Global loses Lonestar

Global Television has sustained the first casualty of the fall TV season: Fox has canceled the critically-applauded Lonestar on Monday nights at 9 p.m. after two poorly-watched episodes stateside.

After a number of rookie and returning U.S. series enjoyed impressive ratings out of the gates last week, and no local Canuck shows making the top-15 table, now comes reality for Canadian networks.

Those expensive U.S. series can, and often do, fail.

Global Television said it will follow Fox’s lead and air a simulcast of Lie to Me in the Monday night 9 p.m. slot from next week.