If you’re a fan of the TBS sitcom The Bill Engvall Show, bad news dropped this week.

At the end of an article about the swift yanking of The CW’s godawful bore The Beautiful Life: TBL (what were the folks responsible for that thinking?!), Variety reported that TBS has confirmed Bill Engvall & Company will not return for a fourth season.

Reno 911! star and co-creator Thomas Lennon shared some dismal news with fans this week. Tweeting from his Twitter account on August 13, he announced Comedy Central canceled the improvised cop spoof at precisely 1:30pm.

The series lasted for a total of six seasons, with the final run marked by the departures of three longtime cast members — Carlos Alazraqui, Mary Birdsong, and Wendi McLendon-Covey — and the introduction of two new regulars, Ian Roberts and Jo Lo Truglio.
In the cancellation announcement, Lennon notes that he “won’t be wearing the shorts again,” making August 13 a sad day for fans who’d …read more

Sorry, fans. ABC broke the bad news shortly after the rookie Bob Saget comedy Surviving Suburbia aired its first-season finale on August 7.

According to The Futon Critic, the network has decided to cancel both that sitcom and its fellow freshman comedy, the animated Mike Judge (King of the Hill) series The Goode Family.

Now that ABC has pulled poorly performing rookie sitcom In the Motherhood yet again, it’s up to Christina Applegate’s sophomore comedy Samantha Who? to carry ABC’s Thursday-night, summertime comedy lineup. I have faith.

Coming up tonight, July 2, on the series are the two fresh episodes “Todd’s Job” and “The Sister.” The first features former Girlfriends and All My Children cast member Dondre Whitfield, who just happens to be married to Eureka star Salli Richardson-Whitfield, and the second has guest stars Christine Ebersole of USA Network’s breakout hit dramedy Royal Pains and Florence Henderson of Brady Bunch fame. Woot!
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Although ABC unceremoniously canceled both sophomore sitcom Samantha Who? and its fleeting rookie companion In the Motherhood just a little over a month ago, the comedies return tonight, June 25, to air their remaining episodes on the shelf.

That means seven new episodes for the older show and three for the newcomer, starting with tonight’s “The Rock Star” (Samantha) and “Shepfather” (Motherhood). Details follow the jump.

The bad, sad news dropped earlier today. Basic-cable network TBS, which currently syndicates My Name Is Earl, has declined to pick up the comedy following its cancellation at NBC last month. That means the sitcom is now officially finished. *sniffle*

Blame the latest disastrous and final development in the comedy’s struggle to survive on failed negotiations. Apparently, Turner, which owns TBS (and also TNT), and the sitcom’s production studio, Twentieth Century Fox TV, were unable to reach an agreement that would have allowed production of new episodes to continue.
The culprit? Money, as always. It seems one or both sides couldn’t come …read more

Whoa! I didn’t see that coming! ABC has reportedly canceled the Christina Applegate sitcom Samantha Who?
Just last week, the entertainment Internets were alive with speculation that the struggling, Emmy-winning sophomore series would get a shortened third season, not the ax.
Variety reports today, however, that ABC has decided to show the sitcom the door and not reserve a spot for it on ABC’s 2009–2010 schedule. Two reasons account for the fairly surprising development: (1) the network couldn’t cut enough fat from the sitcom’s budget and (2) ABC’s numerous recent rookie pickups made Samantha Who? expendable.
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I read an interesting column not too long ago. In the wake of the Hollywood Reporter’s recent proclamation that Reaper is as good as gone at The CW, writer Daniel Fienberg defends the devil dramedy and offers several reasons why the network should at least give a Reaper renewal proper consideration before lowering the ax.
Among the fine points made is Reaper’s sturdy, if not impressive, performance against reality behemoth American Idol, the Fox reality show that The CW intentionally threw Reaper under the bus for in order to save sappy 90210 from a swift and certain ratings death. …read more

Could it really be almost time to say goodbye forever to The CW’s devil dramedy Reaper? That just might be the case now that a reputable entertainment publication has publicly stated the series is canceled.
In an April 19 online article titled “Crunch Time for Bubble Series,” the Hollywood Reporter closed its overview with one lone sentence that Sam fans have been dreading pretty much since the middle of the sophomore series’ first season:

Over at the CW, “Reaper” is gone, while the prospects for “Privileged” have improved, and the show is now considered for a possible midseason order.

Well, it looks like Eric McCormack had the right idea when he joined the pilot for a potential ABC comedy last month.
Earlier today, the New York Times reported the news that TNT, the home network for McCormack’s most recent gig, Trust Me, has decided to cancel the advertising-agency dramedy after only one season.
The show’s first-season finale — and now series finale, as well — aired on Tuesday, April 7. At least fans of the show were able to see all 13 produced episodes since the network burned them off by doubling them up on the last several air dates.
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