TV Cancellation News: 'A To Z' And 'Bad Judge' Get The Boot From NBC

Two new TV series have officially been cancelled by NBC. Bad Judge and A to Z were cut from the NBC lineup Friday, Oct. 31. They will, however, finish out their first seasons.

Each first-year comedy will not be renewed for a sophomore season, but they will finish out their 13-episode season, TV Guide confirmed. The news broke after both series received low ratings.

"At 9/8c, Bad Judge drew 3.9 million viewers and a 0.9 rating in the adults 18-to-49 demographic. At 9:30/8:30c, A to Z attracted just 2.49 million and a 0.7 rating," TV Guide reported.

Bad Judge is about Rebecca Wright, a high-powered judge (Kate Walsh), who is a little wild herself. Even though she works in the criminal justice system, she lives her life on the edge, with bad partying habits and sexual escapades.

A to Z is a romantic comedy starring How I Met Your Mother alumna Cristin Milioti as Zelda — the Z in the title — and Ben Feldman as Andrew — the A in the title. The couple dates for a short amount of time — eight months, three weeks and five days, to be exact — and the series follows that relationship.

These are the first two shows to be canceled by the network. Bad Judge has two more episodes to shoot before it finishes its 13-episode run and A to Z has only one left to film, Deadline reported.

According to the publication, The Blacklist is set to move into the 9 p.m. time slot Thursday nights after the Super Bowl airs. This should give the network a bigger Thursday night boost, since The Blacklist's numbers are higher than the two new comedies.

Bad Judge is the first general comedy to be canceled this season, but A to Z is the second romantic comedy to be chopped. ABC's Manhattan Love Story, starring Analeigh Tipton and Jake McDorman, was the first series to be cut by any network this fall.

"The internal monologue-heavy rom-com premiered on Oct. 1 to 4.7 million total viewers and a 1.5 rating, and by its fourth outing had dropped to 2.7 mil/0.7. Even more damming, the show was only seeing a 15 percent boost from Live+7 DVR playback — the lowest return of any scripted series this fall," TV Line reported in October.