What Were the First TV Shows Canceled Each Season?
This gallery was originally published in 2015 and has been updated for the new TV season.
They're usually not the worst (though, with a few notable exceptions, they're almost never among the best). And they aren't necessarily the most derivative or least interesting, nor are they lacking in talent. What they are, for a variety of reasons, is unwatched ... and thus extremely short-lived. We're talking about the fall TV season's first cancellations.
Like in 2016, this year's first cancelation came a bit later than normal—in early November. And, once again, it was not the season's lowest-scoring show that got the axe. How many canceled shows can you remember from past years? Find out in our brief look back at the last 18 years of television infamy ...
(2008) Savaged by critics, this multi-camera workplace sitcom about the employees of a New York hotel checked out after 3 episodes. Consider it a waste of talent: the ensemble boasted a future Emmy winner in Niecy Nash, a future five-time Emmy nominee in Jesse Tyler Ferguson, plus Jerry O'Connell and a young Dave Franco. Series creator Abraham Higginbotham would reunite with Ferguson a few years later when the former became a producer on Modern Family.
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