Many TV cancellations have been announced by the networks today April 25, 2012. Some of them were expected and other’s are coming as a big surprise to fans. Is it money or politics or playing favorites by the networks? No one really knows. Also listed are TV shows that are still in limbo but are likely to be cancelled and the series that are on the bubble according to TV Guide.
Canceled TV Shows 2012
- Charlie’s Angels canceled by ABC after seven episodes.
- Chuck is finishing its fifth and final season.
- The Closer on TNT is in its final season.
- Desperate Housewives (ABC) final season.
- Bored to Death (HBO)
- Eastbound and Down (HBO)
- Eureka (Syfy) Final season.
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC)
- The Firm (NBC)
- Free Agents (NBC)
- Hawthorne (TNT) Canceled after three seasons.
- House (Fox) Series finale May 21, 2012.
- How to Be a Gentleman CBS only aired three of the nine episodes.
- How to Make it in America (HBO)
- Hung (HBO)
- I Hate My Teenage Daughter (Fox)
- In Plain Sight (USA) Planned end of the series after the real life pregnancy of the star of the show.
- Man Up! (ABC)
- The Martha Stewart Show (Hallmark)
- Nikita (CW)
- Pan Am (ABC) – This show got better and better as the season went on.
- The Playboy Club (NBC
- Prime Suspect (NBC)
- The Nine Lives of Chloe King (ABC) Did you ever see this show?
- Remodeled (CW)
- Terra Nova (Fox) Science Fiction fans are devastated about this one.
- Work It (ABC)
TV Shows that are likely canceled 2012
- A Gifted Man (CBS)
- Awake (NBC) – Seeing Jason Isaacs every week is fantastic and the show is so interesting and original. Maybe it just needs a couple of new writers.
- Bent (NBC)
- Best Friends Forever (NBC)
- Body of Proof (ABC) – This show is annoying even though Jeri Ryan is fantastic and needs a good show again. She was unforgettable as “7″ on Star Trek Next Generation.
- Breaking In (Fox)
- Harry’s Law (NBC) Kathy Bates is just terribly on this show.
- Missing (ABC) – Ashley Judd is fantastic in this TV show hopefully it will make it due to her popularity if nothing else.
- Napoleon Dynamite (Fox) – Why was this ever made into a TV show?
- One Tree Hill (CW) Planned end of series with the finale on April 4, 2012 that wrapped up all of the story lines on this long running TV show.
- Ringer (CW)
- The River (ABC)
- Rob (CBS) – Cancel it please.
- Whitney (NBC) This show makes you laugh out loud.
On the Bubble to be renewed or canceled TV Shows 2012
- Alcatraz (Fox)
- Beavis and Butt-head (MTV)
- GCB (Good Christian Belles) (ABC) – This is one of those funny quirky shows that you either like or hate.
- The Big C (Showtime)
- The Celebrity Apprentice (NBC)
- Community (NBC)
- Cougar Town (ABC)
- CSI: Miami (CBS)
- CSI: New York (CBS) – All of the CSI’s seem to have run their course.
- Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
- Don’t Trust the “B” in Apartment 23
- Eastbound and Down (HBO)
- Fairly Legal (USA) – A surprising thing for USA shows which all seem to start out and remain popular. This season has been a bit off it’s game so it will be interesting to see if USA gives up on this Sophomore show.
- Free Agents (NBC)
- Gossip Girl (CW)
- H8R (CW) Canceled after only four episodes.
- Happy Endings (ABC)
- The Killing (AMC)
- Last Man Standing (ABC)
- Luck (HBO)
- Make it or Break it (ABC Family)
- Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
- Parenthood (NBC)
- Private Practice (ABC)
- Rules of Engagement (CBS)
- Sanctuary (Syfy)
- Scandal (ABC)
- The Secret Circle (CW)
- Touch (Fox)
- Unforgettable (CBS)
- Up All Night (CBS)
- You Deserve It (ABC)
Did your favorite get cancelled? What TV show do you wish was canceled?
Source: TV Guide, IMDB.org, Spoiler TV
