ABC's 'Wicked City' Is First Canceled Show of 2015-2016
Congrats, "Wicked City," you get the Fall 2015 booby prize!
If you blinked, you missed "Wicked City," which ABC canceled after just three episodes. The sex-and-violence-heavy crime procedural -- starring Ed Westwick, Erika Christensen, Jeremy Sisto, Gabriel Luna, and Taissa Farmiga -- followed LAPD detectives searching for a pair of serial killers on the Sunset Strip in the early '80s.
The pilot, which aired October 27, had a slow start with 3.28 million viewers and a 0.9/3 rating/share in the coveted 18-49 demographic. The next two episodes dropped in both overall viewers and in the ratings, with a 43 percent Week 3 dive to a 0.4 rating. That's really low. According to Deadline, production on the show will stop after they finish the now-filming Episode 8. (It was originally scheduled to be a 10-episode season.) Starting next Tuesday, November 17, the 10 p.m. timeslot will be filled with "Shark Tank" reruns.
This marks the first official cancellation for a new show in the 2015-2016 TV season. Instead of outright canceling, most networks have just been cutting series orders for under-performing shows like "Blood & Oil" and "Minority Report," but keeping them on air until they play out their runs.
The "Wicked City" producers originally "American Horror Story" and "True Detective."
Are you sorry to see "Wicked City" go? Did you even know it was there?
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