Sad news for fans of the ABC series Eastwick, it was announced late yesterday that the new series (which is based on the 1987 film The Witches of Eastwick) has been canceled! Apparently the show hasn’t be doing very well in the ratings so ABC decided to cut its losses and burn the show at the stake, if you will. I, for one, am very bummed about this … I’ve been a fan of the show since it debuted this season and have been happily watching the eps on a weekly basis :( But, alas, I guess it was all for naught … cuz I now have to give a hearty, but sad, Peace the Spork Out to Eastwick:

ABC has opted not to order additional episodes of “Eastwick,” its rookie supernatural comedy-drama starring Rebecca Romijn. “Eastwick,” a fresh take on the hit 1987 movie “The Witches of Eastwick,” will finish production on 13 episodes; ABC plans to run them all. ABC is also yanking its reality show “Let’s Dance,” which was supposed to premiere on November 23 with Kathy Griffin hosting. Sources said ABC had difficulty casting the series, which is a common problem for networks when developing celebrity-driven reality fare, though usually such projects don’t get so far in the process as to have a premiere date. In its place, ABC intends to air “Find My Family,” in which people get to meet long-lost families or loved ones. The network has six episodes planned. It has also picked up five more episodes of its Tuesday crime drama “The Forgotten,” starring Christian Slater.

I suppose we fans of the series should be somewhat relieved that ABC still plans to finish production of the initial 13 episodes and promises to air them … many shows that get canceled in this manner just disappear immediately and you’re lucky if the unaired eps show up on DVD at some point down the line. Again, I must stress how upset I am that the show is being canceled … folks are saying that Rebecca Romijn is cursed (it is said she is not capable of carrying a successful TV show … do you remember Pepper Dennis? Yeah, didn’t think so), or mebbe it’s Lindsay Price who is cursed (her Lipstick Jungle also got canceled early). Whatever the case may be, I’m gonna miss the show … I don’t know if there is any chance of saving it from cancellation but my gut tells me that there will not be an outpouring of anger over the axing of this series. Boo.

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