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DeathWatch Update: Tuesday 6:12pm

September 26, 2006

The James Woods spectacle "Shark" has jumped to the bottom of our list making it "least likely to be cancelled" on our Deathwatch. “Shark” is followed closely by "The Nine," which premieres on October 4th.

At the top of our "soon to be cancelled" list -- "Men in Trees" retains the Number One spot, with 3:1 odds of being cancelled next. “Men” replaces Fox's "Happy Hour," which we've now listed as "on life support." We're actually so convinced it won't be back, we've taken it out of the game and moved it to our graveyard.

In spite of your votes for the cancellation of four ABC sitcoms (including "Ugly Betty" and "Knights of Prosperity"), it's FOX that's having a crummy week. The premiere of "Vanished" clocked in a 2.0 rating and we have it listed on our Deathwatch as number 6 out of 24. We have very small hopes that this show is ever going anywhere but out.

"Broadcasting and Cable" ran the news this morning that FOX has shuffled the schedules of both "Happy Hour" and "Justice," while suspending production for one week on both "Standoff" and "Til Death."

Fox is sticking with their story that the shuffles are all due to the coming Baseball season, but we're going to go ahead and say: “Play ball!”

NBC is starting off the week with a mixed bag.

"Heroes" premiered last night on NBC and did a 5.9 preliminary national rating. It beat out old favorites "Two and a Half Men" and an original episode of "The New Adventures of Old Christine." "Studio 60," however, took a dive and scored 30% lower ratings than it's premiere episode last week.

Oddly, at number 21 (out of 24) on the Deathwatch is "Runaway." Though reviews for the show say it's not exactly awful, the show scored a 0.7 during its premiere last night on The CW.

Yikes.

Comments

Laura wrote:

I am actually quite sad that Happy Hour is gone. I really enjoyed watching that show every week.

posted at September 26, 2006 11:03 PM

Monica wrote:

I think the problem with Runaway is that there was NO promotion for it at all. No one even knows what it's supposed to be about, other than the obvious, someone is running away from something...or maybe it's just really bad.

posted at September 27, 2006 08:43 AM

pat wrote:

I think both Shark and Vanished and shows that should not be cancelled. They are both quality shows.

posted at September 27, 2006 01:34 PM

kat smith wrote:

Men in Tree's is just another version of Northern Exposure. The only difrence is, Northern Exposure was a good show, with good actors!

posted at September 27, 2006 01:36 PM

Archie wrote:

Happy Hour is (was?) horrible. FOX's other 'big new comedy', Til Death, is similarly not funny.

posted at September 27, 2006 02:27 PM

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