’ and ‘Dirty Sexy Money’ Announced
ABC had announced the airdates for the remaining episodes of the canceled series’ Pushing Daisies, Eli Stone and Dirty Sexy Money.
Pushing Daisies returning to the schedule on Saturday, May 30 and concluding on Saturday, June 13 at 10:00 p.m.
Eli Stone will come back on Saturday, June 20 and finish up on Saturday, July [...]
CBS Pulls the Plug on ‘Guiding Light’
Come September 18, 2009, the longest running scripted show in broadcast history will go off the air. After 72 years, more than 15,700 episodes on radio and TV, and 69 Daytime Emmy Awards, the CBS soap Guiding Light is being canceled.
Created by Irna Phillips, the show began as a 15-minute radio serial, airing it’s [...]
‘Friday Night Lights’ Gets 2 Season Renewal
Fans of Friday Night Lights can rest easy!
EW’s Michael Ausiello is reporting that the show will be back for two more 13 episode seasons. Though it hasn’t been officially announced, Ausiello says we should expect the announcement “any day now.”
Once again, the episodes will first run on DirecTV and be shown at a [...]
