Deadline reports that NBC has decided to call it quits on Next Caller after four episodes (out of the six ordered) were filmed. Apparently NBC didn't like the creative direction of the comedy starring Dane Cook. According to the report, production has been shut down and the filmed episodes will not air.
NBC clean their hous.
2 hours TBL in wednesdays – cheap and sure good demo – around 2.0 and all other sitcoms in thurdsay and low rated in friday.
@omabin
TBL is 2 hours. Also is cheaper and with better demo than almost all NBC sitcoms.(without go on) Fashion star is at 8 pm in sunday. After that was some medical drama and after reality…… think TA.
Got to love this site. People complaining about a show being dropped that they have not even seen yet. Of course, if it was shown, half those people would be complaining that they even put it on the air. Though the funniest is the people complaining about NBC execs, considering that they are the only station up in ratings this year.
Yay. This looked like it would be a worse executed poor man’s version of Go On.
@Flare
Moving Parks & Recreation to 8pm Thursday would kill the show dead (see: 30 Rock) and any new show launching at 8:30 would be DOA (remember Perfect Couples and The Paul Reiser Show?).
Here’s what I think NBC should do at mid-season:
Keep Go On at 9pm Tuesday, followed by Save Me.
Move Parks to 8pm Wednesday, followed by 1600 Penn.
Put TBL on at 8pm Thursday, and at 9pm put The Office followed by The New Normal.
Try Whitney/GWK on Friday in Fall, see if it gets respectable ratings. If they don’t, pull them.
Give Community a five-episode back-order. Show the first half of the season during Fall on Wednesday, then use the rest as schedule spackle (in case 1600 Penn/Save Me flop). Use Betty White’s Off Their Rockers as spackle (since it’s cheap filler, can always show it during summer).
I find it funny that there is over 60 comments about a series axed that never aired 1 episode.
My favourite show on HBO life and times of Tim was axed and barly got 20 comments.
Here’s what this conversation looked like.
New employee: what’s next callers?
Nbc executve: It’s this new show with bane cook.
New employee: It’s dane cook.
NBC executive: WAIT, DANE COOK? WHAT AM I THINKING. CANCEL THIS IMMEDIATELY. HE’S NOT FUNNY!
NBC Comedy roster
GO ON
New Normal
Animal Practice (Whitney)
Guys With Kids
30 Rock (1600 Penn)
Up All Night (Community)
The Office
Parks & Rec.
Save Me is this year’s Bent.
@Justin,
Off their Rockers is missing there.
@Peter Ivanov,
I know that’s how things are as of now, but they could move it around. I think they definitely shoudl go with cheap reality on the Thursdays at 8 timeslot and should try biggest looser and comedies on sunday.
Damn. I was looking at the NBC midseason shows and was looking forward to Next Caller the most. I’m not a Dane Cook fan though.
Knowing what comedies NBC has on the schedule now, this must have been REALLY bad. Even worse than Whitney?
Impressive, given how bad some of the shows are that actually make it on the air.
This show would have been cancelled whether they aired it or not. NBC doesn’t have much luck with there 6 episode midseason comedies.
What I think NBC’s midseason schedule should be:
Monday
8-The Voice
10Revolution/Infamous around March
Cut Revolution’s order down to 18 or 16. People will get bored and stop watching before all 22 air.
Tuesday
8TV
9GO, 930 TNN
10 Parenthood/Smash when P-hood’s 155 run out
Wed
8Whitney, 830 GWK
9The Biggest Loser
Their worst night is Wednesdays, because all the other network have such powerful lineups. They need to just get some viewers over. They need to attract those “middle americans”, and the best want to do that; multi cams and reality shows
Thrus
8Betty White
830 1600penn
9The Office
930Parks and Recreation
10LAO:SVU
SVU can take Sacandal, but even with Elementary, I don’t think it will go lower that it was
FRi
8Community
830 Animal Practice
9 Grimm
10 Dateline/hannibal
Looked like a remake of WKRP Cincinnati, and I loved that show long time ago.
Never heard of it, but I think I would have liked it.
Weird is looking at the pic, I see Jeffrey Tambor from Bent, which lasted 6 episodes on NBC, and Colette Wolfe from 100 Questions, which also lasted 6 episodes on NBC.
There cannot be much nourishment for the Cancellation Bear from a show that has never even aired one episode.
I’m really looking forward to Infamous with Meagan Good. I hope NBC gives it The Voice lead in Monday or Tuesday so it atleast has a chance to succeed.
This is a good thing. Nothing Dane Cook has ever done has been remotely amusing. Excellent call NBC.