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All Cancelled

Prime Time is precarious and at any time the top shows can be cruelly yanked from glory by an audience's hand (or euthanized by their own creators). These series all had their moment in the sun, and now serve as milestones of Prime Time's past.

Me and My Cat

Screening vets Jess Lane and Ed Mundy team up with a show that's a little like Mister Wizard, if Mister Wizard was a precocious little girl with a gigantic cat and a harried mother. A three vote difference left them out of the Prime Time lineup in November.

First screened: 2008-09-16 at New York TV Festival

Last screened: 2008-11-03 at Pianos


 

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Mister Glasses

Created by Mitch Magee

Gorgeous black and white photography, a character obsessed with modernist architecture...what's not to like? Mister Glasses left Prime Time without firing a shot in November, leaving behind a moody, AMC-like 8-episode run.

First screened: 2007-11-05 at Tribeca Cinemas

Last screened: 2008-11-03 at Pianos


 

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Majestic Dragon

This Victor Vazquez/Jordan Fish collaboration - long known for its distinctive animation and voice work (and infectious theme song) - suffered cancellation at the hands of 101ny's New York TV Festival audience, but will remain a highlight of the '08 season.

First screened: 2008-02-05 at Pianos

Last screened: 2008-09-16 at New York TV Festival


 

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The Outer Boroughs

Created by Eugene Lehnert

The show about strange goings-on on New York's periphery couldn't hang on to its Prime Time slot in a month that saw several surprising results, but hopefully Lehnert, Holmes and company will be back with a new pilot shortly.

First screened: 2008-07-07 at Pianos

Last screened: 2008-09-16 at New York TV Festival


 

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Trillions

Created by Margo Passalaqua, Stephen Soroka, Stephen Soroka, Margo Passalaqua

Trillions, the soap opera about ultra rich globe trekkers, fell one vote short of Prime Time with its second offering.

First screened: 2008-05-05 at Pianos

Last screened: 2008-07-07 at Pianos


 

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Mopper's Closet

Created by Ken Kocses

In May's screening, the audience put Ken Kocses, Christie Brown and company back in the closet. Hopefully they'll bust out with more of their handiwork in July.

First screened: 2008-04-08 at Pianos

Last screened: 2008-05-05 at Pianos


 

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Beyond Fact

Created by Craig Rowin, Rory Panagotopulos, Damian Chadwick

First time submitters Damian Chadwick, Rory Panagotopulos, Craig Rowin and co. crashed prime time with this mock doc about conspiracy theories and the theorists that love them, but the audience didn't show quite enough love for episode 2. Corporate sponsorship backlash, or coordinated electioneering campaign? We smell a conspiracy!

First screened: 2008-03-04 at Pianos

Last screened: 2008-04-08 at Pianos


 

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Police Procedures: NYC Casting

PP: NYCC, the show that, well, explored the casting dilemmas of a CSI-style drama, turned in perhaps their best effort yet in March '08, then followed up with a successful bid for self-cancellation. Good luck with the NY Television Festival, fellas.

First screened: 2007-10-01 at Tribeca Cinemas

Last screened: 2008-04-08 at Pianos


 

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Welcome To Our House

Created by Julie Klausner, Jackie Clarke

Julie Klausner and Jackie Clarke mined parody gold from the vein of one seriously cheesy '80s video for five fun episodes, but elected to self-cancel at the March '08 screening without making a sixth.

First screened: 2007-06-04 at Tribeca Cinemas

Last screened: 2008-03-04 at Pianos


 

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Video Shmideo

Created by Yang Miller, Ali Reza

The story of Alan Zick, the proprietor of a "60/40 video store," his employees and porn-hound customers. Video Shmideo limped into 2008 and collapsed, completing an impressive seven episode run (and freeing creators Yang Miller and Ali Reza for their next project).

First screened: 2007-03-26 at Tribeca Cinemas

Last screened: 2008-02-05 at Pianos


 

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Earth vs. Bird

Created by Matt Vermeulen, Dan Greeney

We may never know whether mankind wins out against the ever-present threat of birds, since the audience sent this show packing in November.

First screened: 2007-10-01 at Tribeca Cinemas

Last screened: 2007-11-05 at Tribeca Cinemas


 

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Commercial Time

Created by Kristof Ruzics, Richard Moreno

Newcomers Kristof Ruzics and Richard Moreno hit Prime Time with this send-up of ultra low budget ads, but once to the well was enough for the 102 audience in November.

First screened: 2007-08-29 at Tribeca Cinemas

Last screened: 2007-10-01 at Tribeca Cinemas


 

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Cover Me

Created by Tom Bartos

A cover band is tormented by the whims of a magic talking song book. After tripping to a flipside dimension and raising the stakes, a busy month for creator Tom Bartos and company forces a self-cancellation.

First screened: 2007-04-30 at Anthology Film Archives

Last screened: 2007-10-01 at Tribeca Cinemas


 

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God's Weatherman

Created by Peter Holmes

God gives a local weatherman flawless forecasts in exchange for a few favors. Peter Holmes and company pulled out the stops for a special effects laden third episode, but not even a trip to hell and a duel with the devil could save God's Weatherman from cancellation.

First screened: 2007-04-30 at Anthology Film Archives

Last screened: 2007-08-29 at Tribeca Cinemas


 

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The F.N.G.R.

Created by Nick Gibbons

After just two months in the spotlight, Nick Gibbons decided his cop caper needed to end, despite what the audience may have thought. F.N.G.R., we'll miss you... and we'll look forward to your next show (as well as the episodes you wrote for a certain Cartoon Network show).

First screened: 2007-03-26 at Tribeca Cinemas

Last screened: 2007-06-04 at Tribeca Cinemas


 

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