Canceled!? Big Budget TV Shows On The Chopping Block

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The success of a television series is, generally, determined by the number of viewers that tune in to watch the program and the ratings that it receives. The more costly a show is to produce, it better have the numbers to back up the cost, otherwise, the network will find a different show that will justify the spending.

There is a seemingly never-ending stack of series being pitched to networks every year, and, for each one of these new shows that get picked up, that means that one of the shows from the previous year’s line-up will inevitably be left out. Below is a list of series, some more seasoned than others, whose futures are not as certain as they once were.