Pants Off: CBS Cancels Unaired 'Waterfront'

Zap2It.com | October 19, 2006

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Four episodes were in the can, but none will air

Any network can cancel a show with low ratings, but canceling a show with no ratings at all? Well, that just makes us feel bad for Joey Pants.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, CBS is yanking the midseason drama "Waterfront" before the show even received a premiere date or a time slot.

"Waterfront" was set to star CBS' favorite bad luck charm Joe Pantoliano as the ethically challenged mayor of Providence, Rhode Island. The show was set to co-star William "Billy" Baldwin, Mary Stuart Masterson and Larenz Tate.

The show was one of CBS' last pick-ups this spring and four episodes, including the pilot, had been completed. The causes given for the cancellation include creative reasons, high production costs and limited available space in CBS' schedule.

The premature axing of "Waterfront" follows the failure continuum of Pantoliano's recent CBS offerings. The "Sopranos" Emmy winner's series "The Handler" aired 14 times in the 2003-04 season. The next fall, CBS picked up Joey Pants' "dr. vegas" and aired it only five times.