Jonathan Groff’s TV Show Cancelled
November 23 at 07:14PM EST by Beth Douglass
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| Photo Credit: Tim Klein for OUT Magazine |
Sad news for fans of Jonathan Groff (Jesse St. James). The Glee guest star’s new television show has been cancelled.
All this fall, Jonathan had a regular role on the Starz drama, Boss, which starred Kelsey Grammer as a scheming Chicago mayor suffering from a neurological disease that kept getting worse.
“After much deliberation, we have made the difficult decision to not proceed with Boss,” Starz said in a statement, via Entertainment Weekly. “We remain proud of this award-winning show, its exceptional cast and writers, and are grateful to Kelsey Grammer, Farhad Safinia and our partners at Lionsgate TV.”
The show, which earned Kelsey a Golden Globe but never really managed to excel in ratings or viewers, featured Jonathan as Ian, a calculating and power-hungry staffer working for Kelsey’s Mayor Kane. It was a “very sexual” role, and the sort of scenes Ian took part in would likely make even the new Rachel Berry blush ever-so-slightly.
We’re sad to see any project with Jonathan come to an end, but we can’t say we’re too upset to hear that this schedule just opened up. If Glee ever wanted to bring him back to Season 4 on a more long-term basis — you certainly wouldn’t hear us complain one bit!
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Nov 20 2012 12:00 PM ET
Starz fires 'Boss'
by James Hibberd
After two seasons on the air, the network has elected to conclude the drama series. Boss was critically well-regarded, though rather grim and low rated. It earned Grammer a Golden Globe for his portrayal of a vindictive Chicago Mayor who was increasingly impaired by a neurological disease.
“After much deliberation, we have made the difficult decision to not proceed with Boss,” the network said in a statement. “We remain proud of this award-winning show, its exceptional cast and writers, and are grateful to Kelsey Grammer, Farhad Safinia and our partners at Lionsgate TV.”
The first season averaged only 643,000 viewers for premiere episodes. The second season, which Starz ordered before the first season debuted, averaged 579,000. The move comes as Starz makes room for an unprecedented four original dramas on the air next year: Da Vinci’s Demons (first trailer here), the final season of Spartacus: War of the Damned, the second season of Magic City and new series The White Queen. The network also has pirate drama Black Sails coming in 2014.
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