NBC cancels Free Agents
Given the successes of 2 Broke Girls, New Girl, and Up All Night, the fall 2011 TV season has earned the title “year of the comedy”—though, unfortunately, at least one freshman sitcom will be left out of the celebration. (Also, with Last Man Standing, Man Up, and I Hate My Teenage Daughter lying in wait, let’s not be so quick to exclaim the sitcom’s return to prestige and prominence.) In the wake of floundering ratings—and a particularly unfortunate 1.0 in the 18-49 demographic for last night’s “Rebranding”—NBC has announced the cancellation of the Hank Azaria-Kathryn Hahn vehicle Free Agents, the second series to be yanked from the network’s schedule this week.