And now the losers

ABC has cancelled Invasion. The Channel 4 show is the first notable casualty ahead of this weeks upfront presentations. Hope and Faith, which screens on ABC1, has also gone . NBC meanwhile has killed the recent Dick Wolf show Conviction and the US version of Teachers. E-Ring, soon to screen here on FX has gone and Surface, currently on ITV, Joey and Four Kings, which is coming to Living are all expected to follow rapidly. The fate of Scrubs is still unknown.

NBC has given the new Andy Richter comedy, Andy Barker PI a six episode commitment,