Black Shows Canceled

Just when the African-American community got excited about seeing more diverse roles for people of color, two shows featuring prominent black actors/actresses get the axe.

NBC confirmed that they will not renew J.J. Abrams "Undercovers" for a second season, while ABC cancels "My Generation".



With J.J. Abrams (of "Lost" & "Alias") as the executive producer of "Undercovers" and securing two charismatic lead roles filled by Boris Kodjoe & Gugu Mbatha-Raw's (sidenote: I would...



...yum um, I'll save that thought for another post...excuse my drool (:F), ladies), the show was destined to succeed.

"Undercovers" was the first TV series to feature 2 African-American leads on prime-time network television. The pilot debuted with an audience of 8.7 million viewers, but the following week's number drifted off by more than a million viewers. That viewership number alone is not grounds for cancellation, since NBC has other shows ("Community" and "30 Rock") that are in that range or worse.



So, why did the show get the axe? With all of the stunts and spy espionage, it may have been too pricey for a network television station.

*Maybe they can pull something similar to what Kelsey Grammar did with "The Game", and switch to a network that can accommodate their shooting demands. Maybe?



The case with ABC's "My Generation" starring Mehcad Brooks --I can't stop calling him 'Eggs', and I know the rest of y'all can't stop calling him 'Jerome', lol-- ABC 86-ed it after only two airings! Well damn! [/Gucci Mane]



Mehcad Brooks starred as Army Sergeant Rolly Marks, devoted husband, and soon to be a loving father.

"My Generation" is was a television drama that was is a documentary-style series "about the lives of nine young adults (Michael Stahl-David, Kelli Garner, Jaime King, Keir O'Donnell, Sebastian Sozzi, Mehcad Brooks, Anne Son, Daniella Alonso and Julian Morris) who graduated from the same Texas high school. "My Generation" hangs on the premise that, 10 years ago, they were followed around by a documentary crew that desperately wants to film them again. The point? To see how teenage predictions compare to grown-up realities"(via NetFlix)



With such a new, refreshing premise and being the lead-in to ABC's most popular drama "Grey's Anatomy", "My Generation" had an equal formula to success as "Undercovers".

Alas, ABC's docu-drama succumbed to the same fate as "Undercovers" due to it's second week's viewership dropping a substantial amount and weak ratings from the 18-49 demographic.

It seems no new show is safe from cancellation this time of year.

Especially if your...


...on network television (see what I did there).