( EW.com ) -- We 're not messing with you : ABC is canceling `` Mind Games . '' Effective immediately , the freshman drama series starring Christian Slater and Steve Zahn as psychologically manipulative problem solvers will be pulled from the network 's schedule . Repeats of Sunday night freshman drama `` Resurrection '' will air the next two Tuesdays at 10 p.m. instead , then `` Celebrity Wife Swap '' will take over the slot starting April 15 . `` Mind Games '' debuted five weeks ago and has performed lousy in the ratings , the last episode averaging only 2 million viewers and a 0.7 rating among adults 18 to 49 . For Slater , it 's been rough sledding on broadcast TV these past six years . `` Mind Games '' was his fourth TV show since 2008 and only one has made it to a second season ( Fox 's `` Breaking In , '' which still did n't make it to a standard 22 episodes ) . See the original story at EW.com . CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved .
The freshman show has been pulled . It has not done well in the theater . It 's Slater 's fourth show since graduation .