For those of you who heavily invested your time into watching Ryan Hardy chase down leads across the country to capture the notorious serial killer Joe Carroll and his enormous following of cult members, you might be a little disappointed to hear the news.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, "The Following" has been canceled by Fox. This drama, created by "Scream" and "I Know What You Did Last Summer" writer Kevin Williamson, was one of the oddities on Fox that was not produced by 20th Century Fox TV. It was in fact a Warner Bros. TV show, which is where Williamson has a contract deal.

The show was heavily premised on the capacity to provide its viewers with bone-chilling serialized episodes that promoted gore, or the illusion of gore, to helm its audience. That was also coupled with the star power of seasoned Hollywood vet Kevin Bacon playing the lead role and James Purefoy playing the psychotic lead villain.

There have been rumors, however, that WBTV has been shopping the series around, especially to streaming service Hulu for a possible lifeline to continue the show. But the article also claims that those rumors may soon be just that because Hulu is not expected to engage on the deal.

Also, the creator of the Fox series "Bones" may have seen the last of his new series "Backstrom," although it has not been officially confirmed yet.

NBC has also been swinging its axe at a few freshman series and a sophomore series.

According to USA Today, freshman series' "One Big Happy," "State of Affairs" and "Constantine" have been given the pink slip along with sophomore series "About a Boy."

These kinds of cancellations are fairly common for the big networks, who compete heavily for ratings and are constantly trying to make room in their coveted time slots for better shows that perform well with audiences.