Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com is reporting that sophomore drama Fairly Legal has been canceled by USA and will not return for a third season.
Here's what our very own Robert Seidman had to say about Fairly Legal's chances back in June:
I won’t be very surprised if it gets canceled, but I’d probably be slightly more surprised by cancellation than renewal. It hasn’t been in USA’s DNA to cancel shows without giving fans time to grieve, so based on past history I’d lean towards guessing USA will announce a third and final season, perhaps with fewer episodes.
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Good news for Burn Notice!!?!??!?
It’s for the better. I liked the first season, at least the first few episodes. The second season was horrible, it was basically “look at the two hot women” and nothing else. Poor plots, poor acting, poor execution.
Not surprising.
Kind of liked it and the numbers werent that bad. Oh well
Shows always have fans, but this show was barely watchable at any given moment. The lead actress was simply a horrific actress.
Lead Actress wasnt that bad. She was good on Life but the bad righting of the charactor ruined her.
Does that make it more likely now that the admitedly low-rated but critically acclaimed Political Animals will be renewed now that Common Law and Fairly Legal, only shows fates unknown now are Political Animals, Neccessary Roughness and Burn Notice, and contracts withstanding BN is a dead cert for renewal. Hope PA is renewed cos love it.
I was under the impression that Political Animals was having a limited run, now they are saying they aren’t sure about its future. I loved the show, I’m a huge Sigourney Weaver fan and thought the show was phenomenal. I wouldn’t be crushed if it was cancelled because USA had said it was a limited television event, had I known it was possibly becoming a series and had gotten more involved with the show I’d be upset.
@Martin: *no* announcement USA could make except “We’re doing a second season of Political Animals” increases the likelihood that there will be more Political Animals.
@Lucazzy
Burn Notice has never been in danger.
seems fair.
The only surprise here is that USA waited 2 months to make the decision we all knew was coming. USA had too many hits and too many shows. The only difference between Common Law and Fairly Legal was that legal got the second chance despite low numbers probably because USA didn’t want to cancel a drama after one season. Both shows got a bad Friday night timeslot and both are expectedly axed. I expect Necessary Roughness to be renewed for a third year and USA has plenty of pilots for next year
enjoyed the first season but they brought in a new guy to give fake fighting between him and the lead and it laid there like a turd. he was bad. hope Sarah shahi gets another show. shes great.
Shahi is so hot. Hope to see her somewhere else.
Nooooooo!! I absolutely loved this show. Hopefully Sarah Shahi will land a starring role in a new show soon (after Chicago Fire gets canceled). I loved Virginia Williams too! She’ll definitely land something soon.
Oh well–hope to see that sexy azz of Shahi’s on my face…errr…screen again sometime soon! She is so effin’ hot–loved her since Teachers!!
Finally!!!
Why USA ever made that show remains a total mystery.
Sarah Shahi deserves a much better vehicle.
Now that Bonnie Hammer has had time to set her priorities on USA, it’s starting to lose its ratings and relevance the way SciFi did under Hammer.
Political Animals was yet another huge Greg Berlanti-produced bomb.
For some reason, Berlanti is seen as a man not to offend by the executive suites (can’t see why as he doesn’t deliver for them) but the way USA was clear how bad the ratings were, the only reason it’d come back is if someone at USA is angling fora job at Berlanti’s company.
In the meantime, the ratings, they keep on falling….
Its not surprising, they took a decent show, added an annoying co-lead… tanked the series appeal in the second season