Significant seven: TV flops

Over the next few days, we are publishing highlights from this year’s Mumbrella Annual.

1. Ben Elton Live from Planet Earth
Before the days of Twitter, we would have to wait a full 12 hours to hear just how much of a flop Ben Elton was. But now in 2011, the evidence was as plain to see as the jokes were unfunny. Live from Planet Earth was shit. And so it got axed.

2. Angry Boys
After Summer Heights High, big things were expected from Chris Lilley’s Angry Boys. The ABC series began with a decent audience but there just weren’t enough laughs to keep them coming back. It will be interesting to see what the Americans make of it, particularly black-up rapper S. Mouse. Angry Boys makes its US debut in January 2012.