I thought about putting this in the current shows forum, but in short time it all fits here. There are shows here that were much hyped and didn't meet it, so they're gone. Many of these got a real quick axe (like GCB: their failure with Desperate Housewives ending lets Revenge move to Sundays next season). These days, it's "show me in 2 episodes or you're gone!" When I was a kid, they at least gave a show a full season to try and find an audience.

This is the best and most informative list I found. From pazsaz.com (who?).

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Against The Wall (LIFE)
Ending after one season, final episode on 10/23/2011

Alcatraz (FOX)
Ending after one season, final episode on 3/26/2012

All-American Muslim (TLC)
Ending after one season, final episode on 1/8/2012

Allen Gregory (FOX)
Ending after one season, final episode on 12/11/2011

Are You There, Chelsea? (NBC)
Ending after one season, final episode on 3/28/2012

Awake (NBC)
Ending after one season, final episode on 5/24/2012

Batman: The Brave And The Bold (CAR)
Ending after three seasons, final episode on 11/18/2011

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien (CAR)
Ending after two seasons, final episode on 3/31/2012

Bent (NBC)
Ending after one season, final episode on 3/21/2012

Best Friends Forever (NBC)
Ending after one season, final episode on 6/1/2012

Blue Mountain State (SPK)
Ending after three seasons, final episode on 11/30/2011

Bored To Death (HBO)
Ending after three seasons, final episode on 11/28/2011

Breaking In (FOX)
Ending after two seasons, final episode on 4/3/2012

Breakout Kings (A&E)
Ending after two seasons, final episode on 4/29/2012

Bud United Presents: The Big Time (ABC)
Ending after one season, final episode on 3/3/2012

Charlie's Angels (ABC)
Ending after eight episodes, final episode on 11/10/2011

Chuck (NBC)
Ending after five seasons, final episode on 1/27/2012

CSI: Miami (CBS)
Ending after ten seasons, final episode on 4/8/2012

Desperate Housewives (ABC)
Ending after eight seasons, final episode on 5/20/2012

Dog The Bounty Hunter (A&E)
Ending after eight seasons, final episode on TBA

Dragon Ball Z Kai (NICK)
Ending after one season, final episode on 1/1/2012

Escape Routes (NBC)
Ending after one season, final episode on 5/5/2012

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC)
Ending after nine seasons, final episode on 1/13/2012

Fear Factor (NBC)
Ending after seven seasons, final episode on 2/12/2012

The Finder (FOX)
Ending after one season, final episode on 5/11/2012

The Firm (NBC)
Ending after one season, final episode on 6/30/2012

Flashpoint (ION)
Ending after five seasons, final episode on TBA

Free Agents (NBC)
Ending after four episodes, final episode on 10/5/2011

GCB (ABC)
Ending after one season, final episode on 5/6/2012

A Gifted Man (CBS)
Ending after one season, final episode on 3/2/2012

Good Vibes (MTV)
Ending after one season, final episode on 12/29/2011

H8R (CW)
Ending after four episodes, final episode on 10/5/2011

Harry's Law (NBC)
Ending after two seasons, final episode on 5/20/2012

House (FOX)
Ending after eight seasons, final episode on 5/21/2012

How To Be A Gentleman (CBS)
Ending after three episodes, final episode on 10/15/2011

How To Make It In America (HBO)
Ending after two seasons, final episode on 6/23/2012

Hung (HBO)
Ending after three seasons, final episode on 12/4/2011

I Hate My Teenage Daughter (FOX)
Ending after one season, final episode on 3/20/2012

I Just Want My Pants Back (MTV)
Ending after one season, final episode on 4/5/2012

I'm In The Band (XD)
Ending after two seasons, final episode on 12/9/2011

In Plain Sight (USA)
Ending after five seasons, final episode on 5/4/2012

The Increasingly Poor Decisions Of Todd Margaret (IFC)
Ending after two seasons, final episode on 2/10/2012

Kendra (E)
Ending after four seasons, final episode on 11/20/2011

The Life And Times Of Tim (HBO)
Ending after three seasons, final episode on 2/17/2012

Love Broker (BRV)
Ending after two episodes, final episode on 3/12/2012

Luck (HBO)
Ending after one season, final episode on 3/25/2012

Make It Or Break It (FAM)
Ending after three seasons, final episode on 5/14/2012

Man Up! (ABC)
Ending after one season, final episode on 12/6/2011

Man, Woman, Wild (DISC)
Ending after two seasons, final episode on 1/19/2012

Marriage Ref (NBC)
Ending after two seasons, final episode on 8/14/2012

Meet The Browns (TBS)
Ending after five seasons, final episode on 11/18/2011

Million Dollar Mind Game (ABC)
Ending after one season, final episode on 11/27/2011

Missing (ABC)
Ending after one season, final episode on 5/17/2012

Mistresses (BBCA)
Ending after three seasons, final episode on 2/8/2012

Napoleon Dynamite (FOX)
Ending after one season, final episode on 3/4/2012

NY Ink (TLC)
Ending after two seasons, final episode on 3/1/2012

NYC 22 (CBS)
Ending after one season, final episode on TBA

One Tree Hill (CW)
Ending after nine seasons, final episode on 4/4/2012

Pan Am (ABC)
Ending after one season, final episode on 2/19/2012

The Playboy Club (NBC)
Ending after three episodes, final episode on 10/3/2011

Prime Suspect (NBC)
Ending after one season, final episode on 1/22/2012

Q'Viva! The Chosen (FOX)
Ending after one season, final episode on 4/7/2012

Remodeled (CW)
Ending after one season, final episode on 2/22/2012

Ringer (CW)
Ending after one season, final episode on 4/17/2012

The River (ABC)
Ending after one season, final episode on 3/20/2012

Rob (CBS)
Ending after one season, final episode on 3/1/2012

The Rosie Show (OWN)
Ending after one season, final episode on 3/30/2012

Sanctuary (SYFY)
Ending after four seasons, final episode on 12/30/2011

The Secret Circle (CW)
Ending after one season, final episode on 5/10/2012

The Sing-Off (NBC)
Ending after three seasons, final episode on 12/5/2011

Terra Nova (FOX)
Ending after one season, final episode on 12/19/2011

Unforgettable (CBS)
Ending after one season, final episode on 5/8/2012

Who Do You Think You Are? (NBC)
Ending after three seasons, final episode on 5/18/2012

Who's Still Standing? (NBC)
Ending after one season, final episode on 1/30/2012

Wizards Of Waverly Place (DSNY)
Ending after four seasons, final episode on 1/6/2012

Work It (ABC)
Ending after two episodes, final episode on 1/10/2012

You Deserve It (ABC)
Ending after one season, final episode on 12/26/2011

Zeke & Luther (XD)
Ending after three seasons, final episode on 4/2/2012

not a single worthy thing. whoever thought !Robi was a good primetime replacement for Rules of Engagements' great comedy and Bianca Kajlich's fantastic ass should be shot in the middle of the face

In Plain Sight (USA)

... One of my favorite shows.

'are you there Chelsea' was really good...and stands out on this list as one that should have gotten a second season...if not just for being funny and empowering women who just do the frick they want to,
at least they should have given Laura Prepon another season just for giving us 'Hot Donna'.

They missed the boat on this one...no wonder NBC is a joke network lately..I hope a cable channel picks it up a la 'Southland'.

'Napolean Dynamite' was ok...

I'll bet Rosie O'Donnell is sitting in her multi-million dollar mansion going 'Whew..thank goodness I hit TV in the '90s,and made a fortune with the inane 'Chub Club' and desks made out of candy bars before anybody wised up....ie..she's lucky this wasn't her first show at TV.

At least one worthy thing on the list is Wizards of Waverly Place. Disney Channel has a lot of great shows that would get a wider audience if they weren't just on cable and satellite. WoWP just sort of ended its 4-year run. No series on that channel lasts for more than a few years: the teen and tween stars get too old for the shows.

As for Rob Schneider, I think that he is best used in a supporting role, like in Judge Dredd and Demolition Man.



It's weird that in a season where empowered women were all over the place (2 Broke Girls, Revenge, etc.), this show didn't make it. I have to admit I didn't see a single episode, though. Maybe the show didn't make it because it was on NBC -- which is now the FOURTH rated network on TV. They haven't gotten any better since Comcast bought into them.

Thanks for your comment..you brought up a very good point: I remember it was on at 8:30pm, and I had to DVR it along with more than one other, so I had to watch one show on HD - ie..I split my cable to give me the channels picked up by my TV, and DVR two other 8-9pm shows while watching the other one away from 'cable'

Point being, it was up against stiff competition, likely at best 3rd in the timeslot, and I had to work to DVR it with the other stuff on, and keep to the '2 shows DVR'd at a time' rule.

Now I know exactly why it was cancelled. Timeslot killed it.

Yeah, at 8:30 on that night I'm watching Suburgatory and nothing else -- unless there's an ice hockey game on. And I don't have a DVR.

Uh huh..I thought it was Weds. I'd watch Survivor live... while taping Suburgatory (Cheryl Hines and the Dentist crack me up), and 'Chelsea'.

So to be even more succinct...Survivor only plays twice a year, and NBC was Brain-dead putting 'Chelsea' within those 10 or so weeks of a Survivor season, and with the new shows.

I enjoyed Alcatraz, Wish that one didn't ending. I also enjoyed the first season of breakout Kings, But the 2nd season was too ridiculous.

I really hated that they canceled The Secret Circle, those where some very hot girls in that show. Especially Britt Robertson!