Well, ABC has made official what’s been obvious for nine months: “Better Off Ted” has been canceled. Someone responsible for “Ted” must have nailed an ABC executive’s wife, because it was the best sitcom on ABC (until “Modern Family” arrived), yet it constantly got shuffled around to different days and suffered the indignity of having new episodes burned off during the summer when it was surrounded by re-runs. Meanwhile, ABC had an open slot in its block of Wednesday comedies ever since the atrocious “Hank” was canceled, but ABC filled the open half-hour with — I’m not kidding — Charlie Brown specials. F*cking Charlie Brown.
Anyway, I guess that’s the last time I get to bitch about that. It’s nice to have some closure. RIP, the loyal workers of Veridian Dynamics.
Other cancellations and pick-ups, including the “Law & Order” hubbub:
ABC — Also canceled “FlashForward,” “Scrubs,” and Alyssa Milano’s “Romantically Challenged,” because those shows blow. And yet “V” got renewed for a 13-episode second season.
NBC — All sorts of turmoil here. The big hubbub is that “Law & Order: Original Flavor” may finally be dead after 20 seasons. Or it’s possible NBC is just playing hardball with creator Dick Wolf. Whatever the case, I blame Jerry Orbach for dying. Elsewhere, “Heroes” looks dead in the water, but there’s a possibility that fans of the show will get a two- or four-episode conclusion to tie crap up. And to prove that there are still some good decisions out there, the remake of “Rockford Files” starring Dermot Mulroney is dead.
CBS – Greenlit “Mike & Molly” from Chuck Lorre, the same guy who made ratings monsters “Two and a Half Men” and “The Big Bang Theory.” It’s about a couple who are fat. Get it? It’s funny because they’re fat! Man, I love CBS’s high-concept humor.
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Thanks Ufford. If it hadn’t been for you talking about BOT, I never would have watched the few episodes it did make. It was a very clever show that was well acted. I really enjoyed it. Now it’s gone and this hole in my heart is all your fault. Jerk.
Fuck. “Better Off Ted” and “It’s Always Sunny” are the only comedies I save in the DVR every week. I blame you, dumbshits of America.
I wasn’t moved by Better Off Ted. I liked it, and I enjoyed watching it. But I’m not swayed by its cancellation. But I was overjoyed when I read that It’s Always Sunny was renewed for 4 more seasons. It’s a shame that their space pilot hasn’t come to fruition yet.
How the hell did V get renewed? Is ABC really that desperate to find the new Lost?
Just stop, ABC. Fringe is the new Lost anyway.
Damn, what about the last 2 episodes of Better Off Ted? I guess we have to wait for a DVD release?
Fuck you ABC. V sucks donkey balls.
And I honestly thought that Heroes was already cancelled. I can’t remember the last time anyone even mentioned it.
Better of Ted gets cancelled but Cougartown lives. The few seconds I have to watch Cougartown after Modern Family ends and before I can turn off the TV are the worst part of my week.
Heroes was still around? I can’t believe I was ever into that show.
Cougar Town isn’t that bad, JB. The guys carry the show because the cunts are unfunny cunts. It just needs a new title as that one is fucking rotten.
Cougartown is awesome, V is pretty good I’m into it hope they take this opportunity to fix things up a bit, and yeah Fringe is the new Lost
Well this post pretty much ruined my month.
Where’s my pitchfork?
I thought Alyssa Milano’s show has only just started airing? I heard it was bad, and had no intention of watching it, but I think Hollywood is very quick to cancel shows.
But then you keep on watching ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’, ’2 and a Half Men’ and Leno.
Bad Yanks!
Better Off Ted started out great that first half season, but didn’t seem quite as funny this past season. Maybe they knew the writing was on the wall, or maybe I just did and refused to get attached to it.
plus they stopped showing Veridian Dynamics commercials. Those were always outstanding.
That’s it, I’m going to sneak into Veridian’s vault and steal–>sic their robot army on ABC Headquarters.
I recently participated in a focus group where I was shown the new Leah Remani(looking fat with a F) pilot, where she plays a woman whose husband turns out to be gay, so she remarries a stereo-typical sports guys, but then the gay ex-husband moves in across the street with his stero-typical gay lover so that he can help raise their 14 year old, quirky son. It’s called “It Takes a Village.”
I wish I was making all of that up.
SB – She’s a Scientologist.
BoT canned? My response to that sums up as “Fuuuuuuuuuuuu-ck”
So Flash Forward got canceled? Well, I guess that’s for the best. I mean, what are they going to do, keep having a new Flash Forward every season. Sounds like something NBC would do.
I’ve been sitting on this dvd set of BoT I got from a haji shop for a couple of weeks now. Plan on getting to it very soon.
ABC fell ass backwards into funny with “Modern Family.” They obviously have no idea what a good comedy looks like. “Better Off Ted” suffered from a terrible title and that’s about it. They should have had the guts to stick with it. I’d much rather have that show as a package with “Modern Family” than those other awful shows that bookend it.
I heard the creator of BoT a while back on NPR. It’s worth a listen — [www.npr.org]