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"Last Resort co-creator Shawn Ryan has admitted that the show&amp;#039;s axe did not come as &amp;quot;a huge shock&amp;quot;. The nuclear submarine thriller was cancelled by ABC this past weekend (November 17) alongside horror drama 666 Park Avenue.  &amp;quot;Our ratings had been on the cusp, or really below the cusp, for a few weeks now,&amp;quot; Ryan said on Kevin Pollak&amp;#039;s Chat Show. &amp;quot;[The cancellation] didn&amp;#039;t come as a huge shock. &amp;quot;It wasn&amp;#039;t a huge shock, and yet still it&amp;#039;s a disappointment. I would compare it to if you have a relative who becomes terminally ill. You know it&amp;#039;s coming, and yet you still are shocked when it happens.&amp;quot; Ryan blamed the show&amp;#039;s disappointing viewing figures on the &amp;quot;brutal time slot&amp;quot; of Thursday nights at 8/7c. &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;re up against Big Bang Theory, which is the No.1 comedy on TV; we&amp;#039;re up against The X Factor; we&amp;#039;re up against NFL games on the NFL Network that draw a lot of men - and men were liking our show,&amp;quot; he explained.  The writer - who also created FX drama The Shield and short-lived Fox series The Chicago Code - added that ABC originally commissioned Last Resort as part of a desire to find a popular male-skewing drama. &amp;quot;They thought it was a big, bold concept that would attract people,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;They were worried about putting something [on air] that was a little more normal, that it would get swamped and disappear.&amp;quot; Last Resort will air all 13 of its ordered episodes on ABC and on Sky1 in the UK. &amp;gt; Last Resort Andre Braugher Q&amp;amp;A: &amp;#039;This is not a jingoistic show&amp;#039; Watch Shawn Ryan&amp;#039;s full interview on Kevin Pollak&amp;#039;s Chat Show below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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