Filed under: Patrick, TV Shows
Author: Patrick
Date: Nov 17, 2012
In comparison to last fall, it felt like this season seemed pretty tame in terms of cancelations – not too many had been cut in total in comparison to last year. Normally all of the fall TV cancelations happen earlier on in the season, but now, three shows just got canceled.
ABC just announced that 666 Park Avenue and Last Resort (two new shows this season) would be getting the axe after 13 episodes each. Both shows were too low in ratings to keep. I started watching both, but wasn’t as heavily invested in them as other some of the other new shows. Actually, I didn’t really like 666 Park Avenue and only ended up watching the first two episodes of Last Resort for one reason or another. The replacements for the series haven’t yet been announced.
The other cancelation is from CBS and that is Partners. Although CBS hasn’t officially announced it, someone with the inside scoop broke the news to TheWrap on Friday. This is the second cancellation for CBS so far this year, following Made in Jersey, which was the first cancellation of the season.
Partners is apparently going to be taken off the air immediately and replaced with other CBS comedy repeats. Meanwhile, two of CBS’s other new shows titled Elementary and Vegas have been picked up for full seasons.
Are you surprised or disappointed about any of these three cancelations? The only one that I was kind of watching was Partners, but I never went out of my way to watch it. If Tyrell put it on, I’d watch it and laugh but I could take it or leave it. I do like Michael Urie though, who we first got to know on Ugly Betty. Hopefully he finds something else!
Martin
November 17th, 2012 at 12:41 am
I feel bad for Partners..never given a real chance on CBS (not NBC) …if i was NBC, i would think about Moving GO ON to a different night and put PARTNERS on before THE NEW NORMAL
Homegirl No5
November 17th, 2012 at 12:55 am
No! 666 Park was cheesy but good!
Patrick
November 17th, 2012 at 1:12 am
Thanks Martin! My fiancé was distracting me lol :)
Mark O.
November 17th, 2012 at 1:43 am
Not really surprised about any of those shows..
Sam
November 17th, 2012 at 7:58 am
I was sad to hear of Partners cancellation, but not surprised. The plots were juvenile, the writing clumbsy, and the jokes (by and large) one note. It’s all the more frustrating because the show had top shelf actors at their disposal and the ensemble had chemistry. Coulda, Shoulda, Woulda. What might Greg Berlanti or Ryan Murphy have done with such talent? (Murphy would be having a field day with Brandon Routh that’s for sure).
Lukas A. James
November 17th, 2012 at 12:47 pm
Such a shame…at the recommendation of friends and collegues I gave both 666 and partners a whirl….loved both….Partners made me crack up….at first I thought a bit over the top…but the balance of characters worked for me….and Michael Urie and Brandon Routh…Hilarious, good physical comedy and timing..not easy to do. (try it, I challenge you…LOL) Anyhow, the saddest thing is all the negative feedback from gay driven blogs and sites….really…we need to start supporting our talent and not tearing it down so much….on the whole can’t all the show’s co exist…do we have to always widdle it down to just one man standing. Just saying
ro
November 17th, 2012 at 1:20 pm
I LOVEEEEEE partners.. that sucks :(
Watched 666, it’s alright – won’t miss it.. will really miss partners though.. damn
Kevin
November 17th, 2012 at 1:59 pm
Nooo! I love 666! Best “head in a box” scene since Se7en!
Brandon
November 17th, 2012 at 4:48 pm
I hate they’re taking off partners, I find the show funny its really the only show on cbs I watch. If it had been on NBC it would have been promo better. Oh well another great one bites the dust mabe for another terrible reality show.
KB
November 17th, 2012 at 5:57 pm
Vanessa Williams was promoting her show this week – I guess she wasn’t privy to the cancellation before hand.
KB
November 17th, 2012 at 5:58 pm
on ellen*
justin
November 17th, 2012 at 6:17 pm
sad thing is partners is being replaced by reruns of two and a half men until a new show comes in midseason.
Ode
November 17th, 2012 at 7:47 pm
I totally did the same with 666… I saw the first two but it wasn’t interesting enough. I’m just tired of these fantasy mystery shows. Once upon a time seems really focused and it’s really good. 666 looked like it was going to be another Lost, where things won’t make sense.
meh
November 17th, 2012 at 9:44 pm
Partners got off to a rocky start – the writing was horrible and the cast did not gel well (I think that Sophia Bush was not a good choice). I think that they should consider it to be a mid-season replacement show like Rules of Engagement.
The other shows were not interesting at all. I watched Last Resort but quickly lost interest. Waste of a talent in Scott Speedman and Andre Braugher. Hope they find new shows soon.
James
November 18th, 2012 at 11:18 am
I thought Brandon Routh was terrible on Partners, he just seemed awkward and uncomfortable…
Matt
November 18th, 2012 at 4:56 pm
as much as I enjoyed these shows, I’m secretively glad they got cancelled. I really needed to ‘cut the fat’ in terms of shows i have been watching this season. this really helps haha.
Callie
November 18th, 2012 at 6:24 pm
I’m sorry to hear that 666 Park Avenue was cancelled, actually. I liked the show, and even though I couldn’t watch it live because I work at DISH on Sunday evenings, I tried to catch it on my DVR every week. I have the DISH Hopper, which is set to auto-record 666 Park Avenue along with the other big four prime time network shows using Primetime Anytime, so it was easy for me to watch the show even though I worked when it aired. I thought it was entertaining, although a lot of people (like you) had trouble getting into it. I’ll be disappointed when the last episode airs.
Res
November 18th, 2012 at 6:52 pm
Poor Vanessa Williams cannot get a break.
Mike
November 18th, 2012 at 11:36 pm
…and yet “Whitney” has been renewed for yet another season. Go figure.