Why were they cancelled? Maybe it was in the 2nd Season, after their stats really crashed, and then they won the Emmy. And the next 2 episodes were re-runs - in the middle of the season.
What? After they'd just WON AN EMMY?? RE-RUNS?
At the time, Tony Ortega said that this catastrophic crash in income for A&E was "just a well-needed rest, after their Emmy win".
Wait: A&E has a show that just won an Emmy and for the next two weeks they have to run re-runs - because the 'cast' is taking a break?
Tony was lying at the time. A&E's ad revenue for two new episodes after a show wins an Emmy would have been hugely profitable for the network. And all these episodes are produced way ahead of time. There was no 'break' to take.
So why was Tony lying?
He revealed it in a post a year later when he printed the legal threat letter from Marty Singer regarding the Masterson episode.
Go back to those times and read what they were saying to the public. You'll see a consistent pattern of lying. This happens all the time in show business, on shows like "The King of Queens". But should it happen on a show like Aftermath?
What if they simply printed
the Marty Singer threat letter at the time? Showing excerpts of it as the reason tonight's episode will have to be a re-run? Right after winning an Emmy?
I believe their stats would have immediately launched themselves out of the toity. Instead, they stayed there, circled the toilet, and went down the drain.
So maybe it was this kind of cowardice that got them cancelled.