Although Fox has not released an official statement yet, the fate of "The Good Guys" is sealed.
The Dallas Observer received confirmation that "The Good Guys" was canceled first from the Dallas Film Commission and then from Fox itself.
"We liked ['The Good Guys']," explained Janis Burklund, head of the Dallas Film Commission. "And they had a great experience here. But the ratings weren't good. I asked if there was any shot at cable, and [the Fox executive] said there didn't appear to be any shot at that either, and I think it would have done well on cable. It's not the kind of show network viewers understand -- it's too quirky. It's one of those shows where either you get it or you don't. Where cable viewers are more apt to go sampling and try out different stuff, network viewers are looking for more traditional shows. And it had a horrible time slot."
"The Good Guys" was created by Matt Nix ("Burn Notice") and starred Bradley Whitford as Dan Stark, a slightly crazed cop who seemingly never left the '80s behind and Collin Hanks as his partner, a by-the-book modern cop, Dan Bailey. Jenny Wade and Diana Maria Riva co-starred in the series.
The series debuted over the summer to soft ratings, but was given a second chance in the fall with an additional seven episodes and Friday night timeslot, which is infamous for being the death of several shows on Fox.
Oddly, Hanks reported on his Twitter account that no one from Fox had called to tell him about the cancellation.
While "The Good Guys" never garnered a large audience, it did recently pull off an interesting feat: TVByTheNumbers reported that "The Good Guys" was the top rated DVR Show on the LIVE + 7 ratings in the first week of December. However, even that couldn't save the show from the inevitable result of bad ratings.
Check out our review of the final episode here: ["The Good Guys" Series Finale]
