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NBC Cancels Four Series, Passes On Remaining Pilots

11 May 2012

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After the steady stream of new series pickups and renewals over the past five days, NBC cleaned house, canceling the bubble series that had not been renewed yet and passing on the pilots that had not been picked up to series yet. The series getting axed officially include comedies Are You There, Chelsea, BFF and Bent as well as drama Awake, which showed some spunk with a ratings increase last night. It proved to be a case of too little too late.

Source: Deadline
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44 comments:

  1. tvmonkey11 May 2012 at 21:24

    Does that mean the only show we haven't heard anything about is Harry's Law? 

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  2. Lou11 May 2012 at 21:25

    Oh Awake you will be missed, I hope Michael finds a way to be with Hannah and Rex before the season ends

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  3. patriotfall11 May 2012 at 21:25

    NBC should have picked up Beautiful People and County. Oh well. At least they have Revolution and Chicago Fire which both look amazing.

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  4. NIM11 May 2012 at 21:25

    Shame about Awake. It was pretty good.

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  5. Nathalie Maes11 May 2012 at 21:26

    I think I read somewhere Harry's Law has been renewed.

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  6. tariqq11 May 2012 at 21:27

    it seems to be the only one with a ? now

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  7. Jim Fels11 May 2012 at 21:28

    Noooo! Not Awake! :(

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  8. Desola Kazeem11 May 2012 at 21:29

    AWAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!
    NOOOoooooooo :'''''''(

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  9. PrincessD11 May 2012 at 21:30

    I liked Bent! It had a short run (very! like 3 weeks short) but will be remembered!!

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  10. wazzao11 May 2012 at 21:33

    Whitney lives and Awake dies? this is stupid.

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  11. Markéta Benková11 May 2012 at 21:43

    I just don't understand, why Awake had such bad ratings? Was it too smart? Too little smart? Was the initial idea (death in a car accident) too sad for many people to accept and watch?  I don't know, but definitely, I regret seeing Michael Britten no more. 

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  12. Jorge Castro Salinas11 May 2012 at 21:47

    NBC its just pure downfall

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  13. Shaakira Abdul Samad11 May 2012 at 21:52

    why,  awake?/

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  14. Ali Al-Ansari11 May 2012 at 21:56

    what!!! what about table for 3 and frontier and midnight sun!!! :O they were my favorites!! :(

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  15. V_s11 May 2012 at 22:00

    I think the majority of it was a bad time slot. And then to a lesser extent the premise was apparently too complicated for the average TV viewer.

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  16. DarqueMode11 May 2012 at 22:01

    All expected moves honestly...
    That said I am sad to see Awake go. The quality of the episodes I have watched so far have been very strong and the acting was superb. 

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  17. Bunky Bunk11 May 2012 at 22:05

    Awake was one of the best new shows of the season and it will be missed. I made peace with the fact that it would stop after 13 episodes when the show hit 0.8% on the 18-49 demo right after an episode of Parks & Rec drew 1.7% on that same demo. This is not acceptable, sadly, even by NBC's standards. 

    At least Kyle Killen (Awake's creator) has a sense of humor :D : http://uppix.net/4/6/0/242b739af5f5c0924ae5e0244cd87.png

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  18. DarqueMode11 May 2012 at 22:09

    Admittedly I am far from the average viewer (I mean to say I do not like what the average viewer likes), but I did not find it too complicated. Then again I prefer shows that do not spell everything out for the viewer in 8 different ways so every detail is unavoidable...

    I think it may have been a sort of self0fulfilling prophecy by NBC. They worried about it being too complicated, did not promote it very much because they worried about it, and in the end people did not watch it.

    Plus I think it is part of the age bias that has become all too common on network TV. Shows with older actors just tend to not fare as well as those with younger actors. Networks want younger viewers and yonger actors help draw them in...

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  19. DarqueMode11 May 2012 at 22:11

    I hope this guy latches onto a network that will support him!
    Lone Star was one of the better pilots of that season, much like Awake was one of the better new series this season. I am really interested to see what Kyle Killen can do when he has network support!

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  20. Lou11 May 2012 at 22:15

    I love Kyle Killen, very talented showrunner hope he gets a new show soon

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  21. GabeSaportaFan11 May 2012 at 22:21

    NBC ARE STUPID END OF. Have some good shows but not that many.

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  22. Nathalie Maes11 May 2012 at 22:27

    The problem for me with Awake was that I found the Pilot really promising and then the next few episodes afterwards were just boring police procedural episodes and I gave up on it. I heard it eventually got amazing though.

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  23. Isabel Straus Topps11 May 2012 at 22:32

    Was really getting to like Awake, they don't give these shows enough time to find an audience 

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  24. Justine Kubica11 May 2012 at 22:42

    Oh no! No season 2 for Awake? That's too bad.

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  25. Jorge11 May 2012 at 22:51

    It's a shame about BFF and Are you there, Chelsea. I really enjoyed those comedies and thought they were funny as hell. I loved how they made fun of Julia Roberts character from Steel Magnolia on BFF in the pilot. "Give me my juice Mama. Give me my juice."

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  26. Boris Breynin11 May 2012 at 22:57

    Fox and NBC are nothing but self centered money making hogs who only f**king care bout money and nothing else. If shows bring in money we will keep them if they not bring money we cancel them because we can and no one can stop us.

    If i was the president of NBC and Fox i wouldnt pick up Pilots instead i would give shows who premiered as new seasons and give them a f**king chance to improve and make some changes instead of canceling them bc of bad ratings and not enough money.

    Who gives a damn bout rating now in days. All you do Fox and NBC is cancel good shows and leave your stupid reality shows like American Idol and The Voice bc they bring in the money, quite frankly i dont give a rats ass bout American Idol or The Voice to me those are the most stupid and worthless shows to have around.

    Im sick and tired of seeing American Idol on tv for this long it sickness me to see that stupid shows that takes up two nights out the five days, I rather see Fringe and Awake go longer seasons then seeing The Voice and American Idol.

    Screw you Fox and NBC!!!!!!!!!

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  27. Folie-lex12 May 2012 at 00:00

    Even though I've been expecting it, it still hurts like a sonofabitch..... Why Awake?! Whyyyyyyy!?!?!?!?! *bawls like a baby*

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  28. ghani12 May 2012 at 00:27

    The cancelation of Awake sucks so very much!:-( It's a great show that has an amazing lead in Jason Isaacs. It's such a shame that more people didn't watch it ... Damn it!

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  29. Dan Kempner12 May 2012 at 02:52

    I know we can't use foul language here, but F---- YOU, NBC! 

    Awake, while not the most watched series, was (is?) an original series with a great concept, amazing cast, and a lot of potential. NBC is very trigger-happy, which cost them shows like House and Southland. Hopefully SyFy will pick it up.

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  30. MeatyStakes12 May 2012 at 11:10

    That's why I didn't even started watching Awake, I just knew!

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  31. Manon Gffnt12 May 2012 at 12:31

    I can't believe they have cancelled Awake. Even if it was not all good, there were good episodes ("That's not my penguin for example") and the synopsis was great.

    Too bad :/

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  32. Folie-lex12 May 2012 at 15:15

    LOL at the tweet!!!!

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  33. Stupot81513 May 2012 at 00:59

    Wow, just learning that Awake has been cancelled.
    I guess I'm not that surprised, but it's a shame.  I hope the ending wraps things up nicely. It would be a shame to leave it wide open with no explanations.

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  34. Stupot81513 May 2012 at 01:03

    Also kind of sad to see Ringer being cancelled.  I'm still a few episodes behind on that, but it's one of my guilty secrets.

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  35. Lilith Hellfire13 May 2012 at 04:34

    Nope, it's dead in the water, just enjoy what's left. I LOVED this show. NBC is NOT a place for high concept drama ( See Undercovers and The Event and One could probably include The Firm as well). NBC is a place for lame ass comedies and Dateline. Grimm and Community (and that's a very sometimes occurrence) are the only shows I watch on NBC. Sy Fy in my opinion has way better programming and more serious fans, they should have put Awake on there in the summer and it would have flourished and thrived. Their VP of Programming just doesn't have a clue (but at least the got rid of Chelsea's show, never even heard of the other two, but wait is Whitney still on? If she is, she has got to effing someone pretty high up or sold her soul to the devil). 

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  36. Burhan Zaman13 May 2012 at 05:41

     When will NBC learn... Cancelling Awake will come back to bite them

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  37. Burhan Zaman13 May 2012 at 06:03

     are surprised given where NBC has ended up... after what they have done last couple years it seems some fanboys are running the network... and i hope that soon CW takes over them in average viewership, coz frankly they have better shows

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  38. Dragonfly Junes13 May 2012 at 14:39

    Got damn NBC is stupid.

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  39. Dan Kempner13 May 2012 at 20:06

    Hmm, well, NBC did air Heroes and Chuck, which I personally consider high-concept dramas. 

    I have to disagree on Undercovers and The Event. Though they may have had promising starts, they soon became boring and lost any sort of clear direction. The only NBC shows I happily watch are SVU and Awake. Or, just SVU.

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  40. Dan Kempner13 May 2012 at 20:08

    NBC is known for cancelling shows before they even had a chance of establishing a core audience. The best example, which is the most relatable one for me, is Conan's Tonight Show. It took Leno 3 YEARS to build a somewhat satisfying audience group after Carson left and Letterman defected to CBS. They gave Conan only seven months.

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  41. Lilith Hellfire14 May 2012 at 21:32

    It's not to say that NBC doesn't air these kind of shows (but with the exception of Chuck) they really didn't give the shows a chance to flourish and find themselves. As for Heroes it was the lack of interference that ultimately led to it's downfall (they kind of wanted it to be the antithesis of Lost, the kind of show that gave you answers and didn't leave you hanging, which actually lead me to letting it fall by the wayside)Undercovers took too long to get into the main mytho arc and the last two or three episodes never aired on US television (they did in the UK however). The Event, I liked the premise, I LOVED 90% of the casting(having Blair Underwood never hurts)and it did fall flat sometimes but every show has some rocky points. NBC is just stuck in the 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' mind frame but what they don't realize is that something is indeed broken. I can't stomach another procedural or medical show where everyone is sleeping with everyone. I USE to love SVU but it's a dead horse and someone should call PETA so they will stop beating it. Awake, it's cancelled. I'm super sad but not super shocked. All I want NBC to know that there are people out there that like to think and aren't just mindless drones that only want everything neatly wrap up by the end of the episode or lives to watch people sing and dance and vote for my favorite (not that there's anything wrong with that).

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  42. Dan Kempner15 May 2012 at 06:18

    Again, I completely agree with everything you said except for SVU. Considering the leading star left after 12 years, the show did a wonderful job keeping it fresh without killing him off, or devoting the entire season to the aftermath of his leave. The two new detectives are fantastic additions to the cast.

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  43. irisheyes14321 May 2012 at 17:36

    I really am disappointed in Awake being cancelled, interesting plot.

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  44. Lou8 April 2014 at 09:34

    Oh Awake you will be missed, I hope Michael finds a way to be with Hannah and Rex before the season ends

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