HBO Cancels 'How To Make It In America'

Dec 21, 2011 | 1:40 PM Written By: Christina2

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The HBO network's programming president Michael Lombardo recently cancelled three of the network's well-known shows. The series cancelled "Hung", "Bored To Death" and ironically "How To Make It In America".

All three shows had multiple seasons under their belt, but the network felt they didn't have the marketing pull to succeed in further seasons. Lombardo allowed the shows to finish their current seasons and made the executive decision to cancel them to make room for newer shows.

There have been menacing reviews and disappointment surrounding the New York City based, hipster series “How to Make it in America.” The series, starring Byran Greenberg with some assistance from rapper Kid Cudi, focuses on a team of young Brooklynites trying to pursue their dreams in the fashion world. Many view it as carbon copy of the network's hit show "Entourage", which ran for eight seasons.

After its second season, "How To Make It In America" looped in only 560,000 viewers. Seems the show made it nowhere fast.

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Cazcow 12/21/2011 11:53 pm

How To Make It In America & Hung were my shows. I can care less about Bored To Death, but that's just wack just to do that. It's like Treme and The Wire all over again. It's just going to find some way to kill off the characters on different plots and settings. Somehow True Blood still remains on top just like Boardwalk Empire.

dillards 12/21/2011 11:24 pm

Fuck that show it was some elitist bullshit. They were some fake hustlers and weak ass hipsters

rzk 12/21/2011 11:16 pm

sounds to me like they didnt advertise this show to well...if i knew there was a show with cudi in it i would have watched it....thanks hbo...

Darius 12/21/2011 9:53 pm

The problem with this show is that it reflects how NY is... Too many out of towners and not enough real newyorkers, only the Latin actors are believable but kid cudi and the jew kid where unrealalistic... I hope hung and bored to death are next! Those two shows really suck!

Cutta 12/21/2011 8:43 pm

DAMN HOW TO MAKE IT WAS MY SHIT.....BUT BORED TO DEATH WAS SUPER WACK

rah 12/21/2011 8:37 pm

I wanted the show to be a success but to be honest, it didn't have the new york feel. In fact it felt very elittest. So un-authentic. As a New Yorker, I should be able to relate but all it did was showcase the wannabee's-trying-to-be. I couldn't route for the show's stars because they were opportunistic and fake, like when they dropped dude that wanted to rep them because they wanted to go with a girl with more cloute. The guys were fakes and wouldn't be respected

Lobsters and $crimps 12/21/2011 8:00 pm

That was my show! Damn RIP