Cancelled! - New Shows 2006-07 That Didn't Make the Cut

As we look at the new shows coming next season, why not also take a moment to look at those shows which, just a year ago, were hoping to be the next beloved 'must see' TV of 2006-07. Here is a list of just some of the many TV shows that were canceled this season.

Andy Barker, PI. Andy Barker was supposed to be Andy Richter's latest star vehicle, I guess. He starred in a Conan-produced series as a mild-mannered accountant who opens his own firm in a strip mall and falls into a PI job when a mysterious woman thinks he already is one. And...that's about all I saw of this show. One of the guys from Arrested Development co-starred, plus that old dude from Fargo. Everyone I know who say this show liked it. But in this case 'everyone' was just one person. Conan O'Brien reportedly blamed the bad ratings on NBC not promoting it as much as it could have. Me? I think they should have given it more of a chance like they did with 30 Rock. After all, we're talking about NBC, where the best rated show they have stars....Howie Mandel?

Raines. I miss this show already. Raines, an LAPD Homicide cop, saw figments of dead people as he tried to solve their murders. Sound weird? It kind of was, and so was he, but it was funny as anything with Jeff Goldblum in the lead- tall, dark, and dry. And nuts. There was also a good supporting cast - Matt Craven, Madeleine Stowe, Linda Park, Nicole Sullivan, and Malik Yoba. What was really standout, I thought, was the show's use of L.A. locales. It really felt like it was in L.A. - more so than, say, The Closer or The Shield. Alas, Raines ended up going down the drain, maybe due to the timeslot (Fridays, eesh...) or the glut of other cop shows and talking to dead people shows.

The Class. "If you like Jason Ritter in Joan Of Arcadia, you'll hate him in this derivative, over-populated CBS sitcom starring a cast of archetypes acting out predictable coupling-up storylines while prat falling and making non-funny jokes." Well, no wonder The Class got canceled, if they're going to advertise it like that...

DayBreak. Personally, I don't know if I'll ever get over UPN canceling Taye Diggs 2005-06 series Kevin Hill without reuniting the main character with his adopted baby daughter. But this year, Diggs, star of stage and screen, had a whole other show to watch get canned by the network. DayBreak was a mix of Groundhog Day and 24. Diggs played a man on the run for a crime he didn't commit. As the same day played over and over, he tried to collect more information to clear his name and save his life. Or something.

The Winner. What could be funnier than Daily Show star correspondent Rob Courdrry starring as a 30-something manchild still living on his parents couch and hanging out with a 12-year-old buddy? Well, if it's this particular version of the story, just about anything could be funny. Courdrry is funny, but, alas, like most Fox sitcoms, this show was not.

Wedding Bells. David E. Kelley created this show about sisters/wedding planners. It was universally panned and not really watched. Why would someone get the chance to create a TV show and then just phone it in? Oh, I know, because that someone is David Kelley and he's already done like ten billion shows and has probably ten billion dollars in the bank. I wouldn't be surprised if he turned in scripts in crayon. I would.

The Black Donnellys. Paul Haggis won an Oscar for Crash. But this series, about a family of tough guy Irish-American brothers in New York, was more of a return to his TV roots, where he co-created the quality series Walker Texas Ranger. I can't say I saw one second of this show, so I shouldn't judge it- only relate that the critics smacked it up side the head and the rating stunk. Guess it was less 'Crash' more crash and burn.