'Life' is over

No big surprise here. NBC has officially cancelled the wry Damian Lewis cop series. It's too bad, because "Life" had a lot of promise. But the network gave the show two seasons, and it never caught on, and the scripts were uneven -- even while Lewis was consistently excellent. That's the way TV works, alas.
Meanwhile, NBC is still pondering the fates of "Chuck," "My Name Is Earl," "Medium," and "Law & Order," while it has renewed "Heroes," "Parks and Recreation," "Southland," "Friday Night Lights," "30 Rock," "The Office," "The Biggest Loser," "Celebrity Apprentice," and "Law & Order: SVU" (with or without Christopher Meloni and Mariska Hargitay, who are currently holding out for raises).
Also, NBC is planning to bring back the Thursday prime time version of "Weekend Update" from "Saturday Night Live" that it ran last fall, before the presidential election. "SNL" alums and current NBC stars Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are both expected to show up as guests.



Bring back Chuck!
Damn I liked Life. And SVU without Merloni and Hargitay would not be worth watching.
I will miss "Life" and the very talented Damian Lewis. NBC switched nights too often at the beginning of the series, then would not run enough episodes in a row to allow a fan base to grow. It was well written and well acted, a show for grown-ups.
Life should move to USA
I agree Life was a very well written and acted show, Damian Lewis was amazing. My problem this season was the odd story lines they used to get around his partner's real life pregnancy. The same thing happened with How I Met Your Mother this season, I was so distracted by Lilli and then Robin's bellies I could hardly pay attention to the show.
It's misleading to say that the stars of SVU are "holding out" that implies they have a contract and are sitting out until they get more money, when in fact their contracts are up and they are negotiating together for a raise.
"Life" is worth renewing! Every quality show gets the axe!
I'm sad that this show is over. It was a great cop show and a lot better than any of the CSI's or Law and Order's. It gave you more to think about, was funny and I thought the characters were great.
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Life was never terribly compelling to me. But Chuck, that's another story.
$5 footlongs, baby!
SAVE CHUCK!!
I liked Life, but thankfully the season finale, now the series finale, answered much of the series long mysteries. Now Damian Lewis can find a new project with which to impress.
I Love my name is Earl. Am I the only one?
Hope Chuck is renewed but in a deifferent time slot where it will be watched reather than DVR'd or watched in streaming vid. Law & Order is aways fresh with a twist. Another fav. Wife likes Medium. Earl was fun but jumped the shark when Earl went to jail and we haven't watched it since.
I hope they bring back Chuck and Medium. Both are favorites of mine!
this is a real bummer. i loved this show. i was hoping that nbc might move it over to USA for next season. it would have fit perfectly in their "characters welcome" lineup. also, a big thank you to the writers for seeing the writing on the wall and giving the series a satisfying conclusion.
Chuck is so much fun....hope they bring it back for another run.
So annoying. What are we going to add to the lineup, ANOTHER STUPID REALITY JOKE SHOW? I am so sick of TV not being worth anything anymore. It used to be fun to watch shows that were quality. I remember the days of Laverne and Shirley following Happy Days, and that was in the 70's. But the 90's and now are just a wasteland of gameshows that are ridiculous and shows like Dancing with the Stars, Survivor and all that junk. I only watch NESN for the baseball, and TLC and the History Channel other than PBS. Network TV is done.
I really liked Life...anytime a good show comes on they get rid of it. Please bring it back!
Chuck is great and should defiantly be brought back. Parks and recreations on the the other hand is awful which was a big disapointment
Life was good until the last few shows. I hated the twists to get his partner out of the picture because she was pregnant. I never watched Chuck after the first episode. I can't stand Medium. I wish Patricia Arquette would get braces! I'm so excited that Friday night lights will be back for two more seasons! And Southland has been terrific so far.
Chuck!! it's the best and needs to stay for next year
Life - we need more whimsey. Paging USA!
LOVE Medium! They can't cancel it. Chuck, Life and Medium, all "different" shows....Seems like mainstream can't handle too much with an edge. Wouldn't want to offend anyone who sits in a box labeled "typical cop/lawyer show" or, god forbid, the genius's who enjoy "reality" television. Yeah, cater to those winners.
Save CHUCK!
Keep Chuck!!!!
"Parks & Rec"???? Really?!? It's a comic wreck.
One of the reasons I hoped Life would be back was because they had to change thing around the second part of the season to accommodate the actress who played Reese's pregnancy so the last 6 episodes were out of whack hiding her away and getting a replacement. It's like it was a different show when she was gone.
The writing was on the wall though when they rewrote the season finale to wrap stuff up and not have a cliffhanger.
Life is my favorite show. Please somebody, pick it up and I'll watch your station.
Don't get rid of a fabulous show.
NBC does this to me every few years. They hype a show and then after a year or so they pull the rug right out from under me. I hate them
GET A LIFE!
Bring back My Name Is Earl!
Bring back Chuck
Life was a great show. Very well written. Much better than that mind numbing reality crap. Please move it to USA and keep it on a regular night.
I'm going to miss Life. If Chuck gets cancelled I will officially not watch anything on NBC. Life and Chuck were my two favorite shows and now that life is gone...
I can't believe they would renew the awful Celebrity Apprentice and consider not renewing Medium. I don't know what Medium's ratings are, but that's possibly my favorite show of all time, and I will be so sad when it ends, which will hopefully not be for a while.
What a shame!! No more Charlie and Ted ... Life became a "must-watch" in our house and we just love the Charlie Crews character. Hopefully we'll be seeing Damian Lewis in another great series real soon! He was awesome in Band of Brother and delivered another likable (lovable) character in Life. Hats off to Lewis!!
they should bring Life back as a series of TV movies. One or two a year that could help clear up the central mystery and still provide quirky cases.
The Life you can hold on to is not the true Life.
I'm sad to see the show go. I looked forward to every episode.
I am mourning the loss of "Life". Such a well-written, articulate, quirky, funny, serious, intense show certainly deserves better treatment than it has received. Please USA, add Charlie Crews to your list of "Characters Welcome." All of us frustrated, former NBC watchers will gladly click over to you. Damian Lewis has changed the angst-driven detective genre forever! Thank you Mr. Lewis for your genius. Look forward to seeing new things from you, if USA doesn't pick up Life.
A 'Bring back Life' campaign has been started.
Go to twitter.com and tweet #bringbacklife and also tweet to @USA_Network that it will be a perfect fit for their network.
This is why I honestly don't watch 'new, quirky' network shows. Because the networks never stand by them. I watch a few standard hits like The Office and 30 Rock and SVU, other than that I'm watching cable shows since they're more interesting and have more longevity in general. Network tv's new shows are just doomed for either disappointment or cancellation, the end. There's always an instant where I go 'oh wow that sounds really unique abc' and then I come to my senses, realize it'll be canceled the second I get into it, and don't even watch. I'm always right too. Networks keep garbage like According to Jim, but won't stand by actual decent shows, AND THEY NEVER WILL. Too risky for them.
I have already emailed NBC but want to post my thoughts here as well. Are the NBC Execs nuts!!!?!?!?! Are they all 12 - 22 year old morons? They must be, to think that their audience really wants 5 nights a week, in prime time, of Jay Leno!!! Please, I never watched him on The Tonight Show and guess what, I won't be watching his "new" show. And don't even get me started on the so-called 'reality' shows - any INTELLIGENT person knows that they are anything BUT reality. All they do is teach the audience that it's okay to give voice to their anger and engage in totally unsociable behavior. I know I'm not the only one out here that is sick to death of the garbage that is now called "entertainment! Not that they care, but they've lost another audience member. Thank God for TNT, USA and Fox or I would cancel Cable and go the the library and book stores for good reading material!!
A 'Bring back Life' campaign has been started.
Go to twitter.com and tweet #bringbacklife and also tweet to @USA_Network that it will be a perfect fit for their network.
The pace and tone of LIfe made it my favorite late night show. Intelligent, witty and engaging.. this is terribly news :(
NBC should save a lot of time and just let me watch all of their new shows before they put them on TV. If I like the show they will know to not put money into it. If I hate the show then NBC will think they will make millions on it. NBC you have disappointed me for the last time. I don't know why I gave you another chance with Life. You have made me a fool for the last time.
Move Life to USA! I hope they don't introduce more reality crap shows. Also Save Chuck!
And SVU without Stabler and Benson would be unwatchable
Not only did NBC cancel one of my favorites, Life, but it is making us wait for news on Chuck. How mean can one network be?? I suppose I shouldn't expect anything else from a network that puts all of it's eggs in the Howie Mandel/Jay Leno basket. I suppose I will read more now that so much TV time is full of it. Maybe USA will hear our pleas and adopt our favorite detective pairing, Crews and Reese!
GOD!! now theres nothing on tv to fullfil my pupils. damn i hate nbc.
Save Earl and Chuck! They are both great fun shows filled with originality and excitement. Plus Earl needs to finish his list!
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NBC move Life to USA if you don't want it. They have better shows anyway so it will be a good fit.
I think its kind of stupid even after a week has gone by that they cancel this brilliantly made show. Just goes to show that NBC doesn't know how to keep their viewers. I hope USA network picks up life it'll be a real shame to see this show be gone forever. It just open a new door in its finale...its needs season 3 to be told!
the people at NBC have decided to end this great and wonderful show. If you are like me and you love this show then just go here
www.damianlewisweb.com/bringbacklife/
to try and save it and bring it to USA were they say characters are welcomed. please re post the link were you can
Life, Chuck & Medium - GREAT Shows.
Earl, Office, 30 Rocks - Suck
Bring Life back or I ditch NBC entirely. You don't go around canceling outstanding, well liked shows unless you want to kill your network because people WILL stop watching, like myself and many others have said.
I daresay Life was the only NBC show I watched over the last two years. But the call here for USA to pick it up seems problematical to me. It ain't a 'character' show, like 'Psych' or 'Monk', but it's more in the line of 'Mad Men'- as it has a unique spin on what it means to be a cop. So, my vote is for Bravo to pick it up.
I know the Boston Globe had nothing to do with the cancelation of Life, but, it only ran for a season and a half. (Stupid writers strike) Damn good show..... Look forward to the next project of Damian Lewis......
I LOVED Life! It just makes me sick that they are canceling it. While Heroes, which I liked in the beginning, has become so outrageous that if I do watch it is simply to make fun of it. Go figure. Maybe some other smart network will see Life's potential and pick it up.
BRING BACK LIFE! Pisssss off NBC for cancelling this show. I loved the character dynamics. No need to watch NBC EVER!
well except for sunday night football on occasion, Now that LIFE is canceled I do not have to watch NBC any more. NBC must stand for the NoBody Cares for good shows network. Maybe they should hire some CBS exec.'s to pick their programing.
Life is such an intelligent show. Damian Lewis is wonderful, as are all the cast. It's the right mix of drama, humor, mystery and intelligence. This is yet another bad decision by NBC, much like when they cancelled "Studio 60" which was by far one of their more intelligent pieces of work.
Now aside from "intelligent", I abolutely LOVE "My Name is Earl". It was funny, simple but consistent.
Both of these shows should be picked up by other networks. NBC doesn't seem to care about viewers any longer.
I hope that USA Network will be smart and pick up this wonderfully written and fun show. It never had a chance on NBC, the whole first season was shortened by the strike and they NEVER ran any re-runs that those who missed it at first could watch again. I've recommended the show to 5 friends who all rented the first season, and now all 5 of them are/were religious watchers of the show. If USA Network wanted to test the waters, they should put the show on a weekend marathon of season 1 and see what the numbers come back as. Maybe then they could make a very well informed decision to give the show a real shot to show what it could do.
PLEASE NBC, MOVE LIFE TO USA! It would WORK there!
NBC can have their precious Jay Leno 10 PM show every night, but they need to move Life to USA. I'll be more than happy to no longer tune into NBC. Life was what brought me back to NBC, and now I have no reason to stay.
now life is what we want
I give up on NBC. I don't want to watch anything ever again. I can't believe they canceled LIFE. What a unique, engaging, well written show with excellent actors. The audience was just beginning to get attached to them. It had the potential for a long run. LIFE should move to USA.
Why do they seem to get rid of all the great shows? This is too bad.
PLEASE BRING BACK LIFE!
"Life" was the only reason I watched NBC. I guess they really enjoy being at the bottom of the network heap...
NBC = nothing but crap. You morons at nothing but crap wouldn't know a good show if it was the only damn thing on any network. Who cares about all this pseudo-reality crap. And jay leno? Puh-leez!!! New reason to start going to be early. You go from moronic comedies that assault my sense of humour (They are just so stupid there is no humour in them), to insulting my intelligence with all these "reality" shows. Gimme a break. Better yet; Let me give you one. So long "nothing but crap". I'd rather watch the History channel. At least I know where they stand. For now at least.
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