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Netflix has canceled “Ashley Garcia: Genius in Love” and “The Big Show Show,” starring WWE Superstar The Big Show, and after one season apiece, TheWrap has learned.

The streaming service will release one more episode of both multi-cam sitcoms this December, as standalone Christmas specials for “Ashley Garcia” and “Big Show Show” had already been filmed ahead of the pandemic, an individual with knowledge of the situation tells TheWrap. These episodes do not continue storylines from the previous seasons.

All existing episodes of “The Big Show Show” and “Ashley Garcia: Genius In Love” will continue to be available for streaming on Netflix.

Led by The Big Show — real name Paul Wight — “The Big Show Show” is a fictionalized version of the pro-wrestler’s own life. Here’s its official synopsis for the eight-episode show: “When the teenage daughter of The Big Show, a retired world-famous WWE Superstar comes to live with him,...

Both “The Big Show Show” and “Ashley Garcia: Genius in Love” have not been renewed at Netflix.

However, both multi-camera comedies taped Christmas specials prior to the pandemic, with both set to air this December. According to an individual with knowledge of the situation, both specials are standalone episodes and do not continue the storylines from the prior episodes.

“The Big Show Show” starred WWE star Paul “The Big Show” Wight as a fictionalized version of himself living with his wife and three daughters. The series also starred Allison Munn,Reylynn Caster, Juliet Donenfeld, and Lily Brooks O’Briant.

Produced by WWE Studios, Josh Bycel and Jason Berger served as executive producers and showrunners. Susan Levison and Richard Lowell served as executive producers for WWE Studios.

“Ashley Garcia: Genius in Love,” also known as “The Expanding Universe of Ashley Garcia,” followed the titular Ashley (Paulina Chávez) — the world’s only 15-and-a-half-year-old...

Exclusive: Netflix has opted not to order second seasons of multi-camera family sitcoms Ashley Garcia: Genius in Love and The Big Show Show.

Fans will get one more original episode of each shows as the streamer had commissioned special Christmas episodes of both comedies to be released this December.

These are not series finales. The special stand-alone Christmas episodes were filmed before the pandemic and do not continue the storylines from the previous seasons.

The produced episodes of Ashley Garcia and The Big Show Show will continue to be available on Netflix. Multi-camera comedy is probably the genre most dependable on cast chemistry. That is something that can be tested in a pilot, something that does not fit into Netflix’s model, which is built on straight-to-series orders.

Created by Seth Kurland & Mario Lopez, Ashley Garcia: Genius in Love followed a prodigy named Ashley Garcia, the “only 15-and-a-half-year-old robotics engineer...

In today’s TV news roundup, Quibi released the trailer for “The Most Dangerous Game,” and Netflix dropped the trailer for “The Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show.”

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Quibi has released the trailer of “The Most Dangerous Game.” The action-thriller stars Liam Hemsworth as Dodge Maynard who accepts an offer to participate in a deadly game in order to take care of his pregnant wife before a terminal illness takes his life. Maynard soon finds out that he is not the hunter in the game, but the prey. The series also stars Christoph Waltz, Sarah Gadon, Zach Cherry, Aaron Poole, Christopher Webster, Billy Burke, Jimmy Akinbola and Natasha Bordizzo.

Netflix has dropped the trailer for “The Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show.” The six-part sketch series stars comedian Shlesinger, who leads her ensemble cast in a satire filled show packed with original characters, insight to the female experience and “irreverent social commentary.

Netflix and WWE have unveiled the trailer for their upcoming family comedy “The Big Show Show” starring WWE Superstar The Big Show, whose real name is Paul Wight.

In “The Big Show Show,” The Big Show plays The Big Show — and also a husband and dad, just like in real life.

Here’s the logline:

When the teenage daughter of The Big Show, a retired world-famous WWE Superstar, comes to live with him, his wife and two other daughters, he quickly becomes outnumbered and outsmarted. Despite being 7 feet tall and weighing 400 pounds, he is no longer the center of attention.

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In addition to Wight, who has some previous acting credits including Adam Sandler’s “The Waterboy,” “The Big Show Show” also stars Allison Munn, Reylynn Caster, Lily Brooks O’Briant, Juliet Donenfeld and Jaleel White.

Exclusive: Prolific multi-cam director Phill Lewis (Happy Together) has been tapped to direct the first batch of episodes for Netflix's new comedy series The Big Show Show.

Starring WWE superstar The Big Show (real name Paul Wight) the family comedy comes from WWE Studios and writers Josh Bycel (Happy Endings) and Jason Berger (La to Vegas). Filming is slated to begin Aug 9.

In The Big Show Show, when the teenage daughter of Big Show (Wight), a retired world-famous WWE Superstar, comes to live with him, his wife and two other daughters, he quickly becomes outnumbered and outsmarted. Despite being 7 feet tall and weighing 400 pounds, he is no longer the center of attention. Allison Munn, Reylynn Caster, Juliet Donenfeld and Lily Brooks O’Briant also star.

Lewis previously directed pilots for CBS' Happy Together and NBC's A Bronx Life. The in-demand multi-cam helmer also has directed on shows such...

Losing "Happy Endings" totes sooks. But in the complicated world of television, this may not be the end.

When ABC pulled the plug on "Happy Endings" after three seasons and lots of scheduling moves, USA Network emerged as a frontrunner to save the beloved comedy. But when that fell through, Sony tried to find the show a new home. Sadly, that was unsuccessful as well. "We don’t know the specifics; that's all sort of above our pay grade. But there were ongoing talks with a lot of places. It just didn’t work out," "Happy Endings" creator David Caspe told TVLine. "The truth is, how many shows have moved networks ever? It’s very difficult to do, and there’s probably some financial algorithmic reason for that that I don’t even understand."

While canceled shows usually don't move networks -- it's only been done a handful of times with shows like "Cougar Town,...

"Happy Endings" was known for its quick-fire jokes, but for every joke that made it into the show, there was a whole mess of ones that didn't.

Former "Happy Endings" writer Jason Berger took to Twitter to share a bunch of them.

I found a packet of Happy Endings joke room jokes. Gonna tweet a few: pic.twitter.com/04IGrUv9MD

— Jason Berger (@jayberger) June 27, 2013

One more He joke. One for the ages: pic.twitter.com/eP2qzZ2lHE

— Jason Berger (@jayberger) June 29, 2013

Last one for now. A few more Penny/helmet alts: pic.twitter.com/1tD59mazeF

— Jason Berger (@jayberger) June 28, 2013

"Happy Endings" was dumped by ABC after three seasons, but there was hope the show would live on. Despite rumors of "Happy Endings" moving to USA, the show did not find a new home and the cast was released from their contracts.

Click over to Berger's Twitter to see more jokes.

The wild, weird and insane television tweets of the past 24 hours, "Lost" edition.

(Note: Every now and then, something sorta newsworthy might slip in here too... not often though)

About an hour before the "Lost" series finale aired on the east coast, executive producer Carlton Cuse sent a message to fans: @CarltonCuse: Enjoy tonight. And thanks for all your love and support for the last six years. You've lifted us up.

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After the finale had finished on the west coast, co-creator Damon Lindelof said a few words: @DamonLindelof: Remember. Let go. Move on. I will miss it more than I can ever say.

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Jimmy Kimmel -- who hosted a special edition of his show after the series ender -- is shocked by the show's conclusion: @jimmykimmel: just saw the Lost finale...I Never would have guessed they were inside a video game. Holy crap.

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Former "Lost" star...