The TV axe starts to fall...

[graculus]

Yes, it's that time of year again, the time when you find out whether you picked a winner and your show is likely to get picked up for a further season or whether the TV gods are just not smiling on you. The victims so far:

Common Law (sadly, we all guessed this was coming...)
Fairly Legal (which managed to make an actress I really like very annoying)
Political Animals (living on forever in endless Tumblr gifs of Sebastian Stan half-naked)
Last Resort (damnit all)
666 Park Avenue (can't comment, as I haven't seen it...)
Partners (deeply unfunny sitcom from the creators of Will and Grace)

In better news, Elementary picked up additional episodes meaning season 1 will be 24 episodes long, boding well for a second season order and Grimm is kicking arse ratings-wise so I'm hoping a season 3 announcement won't be too long in coming... Oh, and Haven got picked up for another 13 episode season.

Comments

[superbadgirl]

Didn't really watch any of those axed - saw five minutes of Partners and said, "Oh, David Krumholtz, you're better than this" before switching, though I wonder how other equally terrible sitcoms (2 Broke Girls, ahem) have survived.

But, yay, Haven! It's another one of those shows on which I can't stand one of the actors (Eric Balfour), but I adore the show anyway. It's come a long, long way and frequently passes Bechdel, which pleases me.

[graculus.livejournal.com]

Yep, I got about 10 minutes into Partners and couldn't bare to watch any more. I think my recently acquired love of Max from Happy Endings has spoiled me for more stereotypically gay characters and also the lack of a laughter track just seemed to oddly underline how unfunny Partners was. I'm not sure David Krumholtz is really sitcom material, to be honest...

As for Haven, I'm about a season behind and I've always liked Eric Balfour ever since Veritas: The Quest (another show cruelly killed before its time) though Emily Rose has started aggravating me a bit. *shrugs*