Last Updated on February 7, 2016
The number of canceled TV shows for the 2014-2015 season is up to 37 as the season winds down to an end.
Every May, the broadcast networks’ television season comes to an end with dramatic season finale cliffhangers that will hopefully draw viewers back the following September for the next season.
But for more than three dozen shows, there will be no next season. Here’s a look at shows canceled so far by the broadcast networks from this past season. The CW has the fewest number of cancellations, with just one. Fox and NBC are tied at eleven each.
Incidentally, I’m not counting shows like The Late Show with David Letterman or The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, because the shows either have or will continue with a new host at the helm.
ABC
Cristela
Comedienne Cristela Alonzo starred as Cristela Hernandez, a Mexican-American law school graduate trying to balance her chance at the American Dream by working as an unpaid law firm intern with the concerns of her family.
Forever
Who says you can’t live forever? Apparently ABC, which canceled this series about Dr. Henry Morgan, a New York City medical examiner who is mysteriously immortal.
Manhattan Love Story
This was one of those shows where we hear what someone was thinking all the time. In this case, the “someones”  were a couple who were beginning a relationship.
Members Only
This was supposed to be an “upstairs/downstairs”  soap opera-style show about a powerful family that owned a private club, (thus the “Members Only” reference). But after ordering 13 episodes and then realizing it had plenty of other shows in development, ABC scrapped this one before it ever premiered.
Reserrection
This series made it to its sophomore season, but couldn’t hold on. (Wonder how long it’ll be before it’s resurrected.)
Revenge
This was a show about a woman who is determined to get revenge against every person involved in the imprisonment and murder of her father, who had been convicted of treason. This one was sort of a surprise, particularly among its fans, because it had such a strong start in the ratings. Its final episode airs tonight.
Selfie
This show wasn’t exactly a remake of My Fair Lady or the play “Pygmalion”  on which the movie was based, but the character names of Eliza Dooley and Henry Higgs were obvious plays on Eliza Doolittle and Professor Henry Higgins. Dooley’s character turned to Higgs to help achieve fame through social media, as Doolittle turned to Higgins for help in achieving success by improving her in-person social skills.
The Taste
This cooking reality series lasted three years until it started souring in the ratings.
CBS
Battle Creek
I’m still trying to decide what this show was: it was intended as a comedy-drama about a police detective and FBI agent in Battle Creek, Michigan. It left me scratching my head, and apparently it did the same for too many others, earning it a pink slip.
The McCarthys
This sitcom about a close-knit Boston family ended after one season.
The Mentalist
Patrick Jane wasn’t a psychic but rather a very keen observer. The police procedural ended in February after seven seasons.
Reckless
This series was billed as a hot, steamy legal drama set in Charleston. Apparently, it wasn’t hot enough.
Stalker
Dylan McDermott starred in this police procedural about victims of stalking and the detectives of the LAPD’s Threat Assessment Unit.
Two and a Half Men
This sitcom lasted a total of 12 seasons, four longer than most people thought would be possible after Charlie Sheen was fired after the eighth season; and probably six or more past it truly being funny as opposed to trying more often than succeeding.
Unforgettable
Poppy Montgomery starred as a detective who can visually remember everything she sees. This show seemed certain to end after its first season, but was then brought back for two more as a summer series.
The CW
Hart of Dixie
The plotline seems familiar to anyone who’s ever heard of the movie Doc Hollywood, but in this comedy/drama, a New York doctor Zoe Hart who graduated at the top of her medical school class sees her big dreams crumble, then accepts a job to work as a general practitioner in the fictional Bluebell, Alabama. It lasted four seasons.
Fox
Backstrom
Rainn Wilson of The Office fame starred as an eccentric crimefighter in Portland.
The Following
The third season was the last for this drama about an FBI agent’s pursuit of an escaped killer and his cult followers.
Gang Related
This show about the lives of the LAPD’s gang task force was one of Fox’s worst-performing summer series and was canceled after its first season.
Glee
This musical series wrapped up its six-season run back in March.
Gracepoint
This crime drama about the murder of a small boy in a close-knit town was canceled back in December.
Kitchen Nightmares
This show sounds a lot to me like Restaurant Impossible, a show I’ve watched on Food Network. But I never actually saw this show, helmed by Gordon Ramsey. Last June, Ramsey announced he was shutting down the series after seven seasons.
Mulaney
Comedian and former Saturday Night Live writer John Mulaney’s fictionalized John Mulaney didn’t strike enough of a chord with viewers.
Red Band Society
Red Band Society was a medical comedy about a group of teens who were living in a pediatric ward. I’m not sure how you’d make a comedy out of sick teens in a hospital.
Utopia
This reality series featured a team of civilization builders who were tasked to create the perfect society. It started as a twice-a-week series, then was cut to weekly, then was cut altogether. So much for Utopia.
Weird Loners
This series followed four “relationship-challenged” thirtysomethings.
NBC
A to Z
This comedy focused on Andrew (the “A” of the title), who hoped to meet the girl of his dreams, and Zelda (get it?), looking to meet the man of hers. The final episode aired back in January.
About a Boy
The premise, according to Wikipedia, reads as follows: “Successful songwriter and bachelor Will Freeman lives a carefree life as the “ultimate man-child”. His perfect world is turned upside down when single mother Fiona and her 11-year-old son Marcus move in next door.” I don’t know about you, but the first line immediately had me thinking of Two and a Half Men.
Allegiance
NBC adapted an Israel spy series, The Gordin Cell, but it only lasted five episodes before it was pulled. The series from which it was adapted lasted just two seasons.
Bad Judge
On the bench, Rebecca Wright was a tough, no-nonsense judge. Off the bench, she was a party animal. Court was dismissed for the last time back in January.
Constantine
Constantine was developed based on characters from the DC Comics series Hellblazer. The title character was a demon hunter, but the demons of cancellation ultimately proved victorious.
Marry Me
Apparently, there’s nothing like a marriage proposal and the road to the wedding to throw chaos into a committed relationship. That was the premise of this NBC comedy.
Mission Control
If you don’t remember this one, don’t feel bad: it was canceled before it premiered because it didn’t test well. The would-be comedy would have been set with NASA’s mission control of the 1960s.
One Big Happy
Looking at the title, you might be thinking to yourself, “One big happy what?” Therein lies the tale. A lesbian becomes pregnant with her best friend’s baby while he’s in love with another woman. It looks like it wasn’t happy enough, because NBC only ordered six episodes and canceled the show after one season.
Parenthood
The drama series focused on a California family and its three generations. It ended after a six-season run in January.
Parks and Recreation
This sitcom starred Amy Poehler as a bureaucrat in the parks department of fictional Indiana town Pawnee. After a bumpy start in its first season, after which writers and performers retooled things, it went on to viewer and critical acclaim. The show wrapped up its seven-season run in February.
State of Affairs
This was an spy series focused on a CIA analyst who was in charge of assembling the president’s daily briefing on the state of foreign affairs. Katherine Heigl was the lead and Alfre Woodard played the president, the nation’s first black female commander-in-chief.
