It's that time of the fall TV season that viewers both fear and welcome- networks have begun to announce the shows that just can't hack it and are being canceled....The ladies at InLine are in mourning this morning... our water cooler show, 'Lipstick Jungle', was canceled by NBC yesterday. Along with Lipstick, the network has also pulled the plug on the much-hyped 'My Own Worst Enemy' starring Christian Slater.
We knew the future wasn't great for 'Lipstick', especially when it moved to Fridays, which is often considered a dead zone for prime programming. Only 'Ghost Whisperer' and 'Numb3rs' on CBS have stood the test of time there. So, while the future was bleak, we still had high hopes. Unfortunately, the return of Andrew McCarthy was short-lived and is now over. After 'Cashmere Mafia' was canceled quickly last year, we needed 'Lipstick' to get our 'chick-dramedy' weekly fix. Now, sadly, our DVRs will all be a little less full...
Much more surprising to everyone will probably be the cancellation of 'Enemy'. It was considered an important show for the network; a big-name star, huge production budget, and great time slot on Monday night following 'Heroes'. Unfortunately, even this valuable hour of scheduling real estate couldn't save the show, especially as 'Heroes' ratings have dwindled too. Now, I never watched it (I'm more of an Andrew McCarthy fan than a Christian Slater one!) but apparently the premise was confusing and the plot never really took off. Hopefully NBC learns a lesson from this show, but who knows. Things don't look great for the network, especially for fall 2009 when they won't have ER to anchor their Thursday night lineup. It should be interesting...
In the late fringe time period, Fox announced that 'Mad TV' was being cancelled. A lot of news has been made about the triumphant return of 'Saturday Night Live' to big ratings thanks to endless Sarah Palin jokes (and a terrific Tina Fey!), and it looks like 'Mad' just couldn't hack it. I just wonder what the ratings are going to look like now for 'SNL' that the election is over...
More news to come soon but for now, one last gratuitous picture of Joe & Victory (Andrew McCarthy & Lindsey Price)!!
- Ann
