Fox has cancelled two of its comedies, Breaking In and I Hate My Teenage Daughter.
Breaking In, a workplace comedy from creator Adam F. Goldberg, was set at a high-tech security firm hired to break into companies and expose the holes in their defences. Christian Slater starred as its eccentric boss, with Megan Mullally joining for the second season. The axing is the second time Fox has cancelled the show, having pulled it in May last year before reviving it for a further run that struggled to hold an audience in its slot after New Girl.
I Hate My Teenage Daughter, which ran for a single season from late 2011, starred Jaime Pressly and Katie Finneran as two mothers who worry their daughters are turning into the kind of girls who made their own school days a misery. Ratings slid after a strong start, and the show had already been pulled from the schedule earlier in the year.
Both cancellations clear space on Fox’s comedy roster as the network lines up new series for the autumn.