Spin City is an American sitcom television series that ran from 1996 to 2002 on ABC, an was created by Gary David Goldberg & Bill Lawrence, based on a fictional local government running New York City, originally starring Michael J. Fox as Mike Flaherty, the Deputy Mayor of New York. The show was canceled in 2002 due to low ratings from the 2001–2002 season and a change in target demographics.