CBS Cancels "BrainDead"

[JamesG]

"BrainDead" Canceled at CBS
by Lesley Goldberg
10/18/16


CBS has canceled dramas "BrainDead" and "American Gothic" after one season each, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Of the network's three summer 2016 dramas, only the previously renewed "Zoo" will return.

"BrainDead" marked the first post-"The Good Wife" series for showrunners Robert and Michelle King. The Washington, D.C.-set political horror satire was averaging a dismal 0.4 among adults 18-49 — with seven days of DVR.





The drama, produced in-house at CBS Television Studios, where the Kings are under a rich overall deal, starred Elizabeth Winstead, Danny Pino, Tony Shalhoub and Aaron Tveit and was picked up straight to series as part of CBS' summer model.

After launching with a massive marketing push, the series debuted to just under 5 million live-same-day viewers in June before finishing its run in September with half the viewership.





The move comes after CBS All Access recently announced that the Kings will serve as showrunners on "The Good Wife" spinoff after the duo initially wanted to take a backseat on the digital platform's follow-up drama.

The decision to cancel "BrainDead" was further complicated by CBS' SVOD deal with Amazon, which has rights to one summer scripted entry per year through 2018.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/liv...eled-at-939084

[AB]

I actually liked BrainDead, it was a funny, political, sci-fi drama. They just needed a couple of Donald & Hillary look-a-likes to make it even funnier.

[robyrob]

Braindead was actually a pretty good show - just a bad time for it to air.

not sure why they picked up Zoo though, that show was unwatchable.

[dwayne99]

That sucks! They canceled it...