When was terriers canceled

Nevertheless, every so often there is a critically acclaimed show that falls victim to bad ratings and meets with an untimely end.

Join us as we take a look back at six TV series that despite their popularity, were canceled after just one season. Instead, Hank Dolworth is an ex-cop who teams up with his reformed criminal friend to set up an illegal private investigation business.

This short-lived Aaron Sorkin series takes a behind-the-scenes look at what goes into the production of a Saturday Night Live-style sketch comedy show. Unfortunately for Studio 60 , it was released shortly after 30 Rock — which had a similar, albeit much sillier, premise — and this likely prevented new viewers from flocking to it.

Source: Screenshot via Warner Bros. Sadly, the ratings for My So-Called Life were greatly overshadow by Friends , which also debuted at the same time in , and the series was officially cancelled in after Danes announced she was going to pursue a career in film.

This comedy series about a group of high school slackers shared a lot of the realism and emotion that was exhibited by My So-Called Life , but creators Judd Apatow and Paul Feig took it in a much funnier direction. Instead of dealing with a lot of serious, hard-hitting issues, Freaks and Geeks dealt more with the awkwardness of adolescence.

Asking viewers to discover a new show in the midst of the fall clutter may have been hoping for too much. None of this is to point the finger completely at FX. The network has a reputation for quality shows such as "Rescue Me," and it should be acknowledged for airing "Terriers" in the first place and allowing the show to complete its full season. But television is, after all, a numbers business, and "Terriers" failed to generate the kind of viewers that would justify its continued existence.

The show had the network's lowest-rated series premiere. It averaged , viewers per episode, which is low even by basic-cable standards. It could have tripled that viewership and still not matched that of shows previously canceled by FX. The network's president, John Landgraf, held a conference call with reporters after the cancellation announcement during which he said that if he believed the title or the marketing were the reason for the low viewership, "Terriers" might have been renewed.

However, network research showed otherwise. That brings us back to the question of why viewers failed to tune in. The show was an engaging mix of drama, action and comedy. Critics said it well written and well paced, and the actors' performances were nuanced. At times it was explosive and heartbreaking.

But none of those actors were household names. In fact, the show's only "big" name was Ryan, the executive producer. Attempting to launch a series with the producer as the primary calling card is a formula that failed for another freshman series this year, "Undercovers. Terriers, which was praised by critics but drew very small audience, centered on ex-cop and recovering alcoholic Hank Dolworth Logue who partners with his best friend, former criminal Britt Pollack Raymond-James , in an unlicensed private investigation business.

Both felt it added to their on-screen chemistry. Raymond-James, who participated via Skype, said that he knows where his character Britt Pollack is now. Ryan also was asked about a potential crossover between his gritty FX cop drama The Shield and Terriers. The writers joked about the creative process behind the series.

Sometimes there is a poor correlation between creative and commercial success, but we will keep swinging.