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This past season of “American Idol” is widely regarded as one of the show’s worst, and the corresponding Idol Live! tour might be the last nail in season nine’s coffin.

The tour, which features the final 10 contestants, has suffered poor ticket sales (example: at press time, Wednesday’s show at Jones Beach, right outside New York, featured front-row seats still available for just $13). Seven shows have been cancelled, and nine shows have been rescheduled.

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The legendary duo has canceled a performance in Phoenix that was scheduled for next month because of the state’s recently signed law that requires police to determine the immigration status of individuals suspected of being in the country illegally

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You’re still puzzled by what you watched on “Lost,” haunted by that final scene on “Nip/Tuck,” comforted by that cozy closer in Trafalgar Square on “Ugly Betty” and wondering what’s become of your “Heroes.”

Series finales are always tough on both the viewers and the writers. Fans want perfection, and like children hoping to offer up an A-filled report card to their parents, writers strive to deliver.

Oftentimes, disappointment results on both sides, especially when iconic series come to a close, but not always. Here’s a look at how five series ended this year, and what some show creators thought of the way things wrapped up.

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Will the criminal justice system be alive on “Law & Order” next fall? It’s down to the wire whether the venerable cop drama will be nabbing more bad guys in a history-making run.

With the official announcement of NBC’s 2010-11 schedule due Sunday, the network on Thursday still wasn’t handing down a verdict on the show.

NBC refused to confirm multiple reports that the show was being canceled after 20 seasons on the air, one year short of an all-time record.

Now a days money troubles have hit every one. But everyone just keep spending to get into trouble and now everyone is paying for it. It is to bad they have to close the studio.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Walt Disney Co plans to close director Robert Zemeckis’ ImageMovers Digital facility in Northern California, laying off 450 workers there, or more than 5 percent of its movie studio division.

Disney will shut down IMD and lay off those workers as it wraps up production on “Mars Needs Moms,” an animated film that will hit theaters a year from now.

The plan to close IMD comes as Rich Ross, recently appointed chairman of Walt Disney Studios, shakes up the company’s movie division to focus on films that can be leveraged across other platforms, including toys and video games.

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(CNN) — Jon and Kate Gosselin closed out their “Plus Eight” series Monday night with more of a whimper than a bang and plenty of whining, bitterness and blame.

The series finale opened with a shot of a sign posted on the couple’s property declaring, “No film crew or production staff from TLC is permitted on this property under penalty of Trespass,” signed by Jon.

Jon had called an end to the tapings through a cease and desist order against the show, for what he said was the benefit of his children.

“This is a very bittersweet goodbye for me because the kids are already missing it,” Kate Gosselin said. “Our show has provided opportunities that we wouldn’t have otherwise had.

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(CNN) — Oprah Winfrey will announce on Friday’s “The Oprah Winfrey Show” that she will end her talk show, said a spokesman for Winfrey’s Harpo Productions.

“Oprah will be ending her talk show,” Harpo spokesman Don Halcombe said Thursday. “She will be speaking about it on tomorrow’s live show.”

The show will air live from its Chicago, Illinois, studio at 9 a.m. CT (10 a.m. ET), he said.

The show will end on September 9, 2011, as its 25th season draws to a close, according to a letter from Harpo Inc. that President Tim Bennett addressed to partners and obtained by CNN affiliate WLS-TV.

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“Due to injuries Steven Tyler sustained last week when he fell from the stage during a concert in Sturgis, South Dakota, doctors have advised the lead singer to take the time to properly recuperate from the accident that resulted in a broken shoulder and stitches to his head,” the band said in a statement.

The accident happened August 5 during a concert at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in western South Dakota.

Tyler was dancing during “Love in an Elevator” when he fell. He was airlifted to a local hospital for initial treatment before returning to Boston, Massachusetts, for treatment with his own doctors.

“Words can’t express the sadness I feel for having to cancel this tour,” said guitarist Joe Perry. “We hope we can get the Aerosmith machine up and running again as soon as possible.”

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It’s not that there aren’t things to watch.

On network television, there are plenty of repeats, reality shows and final episodes of series that have been canceled.

But summertime viewing on network television can be a wasteland, especially for bloggers and critics whose gig it is to write and report on TV, said Kath Skerry, founder and editor of the Give Me My Remote blog.

“It’s borderline depressing,” Skerry said. “Between the onslaught of reality television and what I call filler TV — shows that the networks may have under contract but they just feel the need to get out regardless of the quality — it almost feels like [the networks] have given up.”

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Patrick Swayze’s new A&E series, The Beast, has been cancelled after 13 episodes, according to a source closely involved with the show’s production.

“There’s no way it was going to happen without Patrick,” says the source.

Swayze shot all 13 episodes of the show last summer in Chicago during his treatment for pancreatic cancer. “He had challenges while he was working because he was still doing chemo and it wasn’t always easy but in spite of all of that, he’d suit up and show up,” his wife Lisa told PEOPLE. “He was always there.”