Despite the early cancellation Montgomery received huge compliments and a career boost from the short lived series.

Several new comedies on other networks are rumored to be in similar trouble, leading to the likelihood of early cancellations, the executive said.

Often, vendors combine sign-up incentives with penalties for early cancellation.

One possibility is an early cancellation of Thursday's game here, which would allow the team to fly on Wednesday night.

The format change did not lead to increased viewers, and the show was the victim of early cancellation.

The networks are looking for ways to avoid being hit with the fees that go with early cancellation.

Mr. Bernstein's earlier cancellations this year have been attributed to exhaustion.

However after it never matched the networks expectations, the show got an early cancellation but was ended with an happy end on 9 March 2006.

Despite the early cancellation, Bachalo still has a desire to finish the series.

Companies normally charge a penalty of 10 percent for early cancellation, he noted.