“Lone Star” Cancelled
The first casuality of the new fall primetime lineup was revealed on Tuesday, and the news was not good for fans of the critically-hailed, but lowly-rated con series Lone Star.
Lone Star has been cancelled, effective immediately — and just two episodes into the show!
The FOX drama has the dubious distinction of becoming the first show of the new season to be axed, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed on Tuesday afternoon.
(Last year, it was The CW’s Ashton Kutcher-produced fashion-themed series A Beautiful Life that was the first show axed by the proverbial gullotine.)
Despite earning acclaim from critics, the series about Robert/Bob Allen (newcomer James Wolk) — a charismatic and brilliant Texas con man juggling double lives — averaged a humiliating 4.1 million viewers during last week’s series premiere. After ratings dipped to just 3.2 million for Monday’s sophomore outing, FOX decided to pull the plug, pronto.
Lone Star will be replaced with episodes of the procedural crime drama Lie to Me, which was due to return on Wednesdays in November.
Written by Castina on September 28th, 2010 | Tagged as: TV,TV News
On September 29th 2010, david wrote:
TV networks whine that viewers are deserting them, but they expect us to flock to every new show immediately — if we don’t, they pull it.
As long as they keep behaving like spoiled brats, they’ll keep losing viewers. Whatever happened to showing faith in a new show (not to mention showing respect for viewers, giving them a chance to sample all the new offerings and then make their selections)?
On September 29th 2010, Amanda wrote:
The second I saw this show and liked it and then saw it on Fox I knew it was a goner. Fox kills almost everything that’s good with the exception of House and Lie to Me. It’s what this Network does. This was about one of the only good new shows that started this season. Fox is basically like the booty call of all the networks. You an enjoy it on an occasion but you can’t expect to have any long term lasting relationship with it because it will always just let you down. Good one Fox. One word: Firefly.
On September 29th 2010, tania wrote:
i am so angry, they didn’t even give it a chance! i was hooked, and now i am pissed i don’t get to watch the remaining episodes!!!
On September 29th 2010, Patrick McBride wrote:
Too Funny! As soon as a heard the commercials stating “The most anticipated Drama of the Century” Hahaha!.. I knew it was a gonner! HAHAHAHAHA LMAO! I called it; What a fu@k!ng pointless show. HAHAHAHA!!!!!! ;)
On September 30th 2010, Jennifer wrote:
FOX cancels anything thats good, FOX only caters to the idiot couch potatoes of America.
On October 1st 2010, aleck wrote:
that the one thing i hate about fox, they are able to produce good shows but they put shows in bad time slots, F**K up the marketing and dont give them a chance.
On October 3rd 2010, Chris wrote:
that’s terrible.. just when the dad was about to get his hands dirty…. i really enjoyed the characters & story
On October 4th 2010, Summer wrote:
I think Lonester was a great show They should bring it back but they should put it on fridays That would be a better time slot for thing
On October 4th 2010, Ally wrote:
WHAT IS WRONG WITH FOX??? I love this show. I hate Fox they suck SOOO much for cancelling it, it was getting interesting, they just should have changed it’s air date!
That’s it I refuse to watch pilots on Fox, they don’t give their shows a chance. Another network needs to pick it up, I convinced my friends to watch it and now it’s GONE!
On October 4th 2010, Ally wrote:
Oh and FYI I hate Lie to Me! There’s no-one hot on that show!
On October 4th 2010, Jesse wrote:
Wow. Fox Network…you guys are morons. With Lonestar, you had a show that took 2 of the best characteristics from the hit show – Lost. You had the younger con man who has a few regrets…and you have the father con man who isn’t going to change. I was telling all of my friends about this show. You really should bring it back…give it a season and a summer of dvd sales to allow all of the LOST fans to get on board. You made a huge mistake. This was the best new show on tv.
On October 4th 2010, alli wrote:
This show would have been one of the most watched shows on tv, had it been given the chance. Fox does not know what they are going to be missing out on. They were gonna cancel prison break when it first aired, but then they decided to keep it. Im sure it paid off for them too. Lonestar was our new favorite show. My friends and i would meet up and watch it. Give it another shot, fox. When the new fall line up starts people are confused by it all for a while. Its gonna catch on…i guarantee it!
On October 4th 2010, Mary Ann wrote:
I completely agree with all the other comments– this show had such potential— I was so excited to see what happened. bummer.com… also don’t like Lie to Me at all. “Lonestar” was fun in a “Dallas” kindof way.
On October 4th 2010, Blake Wood wrote:
I LOVED LONE STAR!!!!! =[ FML
On October 4th 2010, vern wrote:
if ths show was on HBO it would be a hit and wnning emmy awards stupid fox “doh”
On October 4th 2010, vern wrote:
hello what kind of ratings were you exspecting putting it up against monday nite football hawaii 5 oh and the event all on same nite your not stealng any football fans except me or morons watching hawaii 5 oh liked the old show this one sucks and the event which personally is over hyped hysteria try it on another nite
On October 4th 2010, Gloria wrote:
Fox does this crap so much. Damn give a show a chance. I was hooked. told friends they should watch it but ooh 2 weeks in and its gone. wtf fox
On October 4th 2010, Dale wrote:
I rarely watch tv shows, and stick mostly to sports. But I do like to try a new show once in a while, and if I like it then I’ll DVR it. I don’t like watching a show that I’ve missed the beginning, or another season. Therefore I’m not going to watch Lie to Me, don’t care if its good or not.
I watched the first two episodes of Lonestar and was hooked, and then I couldn’t find it on ?!?
Stupid tv networks….. same thing with Merlin and Happy Town….. Why can’t the networks at least have the decency of moving the show to a less prime time slot ? If its 3pm or 3am, then at least I could DVR it…..
Oh well, NBA season starts on Oct 26th, so I’ll at least have basketball to watch again !
On October 4th 2010, sweet wrote:
hahahahahah this show was honestly the worst show ive ever seen… i see the previews and was like awesome new hit series right on after house… i watched the first ep and didnt like one character at all and the story was so dumb. So glad they canned it. boring, stupid, and not worth the time.
On October 4th 2010, Kat wrote:
sad. I didn’t see that it was cancelled until just now and I was literally crestfallen. I was looking forward to the third episode the most out of all my Monday night shows. They didn’t give it much of a chance, did they?
On October 4th 2010, Vestibule wrote:
Fox = one big commercial for stupidity…
The show was interesting… seemed to be developing nicely… and I was looking forward to the next one.
Just another reason to give up on cable… I watch what I want to watch, when I want to watch it on my TV via my computer…
On October 5th 2010, windy wrote:
Lone star would of shaped up to a awesome show 2 ep in I was hooked. I agree with everyone else on here it was placed in a wrong time slot Fridays would of been better
On October 14th 2010, eason wrote:
Man! I just knew the show got cancelled! I love the show! Why?!?!?!?!?
Come on FOX, put it back on! Not much viewer watch it the time you air, doesn’t mean no body watch it, is a different world now, understand???????
On November 1st 2010, Ernie wrote:
Scoundrels went out the same way. So who wants to see shows about bad people? Not many, obviously.
On November 27th 2010, MG wrote:
Lonestar just made me uncomfortable. We watched one episode and decided NO MORE! Maybe FOX got smart and decided not to glorify one more CON artist! With the lateset mortgage/financial issues, maybe we’ve just been conned too many times to make it entertaining!
On the other hand, I really like Lie to Me.