HBO Cancels Bill Simmons' 'Any Given Wednesday'
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Just a little over four months after Ben Affleck delivered a swirling, slurring defense of the New England Patriots in the inaugural episode of HBOs Any Given Wednesday, the network has decided to cancel the Bill Simmons-hosted series.
In a statement on Friday, HBO said that the shows next episode on Nov. 9 will be its last. HBO and Simmons mutually agreed to end the series, the network said, after the show failed to gain traction and even started to lose viewers at an increasingly fast pace in recent weeks.
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However, Simmons other properties, including his massive Channel 33 podcast network and sports and culture site The Ringer, appear to be safe. HBO Sports executive vice president Peter Nelson said Friday that the network remains committed to Simmons, despite the shows failure, and hopes to have him work on other HBO Sports programming in 2017.
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