CBS’ decision to cancel The Arsenio Hall Show after initially renewing it for a second season has been on of the most controversial Renew/Cancel stories of the past few weeks.
Hall has since taken to Twitter to reflect on brutal cancellation of his late night show – here are some of his best Tweets:
I got show-jacked! Second season, ON AIR Leno pick up announcement! … Then pooof! #showjacked! …… http://t.co/AdFREIfVVh
— Arsenio Hall (@ArsenioHall) June 10, 2014
A staff member just pointed to this section of our wall @jasonbskates … Great, memories! Now time to make new ones. pic.twitter.com/3TQd98ruPP
— Arsenio Hall (@ArsenioHall) June 9, 2014
They picked me up for year 2. Then changed their mind. So I showed up today, to see if it changed… http://t.co/gI079C7CdE
— Arsenio Hall (@ArsenioHall) June 9, 2014
Can't sleep. Just realized it's been exactly one week since my mysteriously cancelled second season. Doh!
A very emotional day at my office. Most of my team went on vacation after celebrating our 2nd year pick up … and returned to cancellation.
— Arsenio Hall (@ArsenioHall) June 3, 2014
Hey @MagicJohnson I dreamed that they picked up my show for season 2, then changed their minds, and cancelled the show. Had to be a dream.
— Arsenio Hall (@ArsenioHall) June 1, 2014
Meanwhile, TVGuide has posted a list of reasons why CBS may have cancelled Arsenio Hall:
1. Arsenio was losing its time slots. Tribune Broadcasting was a partner in the show, but when even its flagship New York station, WPIX, moved Arsenio from 11 to 11:30, it was clear others would follow. The real blow came when CBS got word that one of the nation’s largest local station operators, Sinclair Broadcast Group, was set to downgrade Arsenio out of the 11pm—midnight period. Insiders say CBS then crunched the numbers and realized advertising revenue would take a huge hit.
2. The audience just wasn’t there. After opening strong, Arsenio dropped 60 percent in the key demo of viewers ages 18-49. “You can’t be the fourth choice out there,” a show insider says. CBS Television Distribution said in a statement, “While there are many loyal fans of the show, the series did not grow its audience enough to continue.”
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Are you buying it, or was Hall “show-jacked”?
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