NBC has cancelled "Joey," "Surface," "Four Kings," "Fathom," "E-Ring" "Conviction" and "Teachers." Entertainment President Kevin Reilly also said that Dick Wolf would be making changes at LAW AND ORDER and adding new cast members (does this mean Dennis Farina is on the way out?).
I won’t blame this on you, my friend, but on Variety — two of the shows you list as cancelled, Fathom and Surface, are actually one show that was once called Fathom, but only aired under the title Surface.
Bill, you beat me to it!
I know some people didn’t like Surface (I really liked it), but that’s no reason to cancel it twice…heh.
Oops. My mistake. That will teach me to cut-and-paste from VARIETY.
Ok, that solves the riddle of Fathom. But E-ring? Teachers? Four Kings? I don’t even remember hearing about these shows.
“[D]oes this mean Dennis Farina is on the way out?”
I’ve always thought it would be neat to move Richard Belzer over to the main L&O show to fill Orbach’s shoes…
Too bad about SURFACE. I really liked that one.
My son is mourning the loss of Surface.
I thought conviction had promise, although it was very cheesy… Couldn’t agree more with Chris Galdieri about the idea of Belzer moving over to fill Orbach’s shoes, Farina is certainly not doing the job.
E-Ring got a big promotional push at the start of last season. Perhaps the following will jog your memory: it was essentially The West Wing set in The Pentagon from uber-producer Jerry Bruckheimer, and starred Benjamin Bratt and Dennis Hopper.
Teachers was from Matt Tarses (Scrubs) and starred the ravishing Sarah Shahi. Incidentally, does anyone know how she managed to get both Teachers and Damages in addition to her duties on The L Word? I’ve heard of having a project in second position, but is it common to have one in third position, as well?
And speaking of changes at L&O, did anyone else notice that NBC is moving L&O:CI into the same timeslot where both L&O:TbJ and Conviction withered away?
Mark
It’s official:
http://tv.yahoo.com/news/ap/20060530/114904494000.html
Dennis Farina to Leave ‘Law & Order’
No word yet on who will replace him, much less whether or not it might be Richard Belzer/Det. Munch. But I’ve heard another rumor that, reprising her role on Conviction, Julianne Nicholson may be taking over for Annie Parisse/ADA Borgia.
Mark
Conviction could have possibly been the best new show on tv. The season finale was also amazing. I am completely depressed that this great show was cancelled.
oh my god what happened? i really loved surface. why did they do that? they made a big mistake cancelling the show!
after 2 years almost 3 still upset over surface being cancelled – does nbc hold coyrights to series created by the pate brothers – if not could they write a book to give the millions of surface fans an ending – at least cbs acknowledged the fans of jericho and gave them an ending