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Canceled! A Scorecard of Canceled TV Series and Shows in Danger

By Rachel Thomas, About.com

The Cast of Dirty Sexy MoneyPhoto: Randee St. Nicholas © 2008 American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.
Don't you just hate it when you start to really get involved with a TV show and then...Bam...canceled!

Can a fan campaign really work? It's been known to happen once in a while. Back in 2007, when CBS presented their fall slate during the May Upfront presentations, they announced that Jericho had been canceled. The fans weren't about to let their favorite show go quietly into the night, so they devised a grassroots campaign and flooded the LA and NY CBS offices with 20 tons of nuts. It worked and CBS renewed the series!

However, fan campaigns won't always save a series. The best thing you can do is make sure all your friends and family are watching and if you have Tivo, be sure to record it each and every week. Nielsen now uses Tivo data in reporting to the networks, so every episode counts.

Here is a list of the current season's TV series that have been canceled:

ABC
Defying Gravity

CBS
Numb3rs - Not officially canceled, but episode order cit from 22 to 16

Fox
Dollhouse - Not officially canceled, but taken off schedule

NBC
Southland
Trauma

The CW
The Beautiful Life: TBL

2008-09 Cancellations

ABC
Dirty Sexy Money
Eli Stone
Life on Mars
Pushing Daisies
The Unusuals

CBS
Eleventh Hour
The Ex List
The Unit
Without a Trace

Fox
Prison Break
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

NBC
Crusoe
Kings
Life
Lipstick Jungle
Medium - Crossed over to CBS
My Own Worst Enemy
Knight Rider

The CW
Privileged
Reaper

ABC Family
Kyle XY

FX Network
The Riches

TNT
Saving Grace (ending summer, 2010)

USA Network
The Starter Wife
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