Showtime pulls early plug on Marlins series; Hard Knocks won’t have Johnson this week

Miami: Home of the reality sports series this year.

Showtime evidently has seen enough of the Miami Marlins. The Franchise will conclude Wednesday, a week earlier than originally planned.

Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen doesn’t blame Showtime for an early bailout on the massively disappointing Marlins. He said in the Miami Herald.

“The way we play, who wants to watch that [expletive]?” Guillen said. “I don’t want to watch it. Every time I watch an episode, I get depressed. With the voice of the [narrator] … ‘And the Marlins lost again. And they have a tough time …’

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Meanwhile, the third installment of HBO’s Hard Knocks airs tonight at 10 p.m. ET. The series generated huge ratings for the Chad Johnson saga last week. Was it enough to keep viewers interested for the remainder of the series?