May 15 2008
FOX is another network not adding many new shows next season or holding off until midseason for them. FOX also has the added hardship of baseball messing up its fall lineup every year. They usually debut fall shows in late August while other networks wait until late September. They do this to get a jump on the competition and reel people into their shows before they lose them for a bit during the fall when baseball preempts everything.
May 14 2008
Already mentioned how CBS canceled Moonlight, but here is the full scoop on its shows for next season. They also canceled Shark, but I’m not overly sad about that one. I watched it, but it was starting to bore me. I won’t miss it.
May 13 2008
CBS finally announced that it canceled Moonlight. It didn’t like that it lost 13% of its audience from Ghost Whisperer, so it is gone. Even the crazy fan base that set up a blood drive to save the show didn’t work.
In better news, they did renew The New Adventures of Old Christine and How I Met Your Mother. More info on other shows after their official upfront tomorrow.
May 13 2008
CW has turned into a network that I really don’t want to watch. They did renew three shows that I watch, Reaper, Smallville, Supernatural, but the rest of it and the new shows don’t sound very promising.
May 13 2008
NBC actually announced its upcoming schedule six weeks ago since they decided to be weird and avoid the upfronts where all the media shows up, even though I think they were at the upfronts yesterday so I guess they had two presentations? I don’t know.
Anyway, here are the officially canceled shows: 1 vs 100, Amnesia, Bionic Woman, Clash of the Choirs, Journeyman, Las Vegas, My Dad is Better Than Your Dad, Phenomenon, Quarterlife, and The Singing Bee.
May 13 2008
Life on Mars
Here is the full story about ABC’s fall schedule. Already mentioned Scrubs is moving over to the network and Eli Stone was picked up. Other shows that are returning next season: Dancing with the Stars, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Desperate Housewives, Brothers & Sisters, Samantha Who?, According to Jim, Lost, Boston Legal, Pushing Daisies, Private Practice, Dirty Sexy Money, Ugly Betty, Grey’s Anatomy, Wife Swap, and Supernanny. That’s a lot of the same shows coming back.
May 12 2008
It is official that Reaper is coming back next season. It only received a 13-episode order as a mid-season replacement, but it’s better than nothing.
May 11 2008
A week before the May upfronts, CW FOX has slipped some news on its shows. New Amsterdam has been canceled. It was a midseason replacement that had its 13 episode run cut to 7 before it aired, so FOX wasn’t showing a lot of faith with the series before it even made it to air. It did run all seven episodes before deciding not to renew. It’s ratings were solid, but apparently not good enough to continue.
Mar 22 2008
The show was canceled last season, but after ardent fans bombarded CBS with peanuts (a shout-out to the last episode), they brought it back. It was renewed just for seven episodes, but they had hoped the ratings would improve enough that it would come back for a third regular season. The ratings this season were worse than they were last season, so it couldn’t be saved a second time. The show did prepare for this to happen by shooting two last episodes–one that left a cliffhanger in case it did come back for a third season and another one that wraps things up a bit, but not completely. Sorry Jericho!
Source: TV Guide
Feb 21 2008
Just last week it looked like Women’s Murder Club might not be canceled just yet. There was no news after the writer’s strike ended. Then the rumors about the set being torn down started. After that, they were told to stop since there might an additional three episodes if a new show runner is found. What happened to the old show runner? I don’t know! I liked Angie Harmon so I would like this show to continue. I wouldn’t mind if they lost crazy blonde lady who I still see as the killer on one of the 24 seasons.
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