7 Network TV Cancellations That Hurt the Most (PHOTOS)

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    GreenElephant

    Whiskey Cavalier wasn't given much of a chance to even find an audience. We watched every week. Exactly my kind of show.
    Speechless & Life in Pieces were solid shows too.

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      GreenWrench

      Yeah, WC is good escapist fare. Scott and Lauren play off each other wonderfully.

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      GreenPretzel

      Not given much chance to find an audience? The show debuted after the Oscars! Lots of promotion. Huge lead-in audience. Then all of its subsequent episodes aired each week without preemptions. The audience didn’t want to find it. It happens.

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    OliveDice

    Speechless, The Passage, and Star are the ones that I'll miss...and Speechless really hurt!

    Calling the cast of "Star" diverse has got to be the understatement of the year. I am surprised the LBGTQ community is not more upset about this cancellation. I never thought I'd hear the sexy woman telling her BF "I still have a penis" on Network Primetime TV. Cotton's struggles were so representative. But this season was weak, so I am not surprised. But it did make a good companion to Empire, and I would have liked it get the same chance to wrap up. My bet is that Noah's mom took the baby, and that Simone will relapse after losing Angel like that. But we'll never get a chance to actually know.

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      RedBowtie

      'Speechless' was, hands-down, my favorite show -- so funny and sweet, and I loved the cast and the characters. :(

      The continued outpouring of love and support from fans I've been seeing on social media has been incredibly moving; it may not have had a large audience, but this show sure meant a lot to people (especially to those in the woefully underrepresented and underserved disability community).

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    OliveBeer

    I really liked Whiskey Cavalier. I thought it was equally funny and intense as a spy/romance/drama. I am frankly getting tired of networks teasing us with good shows only to give them the ax just because they don't get the big scores. I'm tired of reality shows and shows that are trying to promote a certain type of living styles or political agenda. What ever happened to good, clean fun and entertainment? I guess we viewers are just out of luck. Hopefully they'll release Whiskey on DVD soon so I can enjoy watching it over again.

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    CyanBus

    Will miss The Passage and Whiskey Cavalier. Rest of them didn't survive on my Tivo pas the 1st episode. VERY little tolerance these days for "more of the same" with mouthy, snarky kids and stupid parents.

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    RedQuill

    Somewhat unfazed by 6 of these cancellations...

    But...The Passage...that one hurts!!!

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    RedButton

    "The Kids are Alright" was must-see TV at out house. Hilarious, and even a little bit irreverent without ever being crude. I also enjoyed "Whiskey Cavalier"... the writing was clever and the casting was great, and the show was sort of unique ("Leverage" was similar but different and not as good). Both shows are gone too soon.

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      RedBowtie

      I probably had the lowest expectations going into it, but TKAA didn't take long to become my favorite new broadcast-network show this season -- I thought the parents were great to begin with, but I grew to really like each of those boys.

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      GreenWrench

      I don't like the mother on this show, she is way too snarky and sarcastic, and I don't think a woman with those characteristics would have 1 kid, let alone 8. Besides, what's the deal with her wearing a dress ALL the time? The show is supposed to be in the 1970s. not the 1870s. I know I'm in a minority, but I always felt that this show is "off".

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      CyanCoathanger

      All in the Family was in the 1970s, and didn't Edith always wear a dress too? I'll bet a lot of women did.

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      GreenWrench

      Yeah, that was anachronistic, too.

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    RedCupcake

    I'm not sure I remember ever even hearing about Star.

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      CyanBus

      You probably didn't unless you watched Empire.

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    CyanFish

    Tried watching all these shows, they ALL were terrible!

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    GreenSushi

    ‘Life in Pieces’ is one of the funniest shows on tv. It is funny in the way that Modern Family used to be, and we never missed it. I cannot believe CBS cancelled that one.