ABC de facto cancels PAN AM and MAN UP!

Wave goodbye to those sexy stewardesses on PAN AM.  ABC's highly-promoted yet highly-disappointing (at least ratings-wise) show is conspicuously absent from the network's midseason schedule announcement.  Come the new year, PAN AM's time slot will be filled by another new show, the Kristin Chenoweth-starring comedy G.C.B. (which is short for Good Christian Belles, which was changed from the original Good Christian Bitches -- why do they keep making this title less awesome?)

Also missing from the midseason lineup is new comedy MAN UP!  No surprise (even though it's way better than the overrated Tim Allen dreck LAST MAN STANDING), as the ratings have been averaging a mediocre 1.9 with 6.7 million viewers.  It is unlikely that MAN UP! will ever see the light of day again after its original 13-episode run ends.  There is, however, a tiny glimmer of hope for PAN AM fans.  ABC did order five more scripts and is currently in the process of reviewing them in order to decide whether or not it's worth it to actually produce more episodes.  That alone doesn't mean the show is getting a back 9, and with its ratings in a veritable nosedive since its strong premiere (its latest episode garnered only a 1.8 rating with a scant 5.7 million viewers), I wouldn't bet any money on seeing the show last past Episode 13.

With the cancelation of the similarly-hyped THE PLAYBOY CLUB, could the (all-but-guaranteed) demise of PAN AM spell doom for the period drama on network channels?  Should period dramas stick to channels like AMC and HBO?  What do you think, Fellow Addicts?

Do you think this is the end for period dramas on network channels?