May 10, 2015 It’s house-cleaning time for the major networks as the cancellation ax falls in order to make for new additions in the fall. Some shows, such as NBC’s “State of Affairs” and “Constantine,” have been off the air so long that it feels they’d already been cancelled. But the formal notice falls just as hard even when if it is long expected. Among the big four networks, NBC got out the largest broom on Friday, a sign of the struggle it had this year with new series. “Marry Me,” “About a Boy,” “One Big Happy” joined earlier casualties “A to Z” and “Bad Judge.” On the drama side, “Constantine” and Katherine Heigl’s comeback vehicle, “State of Affairs,” were formally terminated, as was “Allegiance” earlier in the year. The bell is also expected to ring soon for another drama, “American Odyssey.” NBC was in the same boat that ABC was last year when it scrapped “Suburgatory,” critical darling “Trophy Wife” and a slew of other weak performers. However, nowadays there are many more options for relocating TV shows if they still have a pulse with some core demo. And now that creatives have easy access to converse with fans via social media, “save this show” efforts can spread like wildfire. There was instant chatter about “Constantine,” based on the DC Comics “Hellblazer” property, relocating to another network. Fox’s “The Following” is rumored to be making the digital rounds, but speculation about Hulu making a play is offbase, say sources. The Kevin Bacon starrer came out strong in its first season in 2013 but faded fast in season two and never recovered. Hulu is in negotiations to rescue “The Mindy Project” from the cancellation heap. Fox opted to pull the plug after three seasons. But reruns of the show starring Mindy Kaling has been a strong performer for Hulu, which licensed the rights from producer Universal TV. That gives Hulu a strong incentive to pick up more episodes. And certainly Universal TV wants to keep going for at least one or two more seasons to bring the total number of episodes produced closer to 100 vs. the 65 or so at this point. Beyond “Mindy,” the landscape for new comedy series was brutal this season as only a few freshman series went the distance. ABC was the notable exception with “Black-ish” and “Fresh Off the Boat” coming out of the box strong. ABC’s “Cristela,” however, was among the casualties. ABC also threw in the towel quickly last fall on comedies “Selfie” and “Manhattan Love Story.” ABC dramas “Forever” and “Resurrection” also failed to live up to their titles and came to an end during the past season. CBS had hard times with first-year laffer “The McCarthys” and “The Millers,” the latter of which got a quick hook last fall only weeks into its second season. Freshman drama “Battle Creek” came on in midseason with a strong pedigree — it came from showrunner David Shore and “Breaking Bad” creator Vince Gilligan — but it wasn’t strong enough to overcome middling ratings. Fox’s other cancellations this season included “Backstrom,” the offbeat dramedy starring Rainn Wilson, and comedy “Mulaney,” which folded in February. Fox also had the biggest reality flame-out of the year with “Utopia.” The series that sent a group of strangers off onto a ranch to build their own society was envisioned as airing for a full year but managed only a few weeks until the social order crashed.
May 10, 2015 The Following's first season was really good but that s--- just got so stupid after that and I couldn't even watch it anymore.
May 10, 2015 I skipped the 2nd season but you're missing out on season 3, it's been great. Hope it keeps going in some format.
May 10, 2015 I just got sick of the always one step behind bs. It was pretty much every time they were close to getting him, they were just ONE step behind. Every time.
May 10, 2015 Yeah that did get pretty annoying and that pattern continued for the most part lol, season 3 had some great episodes though.
May 10, 2015 Fresh Off The Boat is a decent show. Lots of hip-hop references. Danny Brown does the theme song.
May 10, 2015 Agreed, anyone who enjoyed the show at one point should at least do themselves a favor and watch this episode, it's great. Also I think Theo is a great bad guy, I like him almost as much as Joe. Him never showing emotion and being so cold is great.
May 10, 2015 yeh hes cool hes different then your average serial killer and im interested to see what they do with him
May 10, 2015 I've only watched the pilot of backstrom and I think rainns character came out too cocky too early
May 10, 2015 I watched the first episode and recorded the rest of the season but now that it got cancelled I deleted them all.
May 10, 2015 What did you think of it? I watched it on hulu so I'm not sure if they even still have it on there
