NBC cancels `3rd Rock from the Sun'

LOS ANGELES The NBC comedy "3rd Rock from the Sun" will end itssix-season run May 22.

"We're grateful to the `3rd Rock' producers and the out-of-this-world cast who provided NBC with so many seasons of sheer lunacy,"Jeff Zucker, president of NBC Entertainment, said in a statement."Their loopy and creative humor will make this one of the classicseries of the 1990s."

Zucker gave no reason for dropping the program.

Now off the schedule, "3rd Rock" will …