The cancellations will make room for new comedies It’s Messy, Ben & Kate and The Goodwin Games, all of which Fox ordered to series Wednesday.

The news doesn’t come as a huge surprise — both shows were previously yanked from Fox’s lineup for the remainder of the season. I Hate My Teenage Daughter, starring Jaime Pressly and Katie Finneran was pulled in March. Breaking In, which stars Christian Slater and Megan Mullally, was pulled just a few weeks later in April. (Breaking In was canceled last season but received a surprise last-minute resurrection.)

Despite their strong lead-ins (Raising Hope and New Girl), both shows pulled in weak ratings, averaging just under 3 million viewers.

A network rep declined to comment on the report.

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The series, which was put on hiatus in March, had been set to return on Sunday, June 3 at 7:00/6:00c with back-to-back episodes for three weeks – completing its 13-episode run.

FOX will now air repeats of animated comedies “American Dad” and “The Cleveland Show” in said time periods. The network will also plug additional repeats of “30 Seconds to Fame” into the Saturday, 12:00/11:00c slot, which was set to feature “Daughter” encores beginning June 2.

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Pressly will play prison warden Melinda, a sexy, ominous woman with a sadistic streak enjoying cat-and-mouse games with her inmates who are terrified by her.

The project is formally in second position to Fox’s Teenage Daughter, which also is produced by Warner Bros. The freshman comedy has been de facto cancelled after Fox pulled it from the schedule earlier this week. This marks Pressly’s return to NBC where she co-starred on comedy My Name Is Earl, which earned her an Emmy.

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The series starring Jaime Pressly and Katie Finneran has been pulled from the Fox schedule, Deadline reports.

This isn’t good news for the sitcom. Just last week, Fox’s plan to move it to Wednesdays following the American Idol performance show was changed. The network decided it would air only two more episodes of the sitcom in its Tuesdays at 8:30/7:30c berth before it returned in the summer, but now it looks like Teenage Daughter has been grounded immediately.

The comedy block originally included Raising Hope, New Girl, Breaking In and Teenage Daughter. For the next two weeks, repeats of Raising Hope will air in the Tuesday, 8:30/7:30c slot.

The remaining Teenage Daughter episodes are still planned to air in the summer.

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The network announced Thursday that Teenage Daughter, which had been slated to move from its Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. slot as part of the network’s new comedy block effective April 4, will instead go on an extended hiatus until the summer.

The last original episode will air Tuesday, April 3 at 8:30 p.m.

American Idol’s performance episodes will expand from its previous 90-minute installments to two hours for the remainder of its Wednesday airings this season starting April 4.

In its most recent airing this week, Teenage Daughter notched a series low in the advertiser-coveted adults 18-49 demographic, sinking to below time slot competitor in ABC’s Cougar Town.

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With the advent of holiday break, the Ministry chatted with the star about her experience returning to work as the centerpiece of an ensemble comedy and raising her 4-year-old, Dezi.

“You know, in a lot of ways a multi-camera sitcom is amazing for a working mom,” Pressly told us recently via phone, “I’m picking him up and dropping him off, present with him. It’s amazing.”

“Tuesdays we tape ‘Teenage Daughter’ in front of the live audience, and that’s when Dezi sees his dad, so it runs very smoothly. I’m really lucky.”

Pressly said coming back to TV, especially after a cult favorite like “Earl,” wasn’t an easy decision.

“So many people loved Joy [her 'Earl' character], so I really needed something that was the right fit. And I’m so thrilled to say that, honestly, everyone on this show is incredibly talented and so down to earth. People say you become a family, but that’s what we are,” said Pressly.

As Annie Watson on “Daughter,” Pressly inhabits the shoes of a woman with an ultra-conservative upbringing dealing with her own free-spirited daughter. The Ministry wondered how much reflecting Pressly did of her own teen years.

“I was so strong willed and very driven,” Pressly reflected, “I started in the business so young, I was modeling at 15 and had to be emancipated from my parents so I could travel to Japan and work … but I’m grateful for that experience.”

Speaking of experience, she can compare notes with her costar Katie Finneran, who just announced her second pregnancy.

“Daughter” airs at 9:30 p.m. Wednesdays on Fox.

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No one knows this better than Annie (Jaime Pressly) and Nikki (Katie Finneran) of Fox’s new comedy I Hate My Teenage Daughter, whose daughters Sophie (Kristi Lauren) and Mackenzie (Aisha Dee) are harder to deal with than the lines at Target on Black Friday.

With just 12 days until Christmas (yes, really!), Annie and Nikki decided to spread the wealth and share their exclusive tips for making it through the holiday season unscathed…

Without further ado, here are Annie and Nikki’s tips on how to survive this holiday season:

1. Simplify things by dropping weird family traditions. You don’t need to knit your own stockings every year.
2. Give your teenage daughter her best present early to keep her on her best behavior. Butter her up like a Christmas turkey.
3. Remember to lean on your friends for support…and sometimes sending your daughter to their house.
4. If you want to guarantee you’ll see your rock musician ex over the holidays, buy a concert ticket.
5. If your teenage daughter is giving you a lot of trouble, take her for a nice ride to look at beautiful Christmas lights. Then drive slowly past the house of the boy she likes. Wave, honk, repeat.
6. There are only three ways to get your teenage daughter to help with holiday preparations: bribery, guilt and bribery.
7. A little extra rum goes a long way in your eggnog when trying to tune out your teenage daughter’s insults.
8. Get gift receipts for everything! Chances are she’s going to hate it…because you gave it to her.
9. Put on the most obnoxious, hideously ugly holiday sweater you can find and watch your daughter’s head explode from embarrassment.
10. Start a new tradition. This year we’re going to have a “Christmas Eve Pumpkin Pie Eating Contest.” I got this in the bag.
11. Have your ex-husband dress up like Santa and hand out gifts on Christmas morning. He’ll love that.
12. Threaten your daughter that you’re going to go caroling in the nude if she doesn’t spend some quality time with you. Blackmail is always effective.

I Hate My Teenage Daughter airs Wednesdays at 9:30 p.m. on Fox.

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