Axed in 2012
Axed by networks, or even by the creatives themselves, here are the shows that we'll remember.
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They are the shows that left our screens, that said goodbye, or that signalled the end is nigh.
Whether axed by networks, not-renewed, or had the pin pulled by the creatives themselves, here are the shows that we’ll remember,and more than a few we’ll happily forget.
AUSTRALIAN
RPM
Tangle
The Game Plan (AFL)
Letters and Numbers
Mandarin News Australia
Tricky Business
Everybody Dance Now
The Circle
The Gruen Transfer (superceded by Gruen Planet)
Breakfast
TEN Morning News
Auction Room
Marngrook Footy Show
The Shire
Excess Baggage
I Will Survive
INTERNATIONAL
House
Terra Nova
Skins
Luck
Flashpoint
Alcatraz
CSI: Miami
A Gifted Man
Breakout Kings
Sanctuary
Dog the Bounty Hunter
Victorious
Gene Simmons’ Family Jewels
Fairly Legal
666 Park Avenue
Last Resort
Partners
Dirty Jobs
Emily Owens MD
So You Think You Can Dance (US Results show)
Leverage
Men of a Certain Age
Boss
An Idiot Abroad
The Ricky Gervais Show
ENDING IN 2013:
The Secret Life of an American Teenager
Treme
Dexter
Shameless
Spartacus
Merlin
Private Practice
Weeds
The Big C
Breaking Bad
RESCUED AFTER THE AXE:
Australia’s Got Talent
Hunted
Unforgettable
The Killing (US)
FUTURE UNKNOWN
Getaway
Being Lara Bingle
Brynne: My Bedazzled Life
Don’t Tell the Bride
Young Talent Time
The Amazing Race Australia
Project Runway Australia
The Farmer Wants a Wife
36 Responses
Cmon Seven bring back The Amazing Race Australia, David do you know if Seven is planning to update you guys anytime soon about its future?
Nope, doesn’t look promising.
GCB got the axe too.
Damages was brilliant, but a logical time to end. Dexter will be sad when it finishes, but the actors must be wanting to move on.
Shameless went a few seasons too long and why they kept adding eps to each season was weird as the story lines were really lank in some areas.
Awake, as well. One show I will miss for a long time.
RIP House. Miss ya.
Channel 4 (in the UK) have announced that this year’s series of Shameless will be the last.
With so many of the original cast now gone, and the story-lines getting ever more fantastical, there have been a lot of comments in the UK saying that the show has ‘jumped the shark’, so it’s probably for the best that it is going.
SBS are still a few years behind in their coverage though so we’ll probably still be watching it in 2015.
“Scatter!”
Didn’t RPA finish this year disgusting treatment by nine of one it longest ever running shows
I miss Letters and Numbers and The Circle too.
Thanks for the reminder of So You Think You Can Dance US results show. I was trying to figure out why they had it all in one.
30 Rock is also finishing this month.
Pretty sure Damages was announced in 2011. It’s always tricky to know whether to wrap these when they are announced or when they actually leave Aus screens.
And yes, Beverly did confirm IWS end.
Shameless is UK.
Some other titles there I had forgotten, thanks.
Fringe is about to end and there are rumors that due to the massive ratings of Dexter it might not end this year.
I’m surprised at the amount of promotion Seven is currently giving Last Resort considering it’s already cancelled.
The Office is ending in 2013 as well.
RIP to Dexter this year, been an awesome run 🙁
Glad House ended in 2012 as well. Brilliant show that had done its time.
David I thought in your interview with Beverley McGarvey on 29th October she confirmed I Will Survive is gone? “It’s fairly obvious that we won’t be doing shows like The Shire and I Will Survive. Some other shows we haven’t decided yet.”
On another note, it’s sad Dexter is coming to an end this year.
Is that the US or UK version of Shameless that has been cancelled?
I haven’t seen the UK version but love the US version. Brilliant telly.
I loved all the following and it’s going to be sad to see them go: House, Terra Nova, Alcatraz, CSI: Miami, A Gifted Man, Victorious, Fairly Legal, Emily Owens MD, Leverage, The Secret Life of an American Teenager, Merlin, and Private Practice. At least House & CSI Miami were given an ending that didn’t leave any unanswered questions, unlike Terra Nova, A Gifted Man, etc. Very happy to see Unforgettable has been given another season, even though they are only keeping 3 original characters and ditching the rest. Hopefully The Amazing Race Australia is renewed as it is the best Aussie reality series on TV!
I already miss House. Dexter, Weeds and Breaking Bad all ending too is sad. That is a huge chunk of the few quality things on tv gone for good.
I miss Letters and Numbers, and The Circle.
With Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s habit of culling their own shows while they’re still popular, were ‘An Idiot Abroad’ & ‘ The Ricky Gervais Show’ genuinely axed, or have the creators just moved onto new projects?
is that Shameless uk?
Add the office and jersey shore to that list
You know, after a week or three of sitting through the gormless-grin-fest that is Today, or listening to Kochie’s pious pontifications… I am actually starting to miss Breakfast. More thyan anything I miss a weather presenter who isn’t attempting to double as a clown.
The ABC offering is ok, but it’s a tad on the ‘dry’ side.
Your original list has omitted the excellent and underrated series Damages, which aired the fifth and final season in the second half of 2012. I for one will certainly miss the quality writing and acting.
American Chopper
Really gonna miss some of these shows, especially Men of a Certain age which I’ve only just begun watching thanks to foxtel, it was definitely cut short. Cougar Town was another on the ‘axed but rescued’ pile too.