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ABC Exterminates
LIFE ON MARS!!

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ABC has announced that its generally crappy and ratings-challenged sci-fi cop series “Life On Mars” won’t get a second season.

The good news for fans is the network is letting the show’s producers end with an episode explaining how the lead character, a 2008 cop, wound up in 1973.

(SPOILER!! In the British version of “Life On Mars,” the cop wakes up from a coma in the final episode, but discovers he liked it better in 1973 and decides to commit suicide – which somehow returns him to the past.)

“Mars” producers Josh Appelbaum, Andre Nemec and Scott Rosenberg, who were also behind ABC’s horrible “October Road,” will turn their attention to the ABC pilot “Happy Town.”

Find all of Variety’s story on the matter here.




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FIRST!
by rookie116
Mar 2nd, 2009
10:38:16 PM
Good. Who wants to relive the ugly decade of the 70's?
by Iron-kong
Mar 2nd, 2009
10:38:44 PM
WHAT?
by lockesbrokenleg
Mar 2nd, 2009
10:42:03 PM
Maybe now Imperioli can go do a Sopr...oh wait...nvm.
by Shermdawg
Mar 2nd, 2009
10:42:51 PM
You just can't beat the original...
by Kelvington
Mar 2nd, 2009
10:43:54 PM
How about we just do a cop show with Keitel and Imperitolli
by cookylamoo
Mar 2nd, 2009
10:44:44 PM
Thank God
by Grievey
Mar 2nd, 2009
10:53:11 PM
just watched the pilot
by Mr_X
Mar 2nd, 2009
11:00:20 PM
The nanobots and Obama references were cool
by Maxer
Mar 2nd, 2009
11:05:42 PM
"Generally crappy"?
by Barrymore Yorke
Mar 2nd, 2009
11:12:13 PM
This is good news.
by LoneGun
Mar 2nd, 2009
11:13:02 PM
Send Mars Bars to ABC
by lockesbrokenleg
Mar 2nd, 2009
11:15:42 PM
shitty remake
by wash
Mar 2nd, 2009
11:16:09 PM
Journeyman was far superior to that shit
by Lamerz
Mar 2nd, 2009
11:27:51 PM
American remakes...
by BiggusDickus
Mar 2nd, 2009
11:28:35 PM
It's revealed that he is a Journeyman
by spacechampion
Mar 2nd, 2009
11:30:55 PM
Melvin it can't be done...
by MurderMostFowl
Mar 2nd, 2009
11:38:10 PM
So the end of the UK show is the end of Somewhere in Time?
by Zardoz
Mar 2nd, 2009
11:48:24 PM
@ BiggusDickus
by Cartman86
Mar 3rd, 2009
12:11:23 AM
A Missed Opportunity
by Steve Young
Mar 3rd, 2009
12:12:40 AM
"generally crappy"?
by Jardinier
Mar 3rd, 2009
12:16:01 AM
I really liked the acting on this show
by buffywrestling
Mar 3rd, 2009
12:17:37 AM
Melvin Pelvis....
by Uncle Pooky
Mar 3rd, 2009
12:31:15 AM
actually this was pretty decent
by oisin5199
Mar 3rd, 2009
12:31:24 AM
Keitel Killed This Show.
by g0dai
Mar 3rd, 2009
12:39:03 AM
I liked this show
by Doggus47
Mar 3rd, 2009
12:49:03 AM
Aw nutbunnies
by IronSpidey
Mar 3rd, 2009
12:55:33 AM
Oh, thank God - it was a joke.
by AnnoyYou
Mar 3rd, 2009
01:06:34 AM
good
by Maniaq
Mar 3rd, 2009
01:23:15 AM
BiggusDickus
by yomomma
Mar 3rd, 2009
01:27:28 AM
ABC - Always Being Cancelled
by V'Shael
Mar 3rd, 2009
01:30:32 AM
Good
by aversiontherapy2
Mar 3rd, 2009
01:32:42 AM
dammit
by entnow
Mar 3rd, 2009
01:34:16 AM
Brit shows are remade in the USA because..
by Eyegore
Mar 3rd, 2009
02:14:35 AM
Yomomma
by slimballs
Mar 3rd, 2009
02:35:13 AM
I really didn't get why he was in the 70s
by lockesbrokenleg
Mar 3rd, 2009
02:40:58 AM
Original
by Don Lockwood
Mar 3rd, 2009
02:43:37 AM
Thanks for pointing out Somewhere In Time...
by Tug
Mar 3rd, 2009
02:45:44 AM
Ashes to Ashes here I come!
by Menchekia
Mar 3rd, 2009
02:55:28 AM
So now the writers can go all out....
by Antz
Mar 3rd, 2009
03:07:48 AM
Well, Three's Company was based on a Brit-com...
by Jim Jam Bongs
Mar 3rd, 2009
03:27:30 AM
It was a helluva lot better than Dollhouse.
by FookU
Mar 3rd, 2009
03:37:17 AM
No more Sam Tyler singing "Ice, Ice, Baby" to some Black Panther
by pollaxt
Mar 3rd, 2009
03:53:03 AM
Why it didn't work...
by V'Shael
Mar 3rd, 2009
04:12:45 AM
And the curse of the post-Lost slot continues...
by tonagan
Mar 3rd, 2009
04:58:25 AM
Yes, and "generally crappy"?
by tonagan
Mar 3rd, 2009
05:06:23 AM
THE SCI-FI CHANNEL SHOULD PICK IT UP.
by Mr Spork
Mar 3rd, 2009
05:47:58 AM
I Liked
by Jack Black
Mar 3rd, 2009
06:25:08 AM
The problem with some US remakes...
by Steve T
Mar 3rd, 2009
06:34:10 AM
I liked in the paper Lt was reading
by Dazzler69
Mar 3rd, 2009
06:38:52 AM
Nothing will do well after Lost
by David Lazarus Long
Mar 3rd, 2009
06:53:46 AM
Agreed. Anything that follows Lost = dead in the water
by turketron
Mar 3rd, 2009
07:15:22 AM
Now let the British version come out on DVD
by Laserhead
Mar 3rd, 2009
07:18:27 AM
Please watch the sublime original series.
by alucardvsdracula
Mar 3rd, 2009
08:23:04 AM
Darn..
by STLost
Mar 3rd, 2009
08:35:52 AM
I hope they change the ending
by photoboy
Mar 3rd, 2009
08:43:09 AM
"Generally crappy"? BULLSHIT.
by SpyGuy
Mar 3rd, 2009
08:47:04 AM
And they wonder why cable is kicking their network ass?
by Mr Incredible
Mar 3rd, 2009
08:52:36 AM
Decent show....
by Carpet_Pisser
Mar 3rd, 2009
09:00:54 AM
The problem was...
by jaws8u
Mar 3rd, 2009
09:01:45 AM
For this they got rid of Pushing Daisies?
by Squashua
Mar 3rd, 2009
09:05:08 AM
Journeyman was much better.
by Squashua
Mar 3rd, 2009
09:05:32 AM
did he really just spoil the UK versions ending???
by ZO
Mar 3rd, 2009
09:13:06 AM
Zo : You get used to it.
by V'Shael
Mar 3rd, 2009
09:19:29 AM
BiggusDickus--
by lovecraftian
Mar 3rd, 2009
09:21:38 AM
bacci40 and g0dai
by Anna Valerious
Mar 3rd, 2009
09:39:08 AM
lovecraftian, ev!ldead, Cartman86 and yes, Yomomma too...
by BiggusDickus
Mar 3rd, 2009
09:46:23 AM
Britsh
by NudeandAroused
Mar 3rd, 2009
09:48:49 AM
Regarding the "Lost" Curse.
by cookylamoo
Mar 3rd, 2009
09:57:11 AM
The Look of the Show
by Mazzer
Mar 3rd, 2009
10:02:32 AM
Cookylamoo
by Mazzer
Mar 3rd, 2009
10:08:01 AM
John Simm and Philip Glenister
by Shan
Mar 3rd, 2009
10:30:36 AM
I tried to get into the show
by Luscious.868
Mar 3rd, 2009
10:39:40 AM
Cooky;
by David Lazarus Long
Mar 3rd, 2009
10:39:52 AM
American TV honchos...
by Kid Z
Mar 3rd, 2009
10:43:37 AM
AnnoyYou, re: Hating Steve Carell...
by Kid Z
Mar 3rd, 2009
10:50:31 AM
Anything that follows Heroes OR Lost = DOA
by polyh3dron
Mar 3rd, 2009
11:17:57 AM
The Mythology
by The Alienist
Mar 3rd, 2009
11:27:03 AM
Imperioli and Moll really shined in this
by ThrowMeTheIdol
Mar 3rd, 2009
11:27:59 AM
American remakes... BiggusDickus
by tjrmusic
Mar 3rd, 2009
11:31:57 AM
Started slowly, built up steam, and is a terrific show
by chromedome
Mar 3rd, 2009
11:32:19 AM
Imperioli, Moll--yes! scene stealers and best written
by chromedome
Mar 3rd, 2009
11:35:05 AM
Too bad, I really dug this show
by Big Jim
Mar 3rd, 2009
11:36:34 AM
Nobody watches commercials on Lost
by cookylamoo
Mar 3rd, 2009
11:46:39 AM
AHH MANNN!!!
by ckone
Mar 3rd, 2009
11:53:11 AM
DAMN!! I realy liked this show!!
by TheTaf
Mar 3rd, 2009
11:56:32 AM
alucardvsdracula
by supertoyslast
Mar 3rd, 2009
11:56:59 AM
BiggusDickus and Cartman86
by heks
Mar 3rd, 2009
12:01:46 PM
ABC CANCELS "HAPPY TOWN" .
by alice 13
Mar 3rd, 2009
12:12:58 PM
Enjoyed Imperioli as a 70s cop
by jbs0209
Mar 3rd, 2009
12:25:34 PM
Re: Ashes to Ashes
by jbs0209
Mar 3rd, 2009
12:27:27 PM
Re: Who wants to relive the ugly decade of the 70's?
by jbs0209
Mar 3rd, 2009
12:28:38 PM
Pretty good show
by matineer
Mar 3rd, 2009
12:42:04 PM
heks...
by BiggusDickus
Mar 3rd, 2009
12:44:41 PM
Big Jim
by STLost
Mar 3rd, 2009
12:46:08 PM
Oh, thank god! Now we can have more "What would you do?"
by Darth_Nader
Mar 3rd, 2009
12:51:45 PM
Too bad, it was a good show.
by Banditmania
Mar 3rd, 2009
01:22:06 PM
UK to USA shows and USA to UK shows
by MGTHEDJ
Mar 3rd, 2009
01:25:22 PM
At least they are able to end it.
by mrfan
Mar 3rd, 2009
01:30:32 PM
I really liked the first episode
by Roy Neary
Mar 3rd, 2009
01:45:41 PM
I liked it
by Cory849
Mar 3rd, 2009
01:47:17 PM
Why isevery cop show shot through an orange haze
by lockesbrokenleg
Mar 3rd, 2009
01:55:19 PM
Isn't the cop female in the British show?
by AlwaysThere
Mar 3rd, 2009
02:04:32 PM
Ugh... this sucks
by gerrylum
Mar 3rd, 2009
02:32:27 PM
LIFE ON MARS UK Series 1 arrives in the US July 28th!
by SpyGuy
Mar 3rd, 2009
02:43:54 PM
Totally off topic, but...Father Ted?
by BiggusDickus
Mar 3rd, 2009
02:45:23 PM
Well, they're promoting the hell out of that funny cop show
by lockesbrokenleg
Mar 3rd, 2009
02:51:41 PM
"Generally crappy?"
by hst666
Mar 3rd, 2009
02:55:25 PM
Don't ever knock October Road
by kesoze4
Mar 3rd, 2009
03:00:11 PM
Alwaysthere
by hst666
Mar 3rd, 2009
03:09:31 PM
jbs0209
by hst666
Mar 3rd, 2009
03:15:27 PM
I cannot believe anyone had trouble with Office accents
by hst666
Mar 3rd, 2009
03:19:40 PM
Should have been more like Barney Miller
by lockesbrokenleg
Mar 3rd, 2009
03:22:16 PM
Father Ted optioned by Steve Martin in '06
by MGTHEDJ
Mar 3rd, 2009
03:28:50 PM
Set my DVR to record all episodes before the first one aired
by haggardatbest
Mar 3rd, 2009
03:34:40 PM
That's a retarded ending.
by Charlie_Allnut
Mar 3rd, 2009
04:06:52 PM
MGTHEDJ
by BiggusDickus
Mar 3rd, 2009
04:16:26 PM
Herc - you're a fucking IDIOT
by irishraidersfan
Mar 3rd, 2009
04:23:24 PM
Lets Americanize all the British Shows!
by jloughry1976
Mar 3rd, 2009
04:27:53 PM
Yes, Americans don't get
by johnnyangel
Mar 3rd, 2009
04:33:42 PM
Talkback malfuntion
by johnnyangel
Mar 3rd, 2009
04:34:46 PM
Became a God-awful small afair
by Larry of Arabia
Mar 3rd, 2009
04:43:34 PM
Galactica's going down the same way
by kesoze4
Mar 3rd, 2009
04:44:08 PM
The cop in the british sequel "ashes to ashes" is female
by Larry of Arabia
Mar 3rd, 2009
04:46:44 PM
British ending makes sense
by Larry of Arabia
Mar 3rd, 2009
04:48:00 PM
NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by XoanonTORN
Mar 3rd, 2009
04:51:19 PM
Lost is all a dream of the four toed statue
by lockesbrokenleg
Mar 3rd, 2009
05:09:49 PM
HAHAHAHAHA!
by Amy Chasing
Mar 3rd, 2009
05:16:41 PM
I didn't watch it because...
by _Maltheus_
Mar 3rd, 2009
05:37:24 PM
It was on the same time as Ghost Hunters
by lockesbrokenleg
Mar 3rd, 2009
05:53:44 PM
Give Ashes to Ashes a miss
by Lloytron
Mar 3rd, 2009
06:02:55 PM
Amy Chasing
by Lloytron
Mar 3rd, 2009
06:06:51 PM
I only ever had it on
by CherryValance
Mar 3rd, 2009
06:43:18 PM
This, and Fringe goes to Vancouver
by Jack Black
Mar 3rd, 2009
06:52:14 PM
Man, I love this show
by HermesTrismestigus
Mar 3rd, 2009
07:14:02 PM
Screw You Haters
by Darth Kosher
Mar 3rd, 2009
07:33:46 PM
cripes...
by yubnubrocks
Mar 3rd, 2009
07:53:20 PM
and Herc...
by yubnubrocks
Mar 3rd, 2009
07:54:46 PM
I liked it...
by JimStansel
Mar 3rd, 2009
08:08:00 PM
"generally crappy", eh?
by Mr Spork
Mar 3rd, 2009
08:21:44 PM
I enjoyed LoM.
by Felix_Happer
Mar 3rd, 2009
08:24:49 PM
Damnit
by Series7
Mar 3rd, 2009
08:24:52 PM
Lost fans and fans of TV shows in general
by Series7
Mar 3rd, 2009
08:28:00 PM
Lost fans
by Series7
Mar 3rd, 2009
08:29:15 PM
Any chuck fans?
by Series7
Mar 3rd, 2009
08:30:51 PM
I meant to add
by Series7
Mar 3rd, 2009
08:32:17 PM
Also they cancell this
by Series7
Mar 3rd, 2009
08:52:40 PM
I wait for the DVDs.
by lockesbrokenleg
Mar 3rd, 2009
09:03:50 PM
Too bad
by ChildOfMen
Mar 3rd, 2009
09:08:03 PM
Hey BiggusDickus
by theBigE
Mar 3rd, 2009
09:36:39 PM
I thought it good too...
by viola123
Mar 3rd, 2009
09:37:53 PM
Drink!
by CherryValance
Mar 3rd, 2009
09:41:46 PM
This show DESERVED to be taken off...
by TheMarineBiologist
Mar 3rd, 2009
10:04:52 PM
DCI Gene Hunt...
by Henry Fool
Mar 3rd, 2009
10:31:41 PM
@ viola123
by Jardinier
Mar 3rd, 2009
11:36:36 PM
US version suffered by comparison...
by Bill Clay
Mar 4th, 2009
12:10:49 AM
the British version is fucking great
by v1cious
Mar 4th, 2009
01:45:16 AM
Can't cover NYC in this time without Frank Lucas...
by unit1421
Mar 4th, 2009
02:00:45 AM
Yomamma
by hostaman
Mar 4th, 2009
02:44:39 AM
Watch the original
by VoldemortWearsPrada
Mar 4th, 2009
05:35:57 AM
My name is Robilard and I'm from Mars...
by Cap'n Jack
Mar 4th, 2009
07:21:15 AM
Holy Shit...
by Cap'n Jack
Mar 4th, 2009
07:24:50 AM
and why the fuck...
by Cap'n Jack
Mar 4th, 2009
07:25:45 AM
Gretchen Mol : Possibly hottest babe on TV today
by V'Shael
Mar 4th, 2009
07:31:50 AM
Cap'n Jack: LOST is original...except when it lifts from THE PR
by SpyGuy
Mar 4th, 2009
07:32:26 AM
Cap'n Jack: Yeah, that's him
by V'Shael
Mar 4th, 2009
07:32:45 AM
THE PRISONER
by SpyGuy
Mar 4th, 2009
07:32:48 AM
Seventeenth Rule of Herc Throwaway Lines
by Aquatarkusman
Mar 4th, 2009
07:36:52 AM
STLost, he had to go to the basement to get a shovel
by Big Jim
Mar 4th, 2009
11:09:08 AM
MAN!
by Series7
Mar 4th, 2009
05:07:51 PM
jloughry1976
by Jamesonite
Mar 4th, 2009
05:15:33 PM
Coma???
by mytransgressions
Mar 4th, 2009
08:22:52 PM
Gretchen Moll was doing it for my Lady Cop Fetish
by Hikaru Ichijo
Mar 4th, 2009
09:24:03 PM
The music in this is a treat...
by Billyeveryteen
Mar 5th, 2009
12:04:42 AM
SPOILER!
by Steve T
Mar 5th, 2009
04:51:17 AM
Sadly
by ToughGuyRizzo
Mar 5th, 2009
05:43:23 PM

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