The “Beautiful Life” had only aired two episodes before the CW pulled the plug on the freshman series. Was it given a fighting chance? No, but it seemed doom from the start.

The show was delayed in shooting after one of its stars, Mischa Barton, was placed in an involuntary psychiatric hold. The show went on and after the stars were in makeup one day before shooting, the network cancelled the series. Sara Paxton, Barton’s costar, was furious and spoke out about the situation.

“We’re so shocked! I definitely think it’s unfair. The CW didn’t give our show a chance to succeed or fail. We had some amazing episodes coming up that we were all proud of, and the story lines were about to get really interesting, so we’re sad that no one will ever even see those! It’s unbelievable the way that they told us—we were all in the middle of work. I was sitting in the hair and makeup chair, and I’m getting my hair done just like a normal Friday—we were all excited for Friday. And all of a sudden, they got the call, and the producers had to make an announcement on set that we were done—that we were over! And I was sitting there in shock. I couldn’t believe that in the middle of work, the rug was pulled out beneath our feet. Immediately, I run over to Corbin’s [Bleu] room, and I’m like, ‘oh my God, oh my God!’ I was freaking out! And Corbin was shocked. Everyone was just devastated. It was horrible. Terrible.”

There are five more episodes that have already been filmed and are ready to be aired. CW is opting not to show them and is basically cutting any and all ties from the series that boasted Ashton Kutcher as its executive producer.

“It’s a slap in the face! It’s almost like we were part of this family and now suddenly we’re dropped. I couldn’t even call the CW because they probably have my number on their caller ID and they’re like, ‘no don’t pick up, don’t pick up.’ It’s crazy. And oh my God, episodes three, four and five were going to be amazing. That’s what really sucks. You’ve got to have time to let a show get its legs and find an audience, especially when they’re putting zero dollars into advertising. And we were slowly going in that direction. Everyday I was getting emails from Japan and Brazil and the U.K from people who were buying the show on iTunes and were going nuts over it. And if they had just given it more time to really catch a fan base I think it could’ve been huge for the CW. I really think they missed out, and I really think they’re missing out on a huge opportunity for themselves.”

Ouch. Hell hath no fury like an actress scorned. What do you think about the show and it’s abrupt cut?

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source: Beautiful Life Star Sara Paxton Blasts CW Over Show’s Cancellation [Latina]