Additional TV news

[ghost2]

NBC cancelled Medium (apparently over a dispute involving how many episodes they wanted to order for next season); CBS, which owns Medium and thus profits from DVD sales/syndication money, promptly picked the show up and will air it on Fridays following Ghost Whisperer. That's really a very compatible pairing of programs.

Cancelled: My Name is Earl (low ratings), Privileged (low ratings), Reaper (low ratings), Eleventh Hour (average ratings, and evidently CBS was not pleased with the creative direction of the show), Without a Trace (below-average ratings for a CBS show, expensive to produce), The Unit (below-average ratings for a CBS show, also relatively expensive). Earl is the only one of the lot that I think has much chance of moving to another network. It might not, though.

I'm most sad about Eleventh Hour, a show I liked, but I'm sure I'll like a bunch of the new shows, too.

Most of my favorites, like Amazing Race, Ugly Betty, Desperate Housewives, and Gossip Girl, are safe. :) fall schedule, as it currently stands

Here's a handy page telling which shows have been renewed/cancelled. As I type, it hasn't yet been updated with the news about Medium going to CBS.

Comments

[catko]

Although the CW is not picking up Reaper, we not giving up yet. ABC Studios is still trying to move the show into syndication or cable. We're advocating all Reaper fans to write their CW affiliates. All links and info here: http://community.livejournal.com/reaperdmv/44208.html And don't forget to contact ABC Studios and thank them for not giving up on Reaper.

[ghost2.livejournal.com]

I'd like to see the show go into syndication (or to cable). Fan support could tip the scales.

[yuxonomei.livejournal.com]

Awww, I love My Name is Earl.

[ghost2.livejournal.com]

I don't like many comedies--the laugh tracks annoy me, and so many of them have really lame jokes. But Earl is one of the few comedies I would watch. I hope it does get a second chance from another network. There's still some talk that it might.