To the surprise of absolutely no one, FX canceled the charming but unwatched private investigator drama “Terriers” yesterday.
The move was a tough one for FX and its president John Landgraf, who has a longtime relationship with [showrunner Shawn] Ryan, who created the network’s classic genre-pushing drama The Shield.
Though ratings rose for the Terriers finale, the final hour only delivered 800,000 viewers — well below the bar for a original drama on the network and about half of the audience that showed up for the series premiere. [THR]
It’s always a shame when a solid show gets canceled, but at least “Terriers” got thirteen episodes to explore the characters and the seedier side of San Diego. If a show got those numbers (it averaged about 500,000 viewers) on a network, there’s no way we would have seen an entire season — it would have been canceled in the middle of the second episode. Which I’m pretty sure is what Fox did to “Lone Star.”
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On the bright side, 800,000 viewers isn’t much less than what Louis CK thought Leno got…
And yet “Two and a Half Men” is raking in the viewers. Fuck you, America.
Umm, so Terriers was “cancelled”?
If “arrested development” has taught me anything is that people will catch onto how good a show was once it comes out on dvd. Then they’ll use that knowledge to sound all hip at parties and talk about what a shame that its off the air when they could’ve just watched it when it was on and maybe saved it from cancellation.
So, to quote otto, fuck you america.
That sucks. Terriers was my favorite new show this past year. I’m looking for a silver lining, but hopefully the show re-launch Donal Logue and Michael Raymond-James’ careers. Also, I hope it pushes Laura Allen into movies roles where she gets naked.
@Shep:
Goddammit, do I have to point this out EVERY time a series gets canceled? It’s one L, you fucking heathen. Two L’s is the British spelling, and the Brits are fucking wrong about EVERYTHING. They have a monarchy, for Christ’s sake.
This makes me sad. Perhaps my DVR knew this was coming and therefore chose to eff up the recording in some way every week for the last 4 weeks…you know, to get me used to not being able to see it when I wanted.
I never comment, just sit in the back and laugh at all the cool kid’s words, but I have to say that I knew this was coming and am still heartbroken. The show was pretty amazing and I have sung its praises to anyone who would listen. I will miss it. Otto, I have to say ditto.
If they just would have named the show “MEGAN FOX NUDE HORSECOCK”, it would have been fine.
Ugh. This sucks… like everyone else, I expected this, but I was still hoping for a miracle.
Which way did they go at the light? I guess we’ll never know.
Shitballs. and what Otto said.
hey you guys remember when hank said this?
“Go ahead and smell my finger. You recognize that scent? You should. How about this, huh? This handwriting? Is that familiar to you? Or this tidbit: Miriam, she has a mole, an inch below her rear end on her upper thigh. And she’s waxed and she keeps it in a tight rectangle. And when she cums, she laughs like a ten-year-old. And she laughed a lot last night. You wanted definitive proof of your wife’s infidelity, well here’s a first person testimonial, man; I BANGED THE SHIT OUT OF YOUR WIFE THREE TIMES LAST NIGHT!”
then the dude jumps out the window…ah memories.
I never watched the show, but if the concept was as esoteric as the reason for naming the show terriers, then I’m not surprised it got cancelled.
…the CW carries on…
This is without a doubt the most upset I’ve been about losing a show since AD…
@elranito
In re: where they turn at the light (from Alan Sepinwall’s interview with Ted Griffin):
Q: Well, when you say you would have liked to see those characters do more stuff, I’m sure you had some ideas in your head for a second season. Any you’d feel comfortable sharing?
A: I will only share this: that if you don’t know which way that truck turns or doesn’t turn at the end, you don’t know Britt. He goes straight. The one thing, if there’s anything to tie up from season one, is that in the first episode of season two, Katie would’ve come to Britt in prison with the paternity results, still unopened, and said, “If you really don’t want to know, then you tear it up.” The last scene of episode one was Britt taking that letter into the prison yard and opening it, and in a wide shot, we see him sort of punch the air in triumph. He’s the dad.
@Coxinator Good looking out. Thanks much.
The confirmation on that they would have gone straight at the light is nice… although the tidbit about Britt finding out that he is the father makes me even more bummed about no second season.
I’d like an alternative ending spin off series, “Terriers: Mexico”. So now we have what, four(?) CSIs and zero Terriers? Ugh.
@Coxinator: Man, just reading that is awesome, though I would have loved to see it.
@Mort: Certainly one of the most memorable scenes from the show. Fucking awesome.
/what Otto said
fuck! I`ve even sent an email to the fuckers, like they asked for. And I live in Argentina for crying out loud.
‘Terriers’ and ‘Firefly’: two fucking fantastic shows with titles named after animals. Note to future quality TV show creators: Avoid animal names.
Also, thanks for keeping mediocrity, America! You better enjoy your CBS procedurals!
*Alive–keeping mediocrity alive, I meant.
Great, now I’m even more mad.
San Diego has a seedy side besides the douchebag blonde guys selling energy drinks outside nightclubs?
I caught Terriers for the first time when I was on a business trip about a month ago. I was flipping though channels in the hotel room, and stopped on the show during a beat down being given to some punk that knocked up that chihuahua looking dudes girlfriend, or so he thought, and started watching it. I really got into it after a few minutes, and after it ended I was watching the credits and was like “Whoa, that guy that did the Shield did this too, I will have to start watching this shit.” So, I’ve been watching the last couple of episodes and it definitely was growing on me. Now this? What a bunch of sheisse. The name was terrible though, and if I’d never been flipping channels and got sucked into an episode I would’ve never tuned into it probably.
I’m 63 years and this was one of my favorite shows. I’m so disappointed that it was cancelled. Is there some reason we can’t have shows other than the silly (not funny) sitcoms.
Too good of a show. Maybe a real network (HBO) willpick this up.