ABC has decided against ordering more episodes of Pushing Daisies, Eli Stone, and Dirty Sexy Money, at least for now, writes The Hollywood Reporter. The story continues:
Actively avoiding the c-word, the network left the door open for ordering more episodes at a future date, though that is considered improbable. The trio are still on the schedule for next week.
Pushing Daisies has wrapped production on its 13 episodes for this season, while Dirty Sexy Money and Eli Stone will be able to finish their initial orders. There's no word on whether all of those episodes will air between now and when ABC's midseason schedule kicks off in January, though.
Meanwhile, this makes it official that Life on Mars will air after Lost starting in January. Scrubs will also join the Wednesday schedule.
Deep sigh. It's not like this is a shocking surprise for these shows (which all have gotten critical acclaim — especially Daisies — but have struggled in the ratings). But it's still, you know, sad. Can we start the collective wailing in the comments?
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ABC was just setting up PD for failure by not airing it for TWO WEEKS and hardly promoting its return. Many people thought it had already been canceled. It was all just a ploy for low ratings to justify the cancellation they already had in mind. Bah to that.
The writers strike really screwed a lot of (now sophomore) shows over (like all three of these!), and it's a shame the networks haven't aptly adjusted their perception of "success."
I am sad and I'm going to go eat pie and cry in it now, thanks.
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