CHARLIE'S ANGELS - Everyone deserves a second chance -- even a thief, a street racer and a cop who got in a little too deep. After all, the three women who solve cases for their elusive boss, Charlie Townsend, are no saints. They're angels... Charlie's Angels. "Charlie's Angels" stars Annie Ilonzeh ("General Hospital") as Kate Prince, Minka Kelly ("Parenthood," "Friday Night Lights") as Eve, Rachael Taylor ("Grey's Anatomy") as Abby Sampson and Ramon Rodriguez ("The Wire," "Daybreak") as Bosley. Written and executive-produced by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar ("Smallville"), "Charlie's Angels" is also executive-produced by Drew Barrymore ("Charlie's Angels" movies), Leonard Goldberg (the original "Charlie's Angels") and Nancy Juvonen ("Charlie's Angels" movies). It's directed and executive-produced by Marcos Siega ("Vampire Diaries," "Dexter"). "Charlie's Angels" is produced by Millar/Gough Ink, Flower Films and Panda Productions in association with Sony Pictures Television. (ABC/BOB D'AMICO)
RACHAEL TAYLOR, MIN
Sorry, Charlie, but this week's tiny uptick in ratings simply wasn't enough to keep your Angels aloft.
ABC has shut down production on its reboot of Charlie's Angels effective immediately, in the wake of a full month of meager ratings. The detective drama become this fall's fifth casualty after NBC's The Playboy Club and Free Agents, CBS" How to Be a Gentleman (which ceased production after being shuttled to Saturdays), and The CW's H8R.
Already-produced Angels episodes will continue to air in the Thursdays-at-8 slot, at least up to and perhaps beyond scheduled end-of-month holiday preemptions (such as when another Charlie, Brown, fills the slot).
In its Sept. 23 debut, Angels attracted 8.7 million viewers while scoring a 2.1 rating in the coveted adults 18-49 demo. At last tally, the show drew 5.9 mil and a 1.3, down 32 and 38 percent, respectively.
Sorry, Charlie, but this week's tiny uptick in ratings simply wasn't enough to keep your Angels aloft.