November 11th, 2009 | 0 Comments
After sacrificing Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles last season to give Dollhouse another chance, Fox has decided to finally shutter the Dollhouse. The Joss Whedon fan favorite is currently filling its 11 episode, and the show is expected to finish its 13 episode order. After a poor start in the fall, the show improved on once the DVR viewings were factored in. Fox decided to pull the show from the schedule during November sweeps – a move that seemed aimed at protecting the series from worse ratings. The show was scheduled to return with new episodes on December 4, but Fox hasn’t commented on when it plans to air the remaining episodes.
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November 11th, 2009 | 0 Comments
ABC continues to prune its Wednesday night schedule of freshman shows. Five episodes in, the network is pulling the plug on Kelsey Grammer’s Hank. The show is filming episode 10 and will stop production after wrapping that episode. ABC has no immediate plans to run the remaining five episodes. For the next few weeks, the network will air a combination of comedy repeats and holiday specials in Hank’s Wednesday 8:00 PM/ET time slot. The network already preempted the show once for a Charlie Brawn Halloween special last month.
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November 9th, 2009 | 0 Comments
ABC has decided against ordering the back nine episodes of Eastwick, essentially canceling the show. It will halt production after wrapping its initial run of 13 episodes. In its most recent airing on November 4, the show averaged only 4.6 million viewers and a 1.6 rating in the 18-49 demo. Despite the strong lead in from Modern Family and Cougar Town, Eastwick could never pull in the satisfactory ratings, even losing to the Jay Leno Show.
In more positive news, ABC ordered five more episodes of Christian Slater’s The Forgotten. Jerry Bruckheimer’s procedural drama has been a steady performer in the ratings on Tuesday nights.
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October 28th, 2009 | 0 Comments
NBC has opted not to pick up additional episodes from Trauma beyond the freshman drama’s original 13-episode order. The big-budget action medical drama from UMS has been in limbo after a weak start behind Heroes. It got a glimpse of hope this week when, against CBS repeats, it showed a small ratings uptick, prompting the network to book the series for three more weeks. The series now will finish production on its 13-episode order before winding down.
October 8th, 2009 | 4 Comments
NBC has canceled Southland, two weeks before the premiere of the show’s second season. Production on the John Wells-produced cop series is being shut down after six episodes. Warner Brothers Television was told by NBC that the show was being canceled by the network. Neither the studio nor NBC would comment on for why the show was halted, but insiders say the dark nature of the cop drama was a factor. NBC said it will do its best to air the six episodes that were already shot and that the quality of the show wasn’t a factor in the decision.
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September 25th, 2009 | 0 Comments
The CW has canceled The Beautiful Life, making it this fall’s first cancellation. Production on the show, which had been filming its seventh episode, was shut down Friday. The Beautiful Life has been pulled off the schedule effective immediately and will be replaced by repeats of Melrose Place, starting next week.
The show, which launched with a racy marketing campaign, starred Mischa Barton, Corbin Bleu, Benjamin Hollingswoth, Nico Tortorella, Ashley Madekwe, Elle MacPherson and Sara Paxton.
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