“It by no means ought to have been a community present…From the primary three minutes, I knew it wasn’t proper.”
Making a tv collection takes loads of effort and time from its solid and crew — and all of it culminates with a long-awaited debut on TV. However regardless of how a lot work went into the present, generally it simply would not resonate with viewers. And when audiences aren’t , tv networks are pressured to make a troublesome determination in regards to the present.
Whereas these collection are generally given the possibility to redeem themselves after an unsuccessful first premiere episode, on a number of uncommon events, they’re given the ax instantly. After just one episode, the community resolves that it is simply not value transferring ahead and the collection are sadly by no means aired once more.
Learn on to search out out which exhibits weren’t given a second probability…

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1. “Breaking Boston”
In 2014, Mark Wahlberg produced a actuality present about blue-collar girls in Boston making an attempt to higher their lives. “Breaking Boston” premiered on A&E but it surely did not final greater than every week. Sadly, the community deemed the premiere’s 311,000 viewers not sufficient to maintain issues going. In line with Selection, the present was canceled resulting from its “underperformance.”
2. “Osbournes Reloaded”
A number of years after the Osbourne household’s hit actuality present wrapped up, Fox tried to carry the household again to TV. “Osbournes Reloaded” was a spread present hosted by Ozzy, Sharon, Jack and Kelly, which was set to characteristic sketches, stunts and parody skits in addition to a musical visitor. Sadly, it did not have the identical success as the unique present and solely aired one episode, which was edited down from an hour to only 35 minutes. After the primary episode was panned by critics, it was in the end canceled.

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3. “The Hasselhoffs”
David Hasselhoff additionally gave actuality TV a shot when “The Hasselhoffs” premiered again in 2010. The present was set to observe the household as David helped information his daughters Taylor Ann and Hayley to pursue careers in leisure. Lower than one million individuals tuned in when the present debuted on A&E and it was canceled only a few days later. Although eight episodes of the collection had been taped, solely the primary two episodes proven on premiere evening had been ever aired.
4. “Swamp Factor”
When DC Comics premiered “Swamp Factor” in 2019, issues did not fairly work out for this system. The collection was based mostly on the DC Comics character Swamp Factor, who’s half-human, half-plant, and featured “Teen Wolf” star Crystal Reed. Throughout manufacturing, the primary season’s variety of episodes was diminished to 10 from 13 but it surely did not even make it that far. Only a week after debuting on DC’s streaming service, DC Universe, the present was canceled resulting from alleged budgeting points.

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5. “Secret Skills of the Stars”
In 2008, celebrities got an opportunity to share their hidden abilities with the world on “Secret Skills of the Stars.” The competitors actuality present featured George Takei, Clint Black, and Mya on the primary episode, however viewers simply weren’t . The premiere had 4.6 million viewers who regularly tuned out because the hour progressed. Only a day later, CBS canceled the present and no additional episodes had been aired.
6. “The Bussey Bunch”
Following the premiere of “Retaining Up With The Kardashians,” one other household was given their second within the highlight. Sadly, “The Bussey Bunch” did not seize viewers’ consideration just like the Kardashians. The TLC program a couple of household that promoted skilled wrestling was taken off the community’s schedule only a week after its premiere. And never solely was it faraway from the schedule but it surely was additionally completely scrubbed from the web site, which was reportedly a shock to everybody concerned.

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7. “Quarterlife”
Again within the early 2000s, “Quarterlife” was a massively profitable internet collection on MySpace. Finally, the present a couple of group of artists of their twenties was acquired by NBC. On the time, the community aimed to show the eight-minute episodes right into a primetime present. However when it premiered in 2008, it did not entice the identical form of consideration because it did on-line. The collection flopped and pulled traditionally low rankings for the community. Quickly after, it was canceled.
“It by no means ought to have been a community present. It is too particular. From the primary three minutes [of watching the show on TV] I knew it wasn’t proper,” co-creator Marshall Herskovitz mentioned.
8. “The Will”
In 2005, “The Bachelor” creator Mike Fleiss tried to department out to a different form of actuality present but it surely did not work out as deliberate. The present, referred to as “The Will,” revolved round a multi-millionaire referred to as “The Benefactor,” whose household and buddies needed to compete to inherit his beloved ranch in Kansas. The collection solely aired one episode earlier than it was canceled by CBS. No additional episodes made it to the small display.

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9. “Emily’s Causes Why Not”
“Emily’s Causes Why Not,” based mostly on the ebook of the identical title, premiered on ABC in 2006 however did not final greater than an evening. The collection, which starred Heather Graham, adopted a relationship self-help creator who was satirically unfortunate in love herself and determined to strive a brand new methodology to search out her match. Regardless of ABC placing huge cash into selling the present, it acquired dangerous rankings and poor opinions, resulting in its fast cancellation.
10. “Anchorwoman”
Lauren Jones could have been fashionable as a mannequin on “The Value Is Proper” and as a WWE Diva however she did not have the identical success on actuality TV. In 2007, “Anchorwoman” cameras adopted Lauren on her path to turning into a information anchor in a small city in Texas. The partially scripted, partially improvised present did not resonate with viewers (or severe information anchors) and was canceled after one episode. Whereas the remainder of the episodes weren’t aired on TV, they turned accessible to stream on-line.
11. “Watch out for Canine”
Again in 2002, “Watch out for Canine” premiered on Animal Planet however the sitcom did not get any additional airtime. The present, which adopted a border collie who was adopted after tricking a household into pondering he was injured, obtained combined opinions from viewers earlier than it was in the end canceled by the community.