Many shows on cable and broadcast television have met their end at the hands of a network cancellation, but "The Bastard Executioner" on FX was recently officially cancelled by the creator himself, Kurt Sutter.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sutter has taken his series off the air, not because it wasn't a great series, but because it failed to get the numbers necessary to continue.

The show had a modest audience when it debuted on the network, but it lost most of those viewers as it progressed. The show lost over half of its original audience, the exact opposite of what happened to Sutter's hit series "Sons of Anarchy."

"SOA" actually started with a modest viewership and steadily grew, eventually becoming FX network's most watched program by the time it ended after seven seasons.

"It's fantastic to get a good review [or] an award, but at the end of the day the only thing that matters, really, is numbers," Sutter told THR. "I'm not the guy sitting in my ivory tower spitting sh*t out and not caring if anyone is watching. ... I don't want to write something that nobody's f*cking watching."

Sutter was also a driving force behind another hit FX series, "The Shield," which featured equally gritty content in the same style as "SOA." Sutter spent seven seasons on that show as well, serving as the main writer.

But in the end, viewer interest did not pick up on "The Bastard Executioner," despite decent reviews from critics.

Sutter posted an ad on The Hollywood Reporter announcing the cancellation.

"I decided to post the ad just because I love this cast and crew so much. It was all very interesting," Sutter said. "I think some of it was because a lot of them are stage actors and Brits and they're not plugged into the same sh*t the way L.A. actors are plugged into it, worrying about numbers and blah blah blah."