Hope Has Fallen Short for Fans of TV Series Last Resort and 666 Park Avenue as Show have been Cancelled.

The Fall season can be particularly brutal for new series on network television– especially those with quirky or highly ambitious premises. If an untested show does not quickly secure a sizable and consistent audience, the Big Three broadcasters have a habit of passing on a full-season order of episodes. Such, it seems, is the fate of two of the current television season's most interesting (though not necessarily successful) new offerings: Last Resort and 666 Park Avenue . I just confirmed yesterday that both series have been officially cancelled by ABC.
       

EW conveyed the news that odd-duck shows 666 Park Avenue and Last Resort will not receive full-season orders from ABC. Each show will finish out its current run of 13 episodes, but will not return after the midseason break. Though it is possible that either series could see a late-in-the-day order (dependent on the success of ABC's midseason pilots), it is rather unlikely. Few shows ever return from such an initial cancellation.