Los Angeles: Fox has cancelled Rainn Wilson's new series "Backstrom".


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The crime comedy-drama series will not move forward with a second season at Fox, it has been confirmed, reported Variety.


"Backstrom" showrunner Hart Hanson broke the news on Twitter, writing: "Sometimes you're the windshield and sometimes you're the bug."


The announcement of "Backstrom" cancellation came on the same day as Hanson's other series "Bones" earned a season 11 renewal from Fox.


"Backstrom" was based on a popular series of Swedish crime novels by Leif GW Persson.


"The Office" star Wilson made his television comeback in the Fox series as a cranky police detective who rarely stuck to the law in his investigations.