Why CBS? Why? So We Could Watch More "Everybody Loves Raymond" or "CSI: Skokie?"

Bad news, kids: "Babylon Fields" has been canceled before it even got off the ground.

For those of you with social lives and non-imaginary friends, "Babylon Fields" was sitcom\dramedy picked up by CBS back in January and originally slated to debut this fall. Set in the suburbs, nearly every character on the show was a zombie, returning from the dead to assume their pre-apocalypse lives with some of their still-living family members. It was also a bit of a procedural crime drama, with "undead crimefighting" thrown in for fun. Seriously.

I, for one, was ready and waiting with my remote control in hand. I mean, "Tell Me You Love Me" + "ZSI?" C'mon, people! This is magic!

Alas, Popwatch is now reporting that CBS has opted to can "Babylon Fields", but not before TV Week leaked a few precious scenes.

Got a minute? Check them out:
1) An impeccably dressed zombie returns home to greet his wife, who is simultaneously grateful for his return and slightly appalled that her prayers were answered literally.
2) Two male zombies discuss the sexual benefits of rigor mortis, prompting the question of whether it's necrophilia if both partners are dead. Need I mention that this is not safe for work?
3) A zombie reports his own murder to the police, in typical procedural cop-show fashion. This clip is made better if you're a true TV nerd and recognize the zombie as Jamey Sheridan, who played Captain James Deakins on "Law and Order: Criminal Intent" for five years.