ew.com has announced that USA has decided against ordering more episodes of Political Animals. I never watch any of USA shows because they are all the same...this one was different. Guess i'll go back to not watching USA.
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Ho ktm444,
Sorry about this but not surprised. I wish all the actors well in their future endeavors.
Very disappointing news.
As a non-American I would like to ask - apart from the financial considerations, why is such a good series cancelled? And if it didn't succeed, then why? Why do all the "vampires and walking dead" type programmes run for years and a superior production like this is cancelled?
Hi ruth44,
It's competition was The Newsroom and also real political news. I think Political Animals might have done well a few years ago, but in such a polarized political environment the viewers simply weren't there. It never found the audience it deserved which is sad.
i enjoyed the show although it was just 6 episodes
and it was kind-of strange that any company would plan for a show to have just 6 episodes and left hanging
complete waste of money and talent
but then again, this is us of a
what i don't get is, as mentioned by ruth44
why walking dead etc has people watching, yet political animals has little audience? so little that producers prefer to shut it down and invest in other shows/
the newsroom get renewed? i did not like it
Well there are a lot of factors that come into play when shows are up for renewal or cancellation.
Obviously the ratings play a huge part, but also the cost of production, availability of the cast and crew, etc.
This show was created and promoted as a 6 Part Miniseries event. It was never guaranteed to continue on past those 6 episodes but because it received good reviews and it brought some critical cache to the USA Network, it was put into consideration for another season.
It does little to compare this show to the Walking Dead. For one, the Walking Dead does extremely well in the ratings (i think about 10 million or more compared to 2+ million for Political Animals). Also the Walking Dead is on AMC on a different night. And obviously the subject matter is completely different.
Zombies are inherently a more exciting premise that politics.
Now, the Newsroom on HBO doesn't have the same criteria for renewal. For one, its on HBO and ratings aren't as big a factor as they are for broadcast networks. Cable usually is generally more lenient when it comes to giving a show time to breathe and find an audience.
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Too bad, maybe they could do a TV movie to tie up the loose ends, I would hate for even a fictional United States to be stuck with President Collier.
shareman... i wish it would continue, i mean it wasnt perfect but i enjoyed it, and the actors were treasure to television.
they always cancell good shows for no appearant reason...
Just when I got hooked on the show! The show obviously had endless possibilities of great plot lines. I hope the network people would change their minds.
shareAnd another great show gets axed before it really gets a chance to shine.
It is simply amazing to me that did was one the USA network to start with. All my friends try to sell me on suits be honestly USA network shows just feel to fake for me.And i tried watching Psych but it really not take at all.Perhaps i should give Covert affairs as shot but i am not holding my hopes up.
Why didn't Showtime pick this up. Could have sort of worked as a counter balance against The Newsroom (which is pretty amazing).
I personally feel that Showtime needs a bit of a quality injection on the politcal issue front. Do not get me wrong Homeland is amazing but hardly enough.
And the secret history of the USA isn't really doing it for me either.
I liked it, but it's nowhere near as good as The Newsroom and there are only so many people out there who will watch political type shows.
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