{"id":92128,"date":"2016-10-19T14:30:07","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T13:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=92128"},"modified":"2016-10-19T14:30:07","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T13:30:07","slug":"braindead-season-2-cancelled-by-cbs-no-more-white-house-aliens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/braindead-season-2-cancelled-by-cbs-no-more-white-house-aliens\/","title":{"rendered":"Braindead Season 2 cancelled by CBS, no more White House aliens"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sad news for fans of Mary Elizabeth Winstead and brain-parasite-in-the-White-House-based stories, as CBS has announced that it will not be renewing summer comedy BrainDead<\/em><\/strong> for a second season.<\/p>\n

TVLine<\/a> reports that the network has pulled the plug on the genre comedy, which starred Winstead, Tony Shalhoub, Danny Pino, Jan Maxwell, Aaron Tvet and Nikki M James, and which came from The Good Wife<\/em><\/strong> creators Robert and Michelle King.<\/p>\n

They’ve also cancelled fellow freshman series American Gothic<\/em>, <\/strong>which possibly goes to show that series called American Gothic<\/em><\/strong> just won’t last longer than one season. Yes, we’re still angry that Shaun Cassidy’s 1995 series American Gothic<\/em> <\/strong>was cancelled after one season. Gary Cole was the Sheriff who was also Satan! Someone’s at the door, dammit! *deep breath* Anyway.<\/p>\n

The plot synopsis for BrainDead<\/em><\/strong> was as follows: “A young, fresh-faced Hill staffer gets her first job in Washington, D.C. to discover two things: The government has stopped working, and alien spawn have come to earth and eaten the brains of a growing number of Congressmen and Hill staffers.”<\/p>\n

It’s a real shame to hear this, as the show was great fun, it was sharp, and it had a lot of promise (the initial plan was for four seasons). And who cancels a show that stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead dealing with alien brain parasites in the White House? Still, at least we’ve still got iZombie<\/em><\/strong> for quality horror comedy brain-eating-based programming.<\/p>\n

You can watch BrainDead on Amazon<\/a> Instant Video. Keep up with the latest genre news with the new issue of SciFiNow.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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