ABC has canceled three of its shows: Eli Stone, Pushing Daisies and Dirty Sexy Money.
The network is not ordering more episodes of the three series, though it will complete production and air all produced episodes of each.
Behind the scenes, ABC officials insisted "the door was still open" on all three shows, but those who toiled on the shows began the process of letting go.
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ABC rebounded quickly and announced the following additions to its midseason lineup.
"Scrubs," which ABC bought after NBC canceled it during what was supposed to be its last season, will premiere with back-to-back episodes on Jan. 6 beginning at 9 p.m.
"Life on Mars" will move to Wednesday nights beginning Jan. 28 at 10 p.m. in the slot after "Lost," which premieres on Jan. 21 with a three-hour event.
"Private Practice," will move to Thursdays beginning Jan. 8 at 10 p.m., airing after the show that gave it its life, "Grey's Anatomy."
It's a shame about Eli Stone which was growing on us, especially after Sigourney Weaver joined the show to play an angel who represents God. It really helped to finally understand what exactly was going on with Eli's visions. Although when Victor Garber's character (sorry, he'll always be SpyDaddy from Alias to us) fired all the paying clients we were kind of horrified. But now it's gone. Pushing Daisies was just too quirky for network television -- it would have done better on cable.
We like Life on Mars, which we've been watching on Hulu when we're supposed to be working. It's weird and wonderful and the lead has George Clooney's voice. Maybe he's a distant cousin? Because if you close you're eyes, that's Clooney talking. Not that we close our eyes while we watch TV, because that would be silly.
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