FOX has cancelled its comedy Breaking In and pulled it out of its schedule. Unfortunately, the ratings were abysmal (see the evolution week after week at the end of this message), with not much retention out of its lead-in (New Girl).
Season 2 premiered on March 6 and episode 2.05 of Breaking In aired on April 3. The show was supposed to return on FOX for 3 weeks, starting on April 24 at 9:30pm (after New Girl), since Raising Hope will conclude its amazing 22-episode second season next Tuesday. But FOX just decided to scrap those plans and instead, on April 24, May 1 and May 8, FOX will air New Girl repeats after New Girl originals.
And thus this enjoyable comedy from director Seth Gordon (Horrible Bosses, Parks and Rec) and writer Adam Goldberg (Fanboys, Aliens in America), starring Bret Harrison, Alphonso McAuley and Christian Slater gets cancelled, again.
The 8 remaining episodes will probably air this summer. Another FOX comedy (not the same caliber at all though), I Hate my Teenage Daughter, will burn off its 6 remaning episodes on June 3, 10 and 17. After Breaking_in has burn off its episodes, the show will go offline, and quite probably (and quite sadly) permanently, this time.
Breaking In had a bumpy ride.
At first, the show did not get picked up for the 2010/2011 season, but a few months after the May 2010 Upfronts, FOX chose to pick it up for a 7-episode first season. After airing in April/May 2011, the show was announced as cancelled in May 2011, it did not perform well enough after American Idol. But FOX and Sony never really gave up on it : the idea of having a 2-hour comedy block at some point was looming already, and they kept options on the main actors' contracts. Eventually, in August 2011, they committed to a 13-episode second season included in that comedy block supposed to blossom in March 2012. But that miraculous save wasn't without consequences.
The budget of the show was reduced, with much more of the stories taking place indoors in the Contra Security facilities rather than missions on the field — if season 1 was sort of a sitcom version of spy comedy Chuck, season 2 was more like The Office with a little action every once in a while, if you will.
Furthermore, Michael Rosembaum (Dutch) and Trevor Moore (Josh) were replaced by Megan Mullally (Veronica) and Erin Richards (Molly), while Odette Annable (Melanie), aka the female lead of season 1, appeared only in episodes 2.01, 2.02 and 2.03 before being given an exit due to her commitment to House's last season. There are rumors that both Rosembaum and Annable might appear in episode 2.13, the season (now series) finale. Plus, in season 1, Cash had a crush on Anna Ng, played by Ali Wong in 3 episodes. She was not in season 2 either. That's a lot of departures.
It's worth pointing out that despite all these changes in the cast and the kind of stories featured on the show, Jennifer Irwin kept her small recurring role of Creepy Carol. Lance Krall (Ricky, an employee) and Terrell Lee (Buddy, a security guard) joined the show as recurring characters (Krall was also writer on season 2).
Yeah, in order to save money, FOX pretty much did the equivalent of sabotaging its own show (which probably wouldn't have been renewed without those clear cuts in the budget). Breaking In never had a chance. Had it been given a full first season instead of a very short run at the end of the 2010-2011 season after the very demanding post-American Idol time slot (sure, it's the greatest spot, but only if the compatibility and audience retention is optimal), things might have turned out differently for Breaking_in.
Here are FOX's ratings on Tuesdays at 9:30pm in 2012 :
January 17 : Raising Hope (episode 2.11) : 5.03 million viewers / 2.3% of the 18-49 demo.
January 24 : American Idol (encore presentation) : 9.64 million viewers / 3.4% of the 18-49 demo.
January 31 : Raising Hope (episode 2.12) : 4.62 million viewers / 2.0% of the 18-49 demo.
February 7 : Raising Hope (episode 2.13) : 4.47 million viewers / 2.1% of the 18-49 demo.
February 14 : Raising Hope (episode 2.14) : 4.58 million viewers / 2.1% of the 18-49 demo.
February 21 : Raising Hope (episode 2.15) : 4.73 million viewers / 2.1% of the 18-49 demo.
February 28 : American Idol (new episode) : 16.11 million viewers / 5.1% of the 18-49 demo.
March 6 : Breaking In (episode 2.01) : 3.60 million viewers / 1.7% of the 18-49 demo.
March 13 : Breaking In (episode 2.02) : 3.38 million viewers / 1.5% of the 18-49 demo.
March 20 : Breaking In (episode 2.03) : 2.84 million viewers / 1.3% of the 18-49 demo.
March 27 : Breaking In (episode 2.04) : 2.70 million viewers / 1.4% of the 18-49 demo.
April 3 : Breaking In (episode 2.05) : 2.55 million viewers / 1.3% of the 18-49 demo.
April 10 : Raising Hope (episode 2.21) : 3.81 million viewers / 1.8% of the 18-49 demo.
April 17 : Raising Hope (episode 2.22) : X.XX million viewers / X.X% of the 18-49 demo.
April 24 : New Girl (encore presentation) : X.XX million viewers / X.X% of the 18-49 demo.
Source : Deadline.
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