ABC Cancels Its John Stamos Drama Members Only Prior to the Show's Debut
ABC has canned the John Stamos-starring Members Only before airing a single episode, TV.com has confirmed.
The show, which was originally called The Club, was conceived as an upstairs/downstairs drama set at a country club. Stamos, Betsy Brandt, Luke Mitchell, and Natalie Zea were set to star.
ABC ordered the show straight to series in January from writer/executive producer Susannah Grant (Party of Five). It was supposed to be the first foray into television from director David O. Russell, who was on board to co-write and executive-produce, but he exited the project in February.
The network recently set premiere dates for midseason shows Galavant, Secrets and Lies, American Crime, and Marvel's Agent Carter, but decided this weekend that it would not move forward with Members Only, according to The Hollywood Reporter, which first reported the news.
In recent months, NBC has canceled Mission Control and Emerald City, and Fox has canceled Hieroglyph, all before they aired a single episode. On Friday, Tina Fey's Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt moved from NBC to Netflix ahead of its debut.
On the bright side, now The CW can bring Mitchell back into the fold. How about a role for him on The Flash? Or maybe The 100?
