Canceled!? Big Budget TV Shows On The Chopping Block

7. Ordinary Joe

Network: NBC
Status: Season 2 Is A Long-Shot

In 2006, executive producer Matt Reeves wrote the pilot of “Ordinary Joe” for ABC, but it wasn’t until 15 years later, in the fall of 2021, that the show would finally make it to air, and it did so on one of ABC’s rival networks, NBC.

After waiting out the television blackout, that affected most productions in 2020, Matt Reeves’ brainchild, “Ordinary Joe”, premiered on September 20th, 2021, to a less than enthusiastic viewership. Although being renewed for a second season does seem like a long shot, Matt Reeves and the rest of the production team are no strangers to deafening the odds that are stacked against them.