NBC has officially cancelled yet another new series, Undercovers. It joins Outlaw in the bottom of the heap of shows NBC decided didn't deserve another chance. It's only the beginning of November, less than two months from the start of the fall season, yet the networks are already making decisions on some shows, before even the Christmas hiatus hits.
Undercovers starred Boris Kodjoe and Gugu Mbatha-Raw as two former spies who were married and pushed back into the business after their friend dies. J.J. Abrams was making a return to television directing, his first since directing an episode of The Office in 2007, and his first pilot after Lost in 2004. Just a few weeks back, NBC ordered four more scripts, meaning they were hesitant at best if this show was going to make it or not.
According to TVSeriesFinale, Undercovers just never caught on, only having a 2.1 rating wit its premiere. The following week that number fell to 1.6, and by this week it was down to 1.3. There are still three more episodes scheduled to air, on November 10, November 17, and December 1. The season premiere of The Sing Off will be airing in that timeslot weekly starting December 8.
Last week ABC pulled the plug on The Whole Truth starring Rob Morrow and Maura Tierney as as prosecutor and defense attorney fighting cases against each other in court. Specials are being aired for the rest of the month, and ti's undecided whether ABC will put the remaining episodes back on the air starting in December or whether they'll just decide enough is enough.
Earlier this season, Syfy cancelled Caprica, promising to conclude the season and show the remainder of the episodes sometimes in 2011. NBC canceled Outlaw after just a handful of episodes, My Generation was cancelld by ABC after just the second episode, and Fox did the same with Lone Star, making it the first cancelled series of the season.
Some of these cancellations definitely make sense, especially the legal dramas. There were just too many legal/police dramas added to the schedule this fall season. There were too many for fans of the genre to even keep up with. Wednesday nights were filled with Undercovers, Criminal Minds, Law & Order: SVU, The Whole Truth, The Defenders, and Law & Order: Los Angeles, the last three airing concurrently on competing networks. Worse yet, Undercovers didn't stand a chance in the first hour of primetime that night, airing against The Middle, Survivor, Hell's Kitchen, and America's Next Top Model.
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