Anchorwoman.

Wow! After only one back to back showings of this show, Fox gives it the ax. Although the show wasn't great, I thought it was interesting in that it gave a usually un-seen view of local television news. My only guess for it's abrupt cancellation (which was fast, even for Fox), is that Fox took such a Bath on "On the Lot", that the execs decided to immediately cut bait.

I will say this, it's getting to where I'm uneasy about giving attention to ANY new show on Fox anymore. I'm getting real tired of investing into a show, only to have the rug yanked out from underneath.

Didn't watch Anchorwoman, and didn't intend to... but the point you're making is correct- Fox Continues to Be Brutal With Cancellations!

I think most reasonable viewers have given up trying to figure out Fox :(

I agree, FOX needs to take a chance on some of their new shows and give them a chance to succeed.

Anchorwoman one of the dumbest shows ever on Fox, even with tons of promotion the show managed only 2.5 million viewers.

RIP.

I think they are offering a few more shows on the web for people that have nothing better to do with their life.

I doubt that anyone will be mourning the demise of 'Anchorwoman' the way they mourned, say, 'Firefly'. Fox makes a ton of bad programming decisions. Green-lighting 'Anchorwoman' was one of them; canceling it quickly was not.

I doubt that anyone will be mourning the demise of 'Anchorwoman' the way they mourned, say, 'Firefly'. Fox makes a ton of bad programming decisions. Green-lighting 'Anchorwoman' was one of them; canceling it quickly was not.

True. However, 'Anchorwoman' it'self really isn't the point. It's just the latest offering by Fox that was immediately and unmercilessly dumped. I'm still smarting from Drive, Wonderfalls, and of course Firefly... just to name a few. Frankly, HBO hasn't been treating shows much better as of late. Deadwood, Carnival, Rome... all three great shows cancelled way too early. Of course, at least HBO lets the entire season run before hacking away.

I predict this is only going to get worse.

I for one will not be watching any new shows on Fox this season until they've been on the air for at least five weeks until I know they might stick around. That will be a double edged sword, because the more viewers who follow suit, the less ratings they'll have.

Fox have only themselves to blame at this point.

Absolutely - this is only the tip of the iceberg. Over the next few seasons, more and more networks are going to start playing "fast and loose" with their new properties.

Broadcasters are very fearful of web content pulling eyeballs away from the TV, so they're only willing to support shows that are the best of the best. Other networks haven't cancelled as fast as Fox has in recent years, but they do tend to bounce shows around from timeslot to timeslot, which effectively kills them for all but the most die-hard viewers.

All the major networks have at least one cable affiliate at this point, so it would be nice to see some of these shows sent over there if they fail on network. Often times, a terrible broadcast audience equals a huge cable audience.

Of course, I'm speaking in general here - Anchorwoman was god awful, and didn't have a chance anywhere. (Although, I attribute part of its poor initial showing to bad marketing. It was never fully explained to the viewer at large if this was a reality show, a show based on reality, or just a scripted show. So, it never identified with a particular audience.)