This New York romance does not have a happy ending.
Yes, ABC’s “Manhattan Love Story” is the first fall show to be canceled this season. This comes after weeks of speculation over what show would get the inaugural axing (“Utopia” was dangerously close, with its move to Fridays).
In my predictions for upcoming shows back in September, I placed “Manhattan Love Story” on the chopping block, simply based on its formulaic premise and non-household names. Anyone who’s watched the show discovered that it also didn’t have great writing, since most of the dialogue takes place in characters’ heads (or my theory—The Matrix).
“Manhattan Love Story” joins other first cast-offs like ABC’s “My Generation” and Fox’s “Lonestar” in 2010, CBS’ “Made in Jersey” in 2012, and CBS’s “We Are Men” in 2013. It is survived by “Selfie,” which will replace it in its 8 p.m. time slot, and by the budding real-life romance between co-stars Analeigh Tipton and Jake McDorman.
