Posts with tag two episodes
Posted Oct 22nd 2007 3:45PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, Contests and Giveaways, Cancellations, Ratings

Well, that was fast. After an avalanche of scathing reviews (including
mine) and extremely low ratings,
CBS has canceled the musical mystery drama Viva Laughlin after two episodes. According to the story on
Variety's web site, the show will be replaced in its Sunday 8 PM timeslot by
The Amazing Race starting November 4 (a
CSI rerun will air in that slot next week). No word yet on if the remaining episodes will be shown on CBS' web site, or anywhere else for that matter.
I imagine what happened is that CBS took a look at the low ratings for the show's Thursday premiere (
8.8 million viewers) and the even lower ratings for the first regular Sunday showing (a 1.2 rating and 3 share in th 18-49 demo, according to
Variety), saw that the quality of the remaining episodes were not going to improve, and decided to bail out. Those are the two factors that usually lead to such quick cancellations, especially to shows that were as heavily-promoted as
Laughlin was.
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Posted Aug 4th 2006 10:11AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Talent, Programming, Everybody Hates Chris, Celebrities, The CW

The guest train at
Everybody Hates Chris continues to chug along. First it was announced that
Whoopi Goldberg would appear in a couple of episodes of the Chris Rock-produced comedy. Now
comes word that Jason Alexander will be appearing in two episodes, playing the principal of Corleone Junior High, where the title character goes to school. He will also direct an episode.
Hm. I wonder if these high-profile guest spots are happening because stars saw the show last year and liked it, or is this an attempt by the producers to garner a bit of attention for a show that seemed to get lost in the shuffle last year? Not sure. But its Sunday at 7 timeslot isn't exactly going to encourage me to watch.