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Every year, portions of new series are thrown onto television, interesting or “rotten”, profitable or failed.
Sometimes you enjoy the first season, and all subsequent ones leave the most unpleasant aftertaste.
In the case of the series listed below, they weren’t even given a second chance. Most were closed ahead of schedule, and some even after the pilot series.
The reasons for the closure of these series could be very different: debacle by critics, cancellation of funding, low ratings, etc.
Fans are perplexed, as some of the first series went with a bang.
Here are 10 TV shows that were canceled before they hit the big screen.
10 Day one
This series was supposed to air on NBC but never made it to the mainstream. Even at the beginning, the channel was so confident in the future popularity of this specific post-apocalyptic picture that it ordered 13 episodes of the first season to be shown at once.
The producers decided to turn “Day One” into a mini-series of 4 episodes, and over time they completely stopped showing the pilot episode to the audience. It looks like the project didn’t work out initially because the pilot didn’t get aired either.
9. Hieroglyph
The drama series was commissioned by Fox as an experiment. Probably, I wanted to be a pioneer in the subject of Ancient Egypt, which has always been of interest to a certain category of the population.
Fox ordered the entire first season of the promising historical series, but it was never aired due to technical problems between the channel’s managers, writers and project investors.
8. Five Reasons to Say “No” (one TV episode)
In the case of this series, an exception – a whole one series pleased the audience. The ABC channel made a bet on actress Heather Graham, believing in her popularity with the viewer, so he ordered the show of the entire first season at the script stage.
In addition, the channel itself heavily invested in advertising the project – investments amounted to $ 1 million. Critics also smashed the first series to smithereens, so the channel promptly removed the series from the show.
The main character, whom the channel predicted extraordinary success, aroused antipathy in the viewer both with her type and acting.
7. flight control
Once again, NBC lost its investment by betting on the space-themed adventure series Mission Control.
The comedic setting took the viewer to the sixties, where Jessica Jones could be seen. Unfortunately, the series didn’t make it to the air, but that didn’t stop actress Krysten Ritter from pursuing a career in the Marvel television world.
6. Made in Jersey (two episodes on TV)
In our review, this series can be called a “record holder” – as many as 2 episodes on television. Charming Janet Montgomery, known for This Is Us and Salem, was also set to star in Made in Jersey.
There, the actress should have appeared as a resident of New Jersey with a characteristic accent. Surprisingly, Janet did not cope with her character, and in general, critics did not appreciate the legal drama, calling it mediocre after only two episodes on the air.
5. Coach
NBC doesn’t seem to know much about breakout shows, buying up the rights to show everything. Once again, the channel’s management was delighted with the pilot episode and, having been taught nothing, ordered the entire season (thirteen episodes).
The work is actually a continuation of the series “Coach”, released in the 90s with the famous actor Craig T. Nelson. And again, those same mysterious “creative” differences arose between the owners of the project and the channel’s management. As a result, the expected continuation did not please the audience at the screens.
4. Viva Laughlin (two TV series)
The musical drama shows the viewer a story that revolves around the specifics of working in a casino. In the episodes you can see eminent stars such as Griffith and Jackman. But even the star cast did not save the series from failure – critics expressed their classic “fi” to the work of producers and screenwriters.
The series was carried so far that the popular American media even ventured to call it one of the worst in the history of television. As a result, Viva Loughlin was taken off the air after 2 episodes.
3. geeks
A classic of the genre – NBC again made a mistake with the choice of the series to air. This time they were looking at a classic American series that borrowed the design and idea from its British counterpart.
And if with Shameless such a maneuver turned out, and the analogue shot, then in the case of Computers, everything was not so. The remake, inspired by the British version, failed before airing. And NBC again lost its money by purchasing the rights to the entire first season.
Surprisingly, this time the idea was just not liked by the channel’s management, a member of the board of directors, Ben Silverman. He was so disappointed with the work that he gave up.
2. We and they
The management of the Fox channel made a mistake by betting on a specific remake of Gavin and Stacy. Ritter and Bledel starred in the roles of the first 7 episodes, which, it would seem, should have stirred up the interest of the public.
The story tells about a young couple whose happiness, according to the classics of the genre, is hindered by relatives. As a result, none of the filmed episodes broke into the big world of television.
1. Manchester preparation
Did you know that the popular drama Cruel Intentions had a sequel? In addition, this idea was to be implemented in the multi-series format “Manchester preparation”. At the same time, the young Amy Adams was supposed to play the main character at that time.
As a result, the actress nevertheless played her character in a feature film, which, however, was not shown in cinemas, but was immediately released on video cassettes.
The viewer does not know through what thorns of disagreement, the opinions of critics and budget issues, the series sometimes makes its way to them. How many good stories died in the form of stacks of unfinished scripts …
And how many fees were not paid to the actors who had already mentally disposed of the “mountains of gold”.
In any case, maybe it’s good that there is a primary selection, and a more or less “filtered” product gets on our screens.