silverscreenselect wrote:CBS has cancelled its new reality series "Secret Talents of the Stars" in which C and D list celebrities showed off alleged talents in other areas after just one episode last Tuesday night. The show joins a rather select circle of nine other infamous one-show flops in television history.
For those who might want to guess, here's the other nine in a spoiler:
The others (in order of airing) are: You’re in the Picture (CBS: 1961), Turn-On (ABC: 1969), Co-Ed Fever (ABC: 1979), South of Sunset (CBS: 1993), Public Morals (CBS: 1996), Lawless (Fox: 1997), Dot Comedy (ABC: 2000), The Will (CBS: 2005) and Emily’s Reasons Why Not (ABC: 2006).
Shark will take its place at the end of the month.
In addition to "The Rich List" Wiki notes several other shows that may fit the bill as well although the reliability of Wiki is certainly questionable.
Comedians Unleashed
2002 Animal Planet's attempt to mimic Comedy Central's stand up comedy shows but with animal-themed jokes. The episode was rerun a few times before being removed from the programming lineup.[3] This is not to be confused with the 2006 syndicated series Comics Unleashed hosted by Byron Allen
The Debbie King Show
2007 quiz show on ITV Play with Debbie King, finished at 12:30 a.m., a few hours before the station's suspension, and was never restored during the station's limited service or since the station shut down eight days later.[citation needed]
Who's Whose?
1951 game show hosted by Phil Baker that aired on CBS. Four celebrity panelists tried to determine which of three contestants was married to a fourth contestant. This show was brought to the air on short notice to replace The Goldbergs, which was dropped when its creator Gertrude Berg refused to fire the blacklisted actor Philip Loeb. [11] There is some difference of opinion among published sources as to whether this show should be classified as a series [12] or a pilot. [13]
These two had remaining episodes burned off later so they may not count. But then so did "South of Sunset" according to Wiki and it was on the list above.
The Great Defender
1995 legal drama on Fox starring Michael Rispoli as a My Cousin Vinny type lawyer. The show aired opposite 60 Minutes and lasted literally 60 minutes. Fox burned off the remaining episodes in the summer.
Quarterlife
on-air version of the popular MySpace series that aired on NBC. The series was moved to NBC Universal sibling channel Bravo after the dismal reception of the premiere episode on Tuesday, February 26 2008. The remaining five episodes were aired "marathon"-style on March 9, 2008.[citation needed]
South of Sunset
1993 private detective show on CBS starring Glenn Frey of rock band The Eagles. This was the first U.S.-produced series to be canceled after one episode since 1969 and was heavily promoted during the World Series.[citation needed] The remaining five episodes eventually aired on the VH1 cable network a year later.
