Starz cancels Kelsey Grammer series ‘Boss’

Starz announced this week that they are pulling the plug after only two seasons of their political drama ‘Boss’ starring Kelsey Grammer. The show got off to a good start, it was renewed for a second season before the first had even debuted, it received praise from critics and Kelsey Grammer picked up a Golden Globe nomination for his portrayal of Tom Kane, a corrupt Chicago mayor, but at the end of the day they just couldn’t get the viewership to save the show.

The show debuted to only 659,000 viewers and season 2 averaged only 580,000, and that’s including several airings of each episode. The network issued a statement today saying: “After much deliberation, we have made the difficult decision to not proceed with ‘Boss.’ We remain proud of this award-winning show, its exceptional cast and writers and are grateful to Kelsey Grammer, Farhad Safinia and our partners at Lionsgate TV.”