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Fox Cancels Sketch Comedy Series ‘In The Flow With Affion Crockett’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday November 1, 2011 @ 11:43am PDTTags: Fox, In The Flow With Affion Crockett, TV Cancellations, TV Schedule
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It looks like Fox has officially pulled the plug on sketch comedy series In The Flow With Affion Crockett after a low-rated summer run. The project, executive produced by Jamie Foxx, was picked up straight-to-series and originally slated for midseason. It was pushed a couple of times until it finally launched in mid-August, drawing a 1.0-1.2 demo rating for its first season. The move comes a couple of days after Fox closed a deal to bring back its signature 1990s sketch comedy series In Living Color.

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CW Cancels New Reality Series ‘H8R’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday October 6, 2011 @ 3:15pm PDTTags: CW, H8R, Kim Kardashian, Ringer, TV Cancellations
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NBC Cancels New Comedy ‘Free Agents’

The CW is pulling new reality show H8R off the schedule effective immediately. Starting next week, the network will air repeats of new drama Ringer in H8R‘s Wednesday 8 PM slot. The demise of … Read More »

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NBC Cancels New Comedy ‘Free Agents’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday October 6, 2011 @ 9:51am PDTTags: Free Agents, Hank Azaria, Kathryn Hahn, NBC, TV Cancellations, Whitney
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UPDATE 11:30 AM: NBC has made it official: Starting next week, repeats of Whitney will air in the Wednesday 8:30 PM slot vacated by Free Agents.

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NBC Cancels ‘Playboy Club’, Gives Full-Season Orders To ‘Up All Night’ & ‘Whitney’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday October 4, 2011 @ 9:37am PDTTags: NBC, Rock Center With Brian Williams, The Playboy Club, TV Cancellations, TV Renewals, Up All Night, Whitney
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Second Time No Charm For ‘Playboy Club’ ‘Charlie’s Angels’ & ‘Prime Suspect’: What Went Wrong?
UPDATED: NBC is giving new comedy series Up All Night and Whitney a major vote of confidence with early full-season pickups. Meanwhile, as we indicated in the ratings story earlier this morning, low-rated new drama The Playboy Club has become the first new series to be canceled this fall. The 1960s drama is being pulled from the schedule effective immediately and will be replaced by Brian Williams’ new primetime newsmagazine, Rock Center With Brian Williams, which will premiere October 31. For the next three weeks, NBC will air repeats of its other struggling new drama, the well-received Prime Suspect, in the Monday 10 PM hour for additional sampling, while keeping originals on Thursday. “We made comedy an important goal for us this season and I’m very pleased to be making full-season commitments to both Whitney and Up All Night,” NBC chairman Bob Greenblatt said. “We’re thrilled with the creative direction of both shows as well as the potential for them to continue to build loyal audiences over the coming months.”

While not breakout hits of the size of Fox’s New Girl or CBS’ 2 Broke Girls, Up All Night and Whitney have been solid in their first couple of weeks, especially compared to the performance of NBC’s new drama series. The pickup of Whitney, which will be joined shortly by a full-season order for 2 Broke Girls at CBS, will give Whitney Cummings, who created and stars in Whitney and co-created 2 Broke Girls, two successful new shows this fall.  As for Playboy, the series was expected to get the ax last week after its low-rated premiere was followed by a Week 2 decline, but Greenblatt gave the period drama another shot. Unfortunately, the series dropped again last night to a 1.2 demo rating despite its lead-in actually improving a bit. Read More »

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