In an unexpected move, CBS has stolen crime drama Smith right off of its primetime schedule.Smith, which features an all-star dream cast including Ray Liotta, Virginia Madsen, Amy Smart, Simon Baker, and Jonny Lee Miller, hadn't exactly caught on in the ratings like gangbusters, but it's surprising that CBS would pull the beleaguered show rather than test it in a less competitive timeslot.
While CBS has yet to use the C-word (that would be cancelled, folks), it does seem like the jig is up for Smith's team of thieves.
The news comes on the heels of NBC's announcement that it would not be ordering the back nine episodes of drama Kidnapped and would shift the series, now only 13 episodes total, to the Saturday night graveyard shift.
Meanwhile, the odds are that one of these series will be the next to get the axe: CW's Runway, ABC's Six Degrees, and CBS' The Class. Start placing your bets as to which will be next...
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CBS is flipflopping The Class and How I Met Your Mother which makes more sense anyway. You want the popular show to lead into the new show, not the other way around. This makes me think The Class has a few more weeks in it, too.
Which leaves Six Degrees. I haven't seen it yet, so I can't say, but I have heard the ratings have been dismal.
Did I hear right that Crossing Jordan has been bumped to midseason for yet another game show?
-Gowan
I think people are probably unfairly criticizing the network for canceling the show before it had found its footing. The inherent flaw in serialized programming that relies on building continuity is that you're more likely to lose viewers than you are to gain viewers. I can't imagine there are many people that are going to pick up this show four episodes into the series and keep following it.
I agree that they should move SMITH to a better time. Also why wasn't the show being promoted? Apparently CBS was afraid of getting a lot of flak from people who would only see it as being
amoral.
I am sure there are lot of viewers out there that like a show that spikes their curiosity and note the nuances rather than sit like blobs on a couch and know already where stories is going.
By the way, anyone out there know how CBS can be influenced to return the show???
CeeCee