ABC Cancels Janelle James-Hosted Game Show Final Straw After 1 Season
The Final Straw has collapsed in on itself: ABC has cancelled the Jenga-esque game show after one season, TVLine has learned.
ABC declined to comment, but an ABC source concedes that the Janelle James-hosted series is “unlikely to return” for a second season.
Meanwhile, the fates of two other in-limbo ABC game shows, Holey Moley and To Tell the Truth, remain up in the air.
The Final Straw, which bowed last summer, found four teams of contestants facing off to combat “tremendous tipping towers. Each life-sized themed tower is chock full of various objects ranging from basketballs to small kitchen appliances as contestants try to successfully pull items from the stack without tipping it over in order to earn prizes. If the tower falls, the team is eliminated and the last team standing will compete against The Mega Stack, an epic battle of physics where the odds are literally stacked against them, in hopes of winning a life-changing grand prize.”
At the time of its launch, Rob Mills, EVP of Unscripted and Alternative Entertainment at Walt Disney Television, heralded The Final Straw — which counted Peyton Manning among its EPs — as a wholly original concept boasting “big visuals” that “is sure to keep audiences on their toes and entertain families all summer long.”
News of Final Straw‘s demise comes just hours after ABC unveiled its unscripted-heavy summer lineup.
That’s a bummer!! This was a fun show to watch!!
I agree! I am so bummed. I really loved this show!
I’d love to play this game, but had no interest in watching other people play it.
I liked the show, but found her to be off-putting sometimes. She seemed a bit uptight with her delivery. But the show was fun to watch.
I think that’s just how she is; it’s almost the same way she plays her Ava character on Abbott Elementary.
Her fake enthusiasm was flat most of the time. Did not like her as host. Her character on AE was why I quit watching the show (or, at least, one of the reasons).
I tried to get into it, but couldn’t.
It really wasn’t great. Seemed fun to play but as hard as they tried it wasn’t fun to watch. Hoping holey moley is renewed
ABC is notorious for canceling anything that’s even a little interesting. I loved this show! They didn’t even give it a chance!
First time hearing about this show. Didn’t know this existed.
I am still waiting for official word on supermarket sweeps
I’m old enough to remember when being a contestant meant you actually had to, y’know, know things. Pulling stuff off a shelf is not any sort of achievement.
Final Straw, gave up after one episode. Terrible. Please bring back Holey Moley. Riggle kills me!!