USAs Necessary Roughness has been cancelled. Unfortunately the network has opted of a 4th Season. Necessary Roughness was not a breakout hit. It kept a steady stream of loyal followers and last season it had $4 Million viewers which isn't bad but it wasn't mind blowing ratings either.
In case you didn't know Necessary Roughness started out about a therapist named Dani Santino. Dani was coping with marital troubles and a failing practice. She was offered a job by a football coach whose athlete was having trouble performing on the field. Necessary Roughness mirrored a lot of problems occurring in sports now. Performance enhancement drugs, infidelity, promiscuity, sexual preference, etc. Many of these same topics plague the NBA, NFL, MLB, Olympians, etc. There was a formal statement released by the network via Deadline and here's what it said:
“We are proud of this show and its writers, which had a unique ability to address topical subjects before they unfolded in real life on the sports pages,” the network said in a statement to Deadline. “We want to thank Liz Kruger and Craig Shapiro, the incredible cast led by Golden Globe nominee Callie Thorne and our partners at Sony Television.”
It was a great show, but I think adding John Stamos to the cast was a big mistake. Not to say he wasn't great to look at but it just shook up the storyline of the show too much! Originally Dr. Dani dealt with specific athlete and I thought that she would continue to see him (which she did) and expand the storyline to other athletes problems. But it only went so far. I just felt like they could've taken necessary roughness to the top. Ripped from the headlines storylines. She could have been a freelance therapist working for athletes from all popular sports. Would've been awesome but they focused on this one team and made things consistently personal all the time. It was a good show but it could have been so much better.
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