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"Happy Endings was axed after failing to &amp;quot;attract an audience on its own&amp;quot;, ABC&amp;#039;s president has said. The sitcom was cancelled since it could not maintain a significant viewership without a &amp;quot;strong lead-in&amp;quot;, Paul Lee told reporters at the TCA press tour.  &amp;quot;We never found in the places that we put it [that] we could [bring] an audience to it,&amp;quot; said the network boss. &amp;quot;We couldn&amp;#039;t find its sea legs away from a strong lead-in, so that&amp;#039;s how we ended up on that decision [to axe the show].&amp;quot; Lee - who previously claimed that the appeal of the Elisha Cuthbert comedy was &amp;quot;too narrow&amp;quot; - went on to describe the end of Happy Endings after three seasons as &amp;quot;very upsetting&amp;quot;. Series creator David Caspe recently said that he would be interested in reviving the show online, in a manner similar to Arrested Development&amp;#039;s Netflix comeback. &amp;gt; New Girl: Damon Wayans Jr confirmed for season three return Watch a clip from Happy Endings below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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