Turns out the title of ABC’s jolly, fast-talking sitcom was prescient (except for the “happy” part). The net’s entertainment president Paul Lee said the show was “absolutely on brand,” whatever that means, and that canceling the show “was a hard decision,” saying it was “just too narrow” and claiming he was “not happy at all to see it go.” And it seems there will be no last-minute stay of execution, which is sometimes the case with narrowly popular shows that are prematurely axed. The USA Network, which had toyed with the idea of adopting the show, has backed away from it. And thus ends Happy Endings. We blame the title.