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“Utopia’s” failure may have been foretold even before anyone in the United States saw a second of the show.

A provocative idea that fell apart in the execution, Fox canceled the series on Sunday after two months of consistently low ratings.

From day one, the show suffered from internal bickering at the network’s highest levels and a heavy-handed execution by producers and Fox’s new alternative chief Simon Andreae.

Andreae bought the Dutch format in January from producer John de Mol’s Talpa Media, which is also behind such ambitious hits as “Big Brother” and “The Voice.” Fox’s alternative programming chief made the bold buy just three months after being announced to the position to avoid a bidding war on the show that was performing well in The Netherlands.

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But as the price of the show soared to a $50 million price tag, some executives within Fox began to wonder if the series was worth it.

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