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2016-17 TV Cancellations Thread: TNT finds "Nothing can come of nothing."

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Cornballer said:
Masters of Sex canceled by Showtime
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I couldn't get through the third season. The show had its frustrating moments, but the first two seasons had some really good stuff buried in there. I felt like the third season had none of that, the episodes I watched, at least. It had four seasons, so it had a good run, especially for a less-watched show.
 
I've watched every episode of Masters, but I'm glad it's come to an end. It was getting tiring after a while and I almost quit a few times, but the season finale works as a series finale well enough.
 
Razgriz-Specter said:
I really wish Fox would look at those CW ratings and try pushing the Gotham crew to do a future episode of Gotham.
And hype the hell out of actual costumed appearances for an episode or mini-arc.
Honestly I like Gotham more than most of the CW shows combined but the ratings need some boosts.
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It is just that people are used to Bruno Heller stringing people along for years.
 
Masters of Sex was still pretty good, so I'm bummed about its cancellation.

As for last night's numbers, SHIELD is demonstrating why ABC benched it for most of November sweeps.
 
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Joni said:
It is just that people are used to Bruno Heller stringing people along for years.
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Thats why I think they need a future episode.
it blows off pressure, hypes viewers, pays off Gotham specific elements and when we finally reach the ending it isn't Smallville's BS.
(im not even saying CW show antics, im mean a low level Batman case that ties in to the current season somehow but is still 90% "detective" stuff)

Could also do something crazy like have a focus on Batgirl in a future setting so when you return to current time it adds a new plot thread for Gordon.
Or stage it as something Future Gordon is working on with him recounting the current point of the series.


I just don't want the show to end, Smallville struggled for a good portion of its 10 seasons.
Gotham I can easily see maintaining 10 seasons however on Fox I worry about it hitting 5.
 
Linkura said:
Scream Queens season 2 was a mistake.
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No lies detected.

Cornballer said:
Masters of Sex canceled by Showtime
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Wow, that makes three high profile drama cancellations this year for Showtime: Penny Dreadful, Roadies, and now Masters of Sex.

Also, I'm assuming this was TV Line rumor from several months ago, as I believe it fits all of the criteria.

kevin1025 said:
I couldn't get through the third season. The show had its frustrating moments, but the first two seasons had some really good stuff buried in there. I felt like the third season had none of that, the episodes I watched, at least. It had four seasons, so it had a good run, especially for a less-watched show.
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Season 3 was pretty wonky, but season 4 did an admirable job of righting the ship. The season finale worked well enough as a series finale, but there were definitely some big plot lines that they set up that I'm bummed won't get resolved now.
 
Hopefully that creates some room for Showtime to make some interesting new shows, feels like Netflix is stealing away everything interesting. We need more pirate shows with Black Sails sailing into the sunset, we need more scifi now that Westworld and The Expanse have proven it is popular, we need another western with Hell on Wheels gone to the great spike in the sky. I'd love a TV series set in ancient Egypt, India, South America, China, etc to complement stuff like Tutankhamen, Vikings, Marco Polo, etc.

I would definitely not recommend Masters of Sex to anyone, while it had a few interesting episodes and moments the show was generally extremely dull, filled with unlikeable characters, and one of the few instances where I think a mini series or movie would have covered the subject matter much better.
 
Cornballer said:
Masters of Sex canceled by Showtime
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Kind of a bummer since S4 mostly redeemed itself in the end, but left off at an odd moment.

Time for Michael Sheen to focus on that Green River Killer adaptation that he's writing, directing and starring in.

tearsintherain said:
Hopefully that creates some room for Showtime to make some interesting new shows, feels like Netflix is stealing away everything interesting. We need more pirate shows with Black Sails sailing into the sunset, we need more scifi now that Westworld and The Expanse have proven it is popular, we need another western with Hell on Wheels gone to the great spike in the sky. I'd love a TV series set in ancient Egypt, India, South America, China, etc to complement stuff like Tutankhamen, Vikings, Marco Polo, etc.
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Upcoming:
Twin Peaks
I'm Dying Up Here - drama about standup comedians in the 70s
Purity - two season adaptation of Jonathan Franzen's novel, with Todd Field directing and Daniel Craig starring
Guerrilla - miniseries from John Ridley with Idris Elba starring, about the conflict between black activists and the UK government in the 70s

A bunch of other stuff in vague development stages.
 
RatskyWatsky said:
Season 3 was pretty wonky, but season 4 did an admirable job of righting the ship. The season finale worked well enough as a series finale, but there were definitely some big plot lines that they set up that I'm bummed won't get resolved now.
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Maybe I'll just jump to season four after reading up on the third!
 
Grizzlyjin said:
'Member when Fox tried to do a Bones/Sleepy Hollow crossover and nobody cared.

The DC Superhero Network must be pretty pleased with the boost.
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'Member when Fox tried to do a New Girl/Brooklyn Nine-Nine crossover and nobody cared.
Oh, right, that was like a couple of months ago.
 
The AoS ratings just makes the Inhumans show even more baffling
 
G0523 said:
'Member when Fox tried to do a New Girl/Brooklyn Nine-Nine crossover and nobody cared.
Oh, right, that was like a couple of months ago.
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I literally forgot that even happened. Haha. Oh well. At least they tried.

I couldn't get back into New Girl. The Megan Fox episodes brought me back because her character changed the dynamic. But I dropped it again once Jess came back. Season 1 & 2 Schmidt had all the makings of a real breakout character but I can't stand him past that point. Just some real creative missteps, in my opinion, since Season 3. From what I've watched, the only thing that has improved over the years is Winston being a fully realized character now. Early on they weren't sure what to do with him.

But hey, Fox has kept a live action sitcom around for almost 6 years that isn't called Married With Children or That 70s Show.
 
RatskyWatsky said:
No lies detected.
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I'm enjoying it but there was never any reason to renew it from a business standpoint. Fox deserves the terrible ratings it's getting.

MHWilliams said:
AoS is much improved this season, but it's too little, too late it seems.
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Last night was literally the best episode the show has had in years. I was dreading watching it after that kickass episode of The Flash but I was thoroughly entertained.
 
dead souls said:
I'm enjoying it but there was never any reason to renew it from a business standpoint. Fox deserves the terrible ratings it's getting.


Last night was literally the best episode the show has had in years. I was dreading watching it after that kickass episode of The Flash but I was thoroughly entertained.
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Never forget, you think Flash had a good episode? SHIELD does em one better. Makes Super Tuesday a fun day
 
Dan said:
Kind of a bummer since S4 mostly redeemed itself in the end, but left off at an odd moment.

Time for Michael Sheen to focus on that Green River Killer adaptation that he's writing, directing and starring in.


Upcoming:
Twin Peaks
I'm Dying Up Here - drama about standup comedians in the 70s
Purity - two season adaptation of Jonathan Franzen's novel, with Todd Field directing and Daniel Craig starring
Guerrilla - miniseries from John Ridley with Idris Elba starring, about the conflict between black activists and the UK government in the 70s

A bunch of other stuff in vague development stages.
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They are doing Purity?? That's so bizarre and honestly I don't know how they are going to make it work. It also was not his best work.
 
WaffleTaco said:
They are doing Purity?? That's so bizarre and honestly I don't know how they are going to make it work. It also was not his best work.
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I imagine they saw "Jonathan Franzen" and "new novel" and just grabbed the rights. Then they decided what to do afterwards. It was also bid on by a couple of networks and they won it. I'm super curious how it will play out over two seasons.
 
MHWilliams said:
AoS is much improved this season, but it's too little, too late it seems.
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Tried too hard in the early days to seem connected to the movies, which I think helped it lose a bunch of people when it was clear it totally wasn't.

The Netflix stuff benefits from only having the other stuff happen in the periphery and barely ever get mentioned.
 
Patryn said:
Tried too hard in the early days to seem connected to the movies, which I think helped it lose a bunch of people when it was clear it totally wasn't.

The Netflix stuff benefits from only having the other stuff happen in the periphery and barely ever get mentioned.
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Agreed. This is the way to go forward - acknowledge that you're in the same universe, but don't keep up the illusion that you're interacting/influencing the movies.
 
That crossover bump continues

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Weird to see Empire just kind of be like a normal-ish show (still far ahead of anything else, but still)

Also Designated Survivor is stable, but yeah kind of swims in the low end
Though hear does well in delayed viewing
 
abundant said:
Really interested to see how big of a bump Legends get tonight. IIRC, it has never reached above 0.7 or 0.8.
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It debuted to a 1.2, dropped to a 1.1, then bounced between 0.8 and 0.9 for a while before settling into a 0.7 for most of the back half of the season.

The second season has never been above a 0.7, though.
 
Penguin said:
Also Designated Survivor is stable, but yeah kind of swims in the low end
Though hear does well in delayed viewing
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Plus that sweet Netflix overseas deal (which isn't next day, but one week late, for some reason).

It'll get five seasons, at least.
 
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