There was a thread regarding some of next years' plans however this deals exclusively with the shows that were cancelled.


CBS cancels seven series

The crime procedurals "Cold Case," "Ghost Whisperer" and "Numbers" will not be renewed for next season. Jerry Bruckheimer's drama "Miami Medical" also is canceled, as is fellow freshman "Accidentally on Purpose," which mainly aired as part of a Monday night comedy block. Veteran Wednesday comedies "The New Adventures of Old Christine" and "Gary Unmarried" also have been axed.

Never watched any of the dramas. Of the comedies; Christine I never really watched consistently, I liked the chick but the rest of Gary Unmarried never rocked my boat, and Accidentally On Purpose was so fucking bad I couldn't stand to watch a commercial for the show.

As much as I hate seeing Numbers go, it was time. And they had they wrapped it up rather nicely. Good of them to go out on a high note, rather than let it die away. Never dug any of the others though.

All these cancellations were mentioned in the CBS Upfront thread.

As far as the stuff I watched:

Cold Case= Totally expected. The show is expensive with the music used and doesn't appeal to younger viewers.

Ghost Whisperer= Not entirely dead yet. ABC might pick it up since they co-produce the show. But, ratings dropped and the show jumped the shark when David Conrad's character died and was re-born.

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I actually kinda liked Accidentally on Purpose.

Though I knew it couldn't really keep the pregnancy storyline going and would change focus, I was curious where it was going. Guess I'll never know.

-jason

Is "series" really the plural form of "series"?

Yes.

Too damn bad Big Bang Theory remains. I hate that show and it irks me to no end occasionally catching glimpses of it when I'm flipping through 300+ channels with my chubby Dorito-stained fingers.

I'm really mad they cancelled Cold Case. It was getting great ratings and has been consistently good.

I guess the music was making the show too expensive to produce. This was sort of the same reason Without a Trace got cancelled as well. It was getting great ratings but the music costs were too high.

I don't watch Cold Case, but if the music licensing was making the show prohibitively expensive then why wouldn't they just cut down on the songs to keep it on the air? Not like anyone was tuning in to hear the billboard top 100. Must be more than that going on.

I'd have to agree with this, seems too simple. Then again, I'm not an executive for a TV station or anything.

It wasn't just the music even though it's a key part of the show. The show was a hit before (It wouldn't have lasted 7 seasons if it didn't) This was probably the most expendable of all the CBS procedurals and if I recall correctly, all the contracts for the actors were up after this season anways.

I gave up Cold Case after last season. The stories just got so stale. The killer was always someone who really loved the victim but accidentally pushed them downstairs or hit them in the head with a hammer in a momentary burst of rage.

Plus all of the Sunday night CBS delays just made this show annoying to DVR.

I watched AoP a few times, it was okay. I missed seeing the birth though.

Unfortunately, I really liked Gary Unmarried.

Too bad that PoS Psych ripoff still exists. I want the Mentalist to die for being a hack-job so badly.

Or they could've had every cold case date back to a time with songs in the public domain.

Cold Case is/was the only show I watch/watched on CBS.

I'm going to miss Old Christine. Not something that I watched every week but when there was nothing else on it was always something I caught up on.

Nothing I watch.

While I won't really miss any of them a lot, I did like Numbers and Gary Unmarried. Gary Unmarried was not great, but any stretch of the imagination, but was entertaining.

I really hated Christine though. I loved the Elaine character, but Christine was just a neurotic mess and I found that EXTREMELY irritating.

That is unfortunate.

I like Jenna Elfman but obviously she has an A+ personality, and it seemed everyone around her was pretty boring. Plus I just didn't care for the premise, it's one thing to have a story arc in a series about a baby, it's quite another to have the entire premise based on a one night stand and accidental pregnancy.

The reason CBS canceled Cold Case and other relatively long-running series is simple: they can afford to. The series were getting up in years and CBS wants the room on the schedule to groom new hits that can last for the next seven years.

This is the kind of thing you can do when you're in first place.

NBC can't, which is why it's so weird that they canceled Law & Order. Then again nothing NBC has done in the past few years has made any sense whatsoever.

Dramas are the most expensive TV to produce and ROI is a big factor. Ratings might still be good however if it's not enough of the key demographics (young people who spend money on advertised items) then the show is still a loser for them.

In some cases creativity becomes an issue, but with L&O, since the newspaper is the source of the story lines that shouldn't be a problem unless of course due to budgetary restrictions they canceled their newspaper subscription and now have no story lines

Knowing NBC that was probably one of the main reasons Law & Order was cancelled.

They want how much a year for a newspaper subscription? Screw that and just cancel the damn show.