ABC drops axe on 'Invasion'

Freshman sci-fi series Invasion has been cancelled by ABC, according to various reports at the weekend.

The news of the show's axe comes ahead of the network's upfronts presentation on Tuesday.

Although having a prime slot in the network's schedule - Lost was its lead-in - Invasion dropped from 17 million to just 9 million viewers over the course of its first season.

Some hope remains that a second season may materialise, however: new network The CW is rumoured to be interested in picking it up from ABC for 2006-07.

The final episode airs this Wednesday (May 17) in the US and Sunday, May 28 in the UK.