ABC cancels "Zero Hour" after only 3 airings

Well, that didn’t take very long. After only three airings, ABC has stopped the clock on its new series Zero Hour. The Thursday night at 8pm time slot has a notorious reputation for claiming series after series into its dark hole of cancellations - Zero Hour being its latest victim. The series debuted with an underwhelming 1.3 rating in adults 18-49 and only went down from there, landing at a 1.0 in Thursday night’s episode.

Zero Hour, described as a conspiracy series, starred ER alum Anthony Edwards as paranormal magazine publisher Hank Galliston. While Hank is desperately trying to find and save his wife Laila (Jacinda Barrett) from her abductors, he discovers that he must also save the world from an impending cataclysm.

Instead of airing the series for the next two weeks, ABC will play re-runs of Shark Tank in the 8pm time slot. Following that will be seven weeks of non-celebrity episodes of Wife Swap starting on March 21^st before finally giving over to the reigns to Ugly Betty on May 9^th.

The remaining ten episodes of Zero Hour may air during the summer, but the network will now be shifting its focus to its Sunday premiere of the new series Red Widow. It is out with old (well, not old in this case) and in with the new. You can watch the trailer for Red Widow below.