ABC has called it quits with Life on Mars, which won't return for a second season.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the network has decided not to renew the series starring Jason O'Mara as 2008 Detective Sam Tyler working as a cop in 1973 New York.

The series, from 20th TV and ABC Studios, will complete its 17-episode freshman series order with the season finale written as a series finale that will wrap the loose story ends, explain how Tyler got transported back in time and (maybe) bring him back to his own time.

Life on Mars enjoyed strong support from ABC brass and was slotted in some of the network's premiere slots, Thursday 10 p.m. after Grey's Anatomy and Wednesday 10 p.m. after Lost.

Still, the show, based on the British series of the same name, didn't click with viewers.

The series, filmed in New York, boasts one of the strongest acting ensembles on TV with O'Mara, Harvey Keitel, Michael Imperioli and Gretchen Mol.