Why do so many US series get cancelled and leave us dangling?

[NoMarymary]

Where has Once Upon A Time Gone?
Thirteenth floor cancelled.
Dracula cancelled
Penny dreadful cancelled.
Fast forward (which was a brilliant idea and well acted)

I am sure there are tons more. I now rarely bother with US series!

I think they are so keyed into making money they stretch out a good idea forever in case it's a hit and when it's not as popular as it should be they cancel. Much better idea to compress the idea into a brief series (note Sherlock) rather the this TV teasing.

Revolution. also made by the Lost people. It wasn't great but it stopped on a massive cliff hanger.

And I loved Heroes.

I'm also about Dallas.

Noelle was it shown in the UK I searched for it for ages as we knew it was coming back but never found it?

wakeywakeyteaandcakey I thought Ugly Betty ended properly after many series?
I liked Tru Calling too.

The Riches was also good and cancelled halfway through a series.

Heroes was great when it started but it just lost its way. I wasn't surprised when they cancelled it. It was like the writers hadn't planned that far ahead and were making it up as they went along.

I know its not cancelled in the US but I am missing supernatural.

I can't believe no one has mentioned deadwood. I for one am still grieving.

Firefly such a travesty
Moonlight a great vampire story only one season!!! And Fast Forward, why do they stop making them and carry on with rubbish programmes?

Oh and was it Everwood or Evergreen? Ended abruptly too.

Once is still on. Penny Dreadful will be back for season 2 too.

All 7 seasons of Recue Me are on Netflix now. It did disappear from Sky rather abruptly.

Tru Calling, Dead Like Me and Firefly

shakes fist at stupid networks

Another for Carnivale here - dark, spooky, fantastic acting, beautifully made and cancelled after two series with a massive cliffhanger! I'm still cross about that.

And yy to Firefly. Simply having Serenity does not make up for it, especially as Nathan Fillion is now looking not nearly so hot in Castle.

We missed the end of series three of Once so we're about to start it again on Netflix and hope they start showing it again on terrestrial tv at some point.

I may just delete Penny Dreadful from my sky box now I know it's been cancelled - I forgot I'd series linked it and noticed it there (way down the list!) two nights back.

I'm so glad I didn't bother with the US version of Life On Mars- it lost viewers and was canned after one season with a ridiculously dreadful finale, apparently.

Part of the problem is that they use teams of writers who work on the hoof, rather than sticking with one auteur with a particular vision. They are too tied to ratings and immediate audience responses, so nothing is allowed to develop properly.

Whisk Penny Dreadful will be back in 2015 for season 2. I just watched a trailer promoting it.

Ooooh ok dillite!

Maybe I won't delete it then - I might get round to watching it at some point

Pan am

Deadwood - I loved it and they just ended it after three series. Same re Firefly, Tru calling and Carnivale - beyond irritating that they were cancelled.

Deadwood was brilliant. It did end properly though, it wasn't left hanging. There was talk of a film, but it didn't come off .

I really liked Brothers and Sisters!'

I was really sad when the plug got pulled on Studio 60.

Carnivale finished up in a shorter third season.

Coco dont have Netflix sadly.

YY to Ringer rightsaidthread, was gripping and then a shit last episode.

I liked studio 60 too

I loved Glory Daze too! I was gutted when it was cancelled after one season.

Chicago Code was another one that went after a season, which I don't understand because everyone I know loved it!