{"id":18710,"date":"2013-07-22T23:08:40","date_gmt":"2013-07-22T23:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=18710"},"modified":"2013-07-22T23:08:40","modified_gmt":"2013-07-22T23:08:40","slug":"bunheads-wont-get-second-season-abc-family-cancels-well-liked-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2013\/07\/22\/bunheads-wont-get-second-season-abc-family-cancels-well-liked-series\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Bunheads&#8221; Won&#8217;t Get Second Season; ABC Family Cancels Well-Liked Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Strong critical support and a passionate fanbase were not enough to save ABC Family&#8217;s &#8220;Bunheads.&#8221;  News broke Monday that the network will not be pursuing a second season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c&#8217;Bunheads&#8217; is a wonderful series that we are very proud to have aired,\u201d said ABC Family&#8217;s statement. \u201cThe series had amazing storytelling, the most talented cast and a passionate and loyal fan base. Recognizing all of this, we took extra time to try and find ways to bring the series back for another season, but in the end it simply wasn\u2019t possible.  We wish the cast and crew the best in their future endeavors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though many held out hope, the reality is that &#8220;Bunheads'&#8221; ratings made the cancellation seem inevitable.  After getting off to a sluggish start last summer, the show&#8217;s viewership fell when it completed its first season this past winter.<\/p>\n<p>News of the &#8220;Bunheads&#8221; cancellation comes shortly after the same grim fate was revealed for &#8220;The Lying Game.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[527,528],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Bunheads&quot; Won&#039;t Get Second Season; ABC Family Cancels Well-Liked Series<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Strong critical support and a passionate fanbase were not enough to save ABC Family&#039;s &quot;Bunheads.&quot; News broke Monday that the network will not be pursuing\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2013\/07\/22\/bunheads-wont-get-second-season-abc-family-cancels-well-liked-series\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&quot;Bunheads&quot; Won&#039;t Get Second Season; ABC Family Cancels Well-Liked Series\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Strong critical support and a passionate fanbase were not enough to save ABC Family&#039;s &quot;Bunheads.&quot; News broke Monday that the network will not be pursuing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2013\/07\/22\/bunheads-wont-get-second-season-abc-family-cancels-well-liked-series\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Headline Planet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-07-22T23:08:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brian Cantor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cantorpedia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@headlineplanet\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2013\/07\/22\/bunheads-wont-get-second-season-abc-family-cancels-well-liked-series\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2013\/07\/22\/bunheads-wont-get-second-season-abc-family-cancels-well-liked-series\/\",\"name\":\"\\\"Bunheads\\\" Won't Get Second Season; ABC Family Cancels Well-Liked Series\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-07-22T23:08:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-07-22T23:08:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\"},\"description\":\"Strong critical support and a passionate fanbase were not enough to save ABC Family's \\\"Bunheads.\\\" News broke Monday that the network will not be pursuing\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2013\/07\/22\/bunheads-wont-get-second-season-abc-family-cancels-well-liked-series\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/\",\"name\":\"Headline Planet\",\"description\":\"Music News &amp; Charts, TV News &amp; Spoilers\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\",\"name\":\"Brian Cantor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Brian Cantor\"},\"description\":\"Brian Cantor is the editor-in-chief for Headline Planet. 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