NBC Cancels MIDNIGHT, TEXAS and MARLON

NBC announced on Friday that they have cancelled Midnight, Texas and Marlon, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Midnight, Texas is based on author Charlaine Harris' best-selling trilogy and the summer comedy Marlon stars MARLON Wayans. Midnight, Texas will finish its second season on December 28 and is being shopped to other outlets by producers Universal Television. Hulu currently has streaming rights to the series.

Midnight, Texas was renewed for an in-season run after an impressive debut in summer 2017. The series returned for a Halloween-timed premiere, but the drama returned significantly down after being off the air for more than a year. Through its December 14 episode, the show averaged only a 1.6 rating in the advertiser-coveted adults 18-49 demo and 2.9 million total viewers with three days of DVR.

Midnight, Texas starred Francois Arnaud, Dylan Bruce and Arielle Kebbel and was from Universal TV-based David Janollari Entertainment,

Marlon was a multicamera comedy loosely based on the Wayans brother's life. The series had a solid first season (1.5 in the demo and 5.6 million total viewers) but returned averaging only a 0.8 in the demo and 3 million total viewers (with three days of DVR). The show co-starred Essence Atkins.

Read the original article on The Hollywood Reporter.