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Show	Status	Notes
Miracles	Permanent Hiatus	ABC might as well stand for "Always Be Cancelling" if its treatment of Miracles is any indication. The sort-of spiritual X-Files show wasn't given much of a chance, continually bumped in favor of Michael Jackson freak show reruns and, well, a war. After only six episodes of Skeet getting beat and Alva brooding, ABC gave it the hook. In times like these, who doesn't look to the words of Jon Bon Jovi for solace? "You're looking for salvation/You thought that it'd be shining like an angel's light, yeah/Well, the angels left this nation/And salvation caught the last train out tonight/He lost a hell of a fight." You tell 'em, Jon. You tell the world.
Miss Match	Permanent Hiatus	NBC went looking for love in all the wrong places with this comedy drama starring Alicia Silverstone as a lawyer moonlighting as a matchmaker. Why didn't it connect with viewers the way the network hoped? Maybe right now the public doesn't want shows that don't have forensic investigators, people being voted, out or houses being redesigned. Or maybe it's one of those shows that people hate to admit they watch, since it means admitting they're home on Friday nights. In any case, if it ever comes back, we wish it luck.
Mission: Man Band	Permanent Hiatus	Take three guys who've never accomplished anything on their own gas, add one retarded turnip, stir in some chemo and stem cells, shake it up with a serious bout of co-dependence, a bunch of homoeroticism that manages to be neither homo nor particularly erotic, and hand it over to a woman with her own death wish of a career. Serve chilled, lazy, slow, and whiny, with a salted rim and absolutely no accountability or motivation for success. Boring to the last drop, with a twist of schadenfreude: MAN BAND!
More to Love	Permanent Hiatus	Sometimes More is less.
My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance	Permanent Hiatus	It could have been a fairly entertaining experiment in the hybridization of a cheesy dating reality show cross-pollinated with a wacky improv twist. Or it could have been just a slice of schlocky fun. Sadly, it wasn't either of those things. Instead, it was the dead boring deathscape of Steve, the actor, and Randi, his blushing-with-humiliation bride. Conceived in hell and born in strife, this it-could-only- have-been-Fox six-episode mini- series lasted three weeks on Television Without Pity, and we axed it when we realized that we were the only people on the planet still talking about it. And we really, really, REALLY didn't want to talk about it anymore.
My Name Is Earl	Permanent Hiatus	Karma's a bitch.
My Own Worst Enemy	Permanent Hiatus	Turned out his worst enemy was named Nielsen.
My So-Called Life	Permanent Hiatus	The show that paved the way for teen verite enjoyed a brief revival here at TWoP, but now, sadly, has gone once again into that good night. Return with us to the thrilling days of the mid-nineties and thrill to the many loves of Angela Chase all over again.
NYC Prep	Suspended Animation
NYPD Blue	Permanent Hiatus	The show's got grit, as every television journalist in America has said ad nauseam. But maybe we came along too late -- in season seven -- for the recaps to light a fire under anyone's (naked) ass. Or, maybe the show just really started sucking hard -- during season eight, when David Milch left, and Stephen Bochco came in to open his Pandora's Box of Gritty Clichés -- and people stopped caring. People including, but not limited to, Alex Richmond.
Nashville	Active
Nashville Star	Permanent Hiatus	Sticks nix hick picks.
Newlyweds	Permanent Hiatus	Take a C-list Britney and her D-list husband and follow them around with cameras during their first year of wedded bliss. Sounds like a desperate move by MTV to recapture the faded Osbournes glory -- and by Jessica Simpson to somehow revive her career once the world got to see what an empty-head she was. And somehow, it worked. The show rocketed past Ozzy and crew in terms of ratings, and Jessica Simpson's languishing solo album somehow shot up the charts and landed her a sitcom. Even hubby Nick Lachey Hoovered up some of the fame residue by both tagging along with Jessica on SNL and onto their own ABC Variety show -- and then somehow landing on a comedy pilot. But through it all, TWoP said, "Eh."
Newsroom	Active
Night Stalker	Permanent Hiatus	This remake of another show with the same name, about a reporter searching for answers to his wife's murder, was too inferior to even snark on, as proved by our incredible lack of interest. Even the prettiness of Stuart Townsend and Gabrielle Union wasn't enough to keep it on the roster for more than one episode. Better luck next time, Stu.
Nikita	Permanent Hiatus	Cherchez la femme ailleurs.
No Ordinary Family	Permanent Hiatus	Stan Lee and Jack Kirby did this better 50 years ago.
Now and Again	Permanent Hiatus	Okay, this one was our bad. Alex Richmond wrote the hell out of her recaps, but the Television Without Pity readership just couldn't bring itself to care. Before the show had broadcast its season finale, Now and Again was yanked from the site.
Numb3rs	Permanent Hiatus	Just didn't add up. (D'oh.)
Nurse Jackie	Permanent Hiatus	"Now the drugs don't work / They just make you worse / But I know I'll see your face again..."