Nowadays, streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon all create their own original programming, including adult-oriented dramatic and comedic series. HBO, however, was a pioneer in the development of original scripted content that brought a cinematic experience to episodic television that could be enjoyed in the comfort of viewers' own homes.

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HBO has created landmark dramas such as The Sopranos, The Wire, and sitcoms like Sex and the City and Curb Your Enthusiasmwhich pushed the envelope in their own ways. However, no network has a perfect record. Some of HBO's series over the years were flops that needed to be canceled well ahead of schedule. Here are 10 examples.

Vinyl

The failure of HBO's 2016 series Vinyl remains baffling to this day. It had seemingly everything going for it: a powerhouse creative team which included Mick Jagger, Martin Scorsese, and one of the great Sopranos writers Terence Winter, and a premise built around sex, drugs, and rock n' roll. Yet after receiving mixed reviews in its first season, it was canceled, never to return again.

Ultimately, all of the 70's atmosphere and sensationalism was no substitute for plot and character development, which audiences found sorely lacking in this short-lived experiment of a series.

Unscripted

Unscripted 2005

Unscripted premiered in January of 2005 and ran for just one season before being canceled. Produced by Steven Soderbergh and George Clooney, it's a documentary-style show about three struggling Los Angeles actors trying to break into show business. The shoe cleverly combined fiction and real life, as many celebrities appeared as themselves in cameo appearances while working on real-life projects.

The show had its fans, but general audiences preferred the more glamorous and stylized Entourage, which had premiered the previous summer, and became a massive hit for the network.

The Brink

Director Jay Roach had directed the very successful political films Recount and Game Change, both for HBO. He directed the pilot episode of 2015's The Brink, a political satire starring Jack Black and Tim Robbins as government agents tasked with preventing a third world war.

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Political shows are always a hard sell, even when they're good. The Brink lacked the teeth to be a truly biting satire, and the premise grew stale by the end of its first and only season.

Rome

To this day, Rome's cancellation is one of the more controversial decisions in HBO history. The show premiered in 2005, and its first season was well-received by critics and audiences alike. It was therefore approved for a second season, which was fully produced, but the network canceled the show before the second season aired.

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Season 2 did air on HBO, but that would be it for the series. HBO cited the high cost of production as the reason for its cancellation.

Mind Of The Married Man

It's a miracle that Mind of the Married Man got a second season at all, due to its overwhelmingly negative response from critics and viewers alike. As its title suggests, it's a sitcom about the trials of married life told from the male perspective.

Lambasted for its tasteless, and even sexist, humor, the show was extremely divisive within the audiences' households, making it a sure failure for HBO, who wisely canceled it after two poorly received seasons.

Tell Me You Love Me

Tell Me You Love Me was an hour-long drama series that aired in 2007. It centered around three couples whose intimacy problems lead them into therapy. The show received decent reviews, and so, despite its underwhelming viewership numbers, it was renewed for a second season.

However, early in the development process, creator Cynthia Mort and HBO could not arrive at an agreement over the show's creative direction, and so it was ultimately canceled before season 2 was produced.

Luck

2011's Luck has tremendous potential. It was a drama series about the world of horse racing, starring Dustin Hoffman and Dennis Farina. Acclaimed director Michael Mann helmed the pilot episode, and the first season enjoyed solid ratings and favorable reviews.

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The show was canceled, however, after three horses were injured during production, and ultimately died. HBO felt it couldn't guarantee the safety of the animals moving forward, and so they made the decision to shut down the production entirely to ensure no more animals would be harmed.

Carnivale

Like Rome, Carnivale was well received and had its share of devout fans. They were outraged when HBO announced it had canceled the show in May of 2005, after just its second season. The show had won five Emmys and received solid reviews, but HBO wasn't willing to commit to two more seasons at a production cost of more than $2 million per episode, and so they made the difficult decision to end the show prematurely.

Carnivale was an inventive and well-executed surrealist drama about Depression-era vagabonds in a traveling carnival. It deserved a complete run with a proper finale, but it just wasn't in the cards.

Hello Ladies

English comedian Stephen Merchant created and starred in the sitcom Hello Ladies, about a British man searching for love in his new home city of Los Angeles. The show received mixed reviews, as viewers found it funny, but also derivative of other 30-minute comedies about the humor of hopeless romanticism.

The show was canceled after the first season, although it did have a chance to wrap up with a proper finale, which aired in the form of an elongated special episode in November of 2014.

John From Cincinnati

On June 10, 2007, the television world was rocked by the perplexing conclusion of The Sopranos. As if they weren't already confused enough, moments later, HBO aired the premiere episode of John From Cincinnati, an ill-conceived melodrama about a mysterious stranger who upends the social fabric of a border town surfing community.

The show was thought to have had potential, given its creative team which included David Milch, creator of Deadwood and NYPD Blue. But despite The Sopranos finale garnering over 11 million viewers, less than a third of them were interested enough to stick around for John From Cincinnati. Predictably, the show was canceled after its first season.

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