ABC Pulls The Nine From Schedule

Zap2it is reporting that ABC has pulled critically acclaimed but ratings-challenged The Nine from its schedule effective immediately. A special edition of 20/20 will take its place on Wednesday, November 29, and Primetime will move into the 10 p.m. Wednesday spot the following week. The network made the announcement on Saturday. Through last week the show had averaged just 8.6 million viewers, fumbling more than half of the 17.7 million viewers who watched its lead-in, Lost. With Lost now on hiatus, numbers for The Nine tumbled even further this week, finishing a distant third in its timeslot. ABC says the show will return sometime later this season but is offering no specifics. It joins another ABC freshman show, Six Degrees, in scheduling limbo.