15 TV Shows That Just Got Cancelled

13. Rise

Rise Josh Radnor
NBC

NBC had high hopes when Rise debuted, with a strong premiere thanks to a lead-in from the Winter Olympics, but the ratings instead continued to fall week-after-week.

The high-school musical comedy, which starred HIMYM's Josh Radnor and was created by Friday Night Light's Jason Katims, received mixed reviews and couldn't find a major audience, with fewer than a million viewers on average among 18-49-year-olds, although its overall ratings (over 4m) meant a cancellation wasn't nailed on.

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NCTJ-qualified journalist. Most definitely not a racing driver. Drink too much tea; eat too much peanut butter; watch too much TV. Sadly only the latter paying off so far. A mix of wise-old man in a young man's body with a child-like wonder about him and a great otherworldly sensibility.