Deathwatch Update: Thursday

September 28, 2006

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Last night’s lone premiere was The CW’s “One Tree Hill.” Critics continue to give this show absolutely miserable reviews, including Mike Duffy at The Detroit Free Press, who said: “Here’s another WB show that should have died instead of ‘Everwood.’”

Ouch!

Meanwhile, last night's second episode of "Jericho" came in second in its time slot and gained a 7% increase in ratings over it's premiere of last week. We have to say, for a show that DeathWatchers are voting as "likely to be cancelled" (it's holding steady on The Deathwatch at number 5) -- the ratings have been better than expected.

There was some movement within the game overnight. Both “Runaway” (now at 20 out of 23) and “Shark” (now at 22 out of 23) both moved up one place. The odds that these shows will be cancelled still hover around the 240 to 1 mark, which means it's more likely people are voting for other things to crash than for these to survive.

Apparently, “Friday Night Lights’ is a better football drama than “The Game,” as they’ve been leapfrogging each other for the 10th and 11th places, their odds of cancellation are both at around 45 to 1.

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