Question: I love your work, but sometimes your blind items are too easy. Almost everyone who studies ratings knows that you are talking about Law & Order Original Flavor.— Jessy Scholl
Ausiello: Funny story to share with you: you're wrong.
Originally posted by TAYLORJNG: It's not the original Law & Order:
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Question: I love your work, but sometimes your blind items are too easy. Almost everyone who studies ratings knows that you are talking about Law & Order Original Flavor.— Jessy Scholl
Ausiello: Funny story to share with you: you're wrong.
I e-emailed him asking if it was Close to Home. We'll see if he responds and what he says.
I knew it wasn't the original Law and Order. I can see NBC is going to fulfilled Dick Wolf's desire of the show making it to 20th season so it would be tied Gunsmoke's record of being the longest running show.
I can't wait to hear his respond. If it isn't Close to Home, then it is probably The Unit or Shark.
Shark is averaging a 4 in the demo so I doubt that's it---besides he said it has been close to cancellation several times and Shark is only in season 1.
If it is Close to Home then Ausiello gives bad clues. The masses do not run around calling Close to Home a "hit" show. Maybe he just made it up.
Originally posted by tvfan300: Shark is averaging a 4 in the demo so I doubt that's it---besides he said it has been close to cancellation several times and Shark is only in season 1.
If it is Close to Home then Ausiello gives bad clues. The masses do not run around calling Close to Home a "hit" show. Maybe he just made it up.
So it gotta be Close to Home. Also when they replace it with Super Bowl Commericals while gave Ghost Whisperer and Numb3rs new episode the same day, that tells right there CBS doesn't care about the show anymore and want to get rid of it after this season. It was nearly cancelled twice and CBS only saved it twice because out of respect of Jerry Bruckmeier. I can only imagine now CBS would telling Jerry, "Hey we gave your Close to Home several chances to improve and it isn't getting the demo we were hoping for so we are going to have to get rid of it." Now they might put it as a midseason replacement because again out of respect for Jerry Bruckmeier but I doubted it would be back for the fall. I think that Ausiello meant a hit as another meaning for minor hit because the media did called the show a minor hit when it moved on Fridays. It could possibly be the Unit because it is getting 3.4 and it is CBS Sunday-Thursday's lowest demo show. I don't know if CBS is satisfied with the Unit's demo or not. But at least Unit's website is much better and creative than Close to Home's.
I think it is Close to Home---The Unit is a proven commodity opposite Idol (when it is 2 hours) and House (when Idol is 1 hour). It retains a pretty good chunk of the NCIS audience.
[QUOTE]Originally posted by mushu_jj: If CBS really loved the Class, they would've given it a full season instead of just 17 episodes. I'd say both Christine and HIMYM will be back, as will Rules. If CBS has a new comedy they want, one of those three will be moved, probably to Wednesdays at 8 and two new comedies will be launched. [QUOTE]
Not to be picky, but CBS ordered up 19 episodes of "The Class", not 17. That is just three less than a traditional 22 episode order.
If one uses reduced season orders as a gauge of possible cancellation then NBC's "Las Vegas" and "Crossing Jordan" and CW's "Veronica Mars" and "One Tree Hill" should all get ready for the ax to swing.
And at least one of those shows probably will be canceled.
Sometimes, the order is cut because the show is on its way out, sometimes not. But an order cut is never a good sign. It's a sign that the network would love to find something stronger. And if the cut isn't as severe as it might be, that could simply be for the reason that the network needs a little more time to fill the timeslot with something else.
Originally posted by Jay: [QUOTE]Originally posted by mushu_jj: If CBS really loved the Class, they would've given it a full season instead of just 17 episodes. I'd say both Christine and HIMYM will be back, as will Rules. If CBS has a new comedy they want, one of those three will be moved, probably to Wednesdays at 8 and two new comedies will be launched. [QUOTE]
Not to be picky, but CBS ordered up 19 episodes of "The Class", not 17. That is just three less than a traditional 22 episode order.
If one uses reduced season orders as a gauge of possible cancellation then NBC's "Las Vegas" and "Crossing Jordan" and CW's "Veronica Mars" and "One Tree Hill" should all get ready for the ax to swing.
Well we know Las Vegas is safe, just no Caan or Cox.
Here is the update that I got from Ausiello's page
Question: My guess for the blind item about the hit show getting the ax is The Unit, Close to Home or Jericho.— T.K. Ausiello: I can confirm that it is indeed one of those three shows. I can also confirm that I'll be narrowing that list down even further (a lot further — hint, hint) in the first episode of my vodcast, debuting tomorrow on a TVGuide.com video player near you. Sorry, but a guy's gotta cross-promote where he can. http://www.tvguide.com/News-Views/Columnists/Ask-Ausiello/default.aspx
It better not be Jericho. CBS killed the ratings on that one by trying to convince people the first season was actually 2 seasons dividing it with a stupid hiatus. You can't really expect it to do much better up against the monster of AI. The Unit and Jericho haven't been around that long and Close To Home was on shaky ground when it first started out but has turned into a modest hit. I would much rather see it go than either Jericho or The Unit.
Originally posted by Gleebo: It better not be Jericho. CBS killed the ratings on that one by trying to convince people the first season was actually 2 seasons dividing it with a stupid hiatus. You can't really expect it to do much better up against the monster of AI. The Unit and Jericho haven't been around that long and Close To Home was on shaky ground when it first started out but has turned into a modest hit. I would much rather see it go than either Jericho or The Unit.
I doubt that Jericho is going to return because CBS has to get rid of their weakest performing shows to make room for new ones. Also Close to Home is the only show on CBS that isn't getting at least 3.0 in the demo on most weeks so I am convince Michael was talking about C2h. Even though CBS wants it to do better, the Unit is safe and more likely being back next yeare.
I completely agree. The Unit is a good fit out of NCIS so I doubt CBS pulls the plug. Jericho and its 2.4 demo rating from last week is in trouble.
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Originally posted by bwilsonwriter: I doubt that Jericho is going to return because CBS has to get rid of their weakest performing shows to make room for new ones. Also Close to Home is the only show on CBS that isn't getting at least 3.0 in the demo on most weeks so I am convince Michael was talking about C2h. Even though CBS wants it to do better, the Unit is safe and more likely being back next yeare.
Jericho was never a hit. A mediocre performer at best even before the hiatus (btw without the hiatus fans of this show would now be writing to this forum to compain about all the reruns that have endure in March and April.)
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Originally posted by Gleebo: It better not be Jericho. CBS killed the ratings on that one by trying to convince people the first season was actually 2 seasons dividing it with a stupid hiatus. You can't really expect it to do much better up against the monster of AI. The Unit and Jericho haven't been around that long and Close To Home was on shaky ground when it first started out but has turned into a modest hit. I would much rather see it go than either Jericho or The Unit.
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Too bad Jericho wasn't on any other network. CBS has the highest ratings expectations of any network since they continue to be top dog year in and year out.
The core CBS audience being older skewing could be the downfall of buzz hits that are non self contained episodes hit hard, fast, and then nosedive once the viewers start missing an episode here and there along the way. Jericho was one of those "gotta watch it a couple times just to see what that whole mushroom cloud is all about" type shows. Once they realize its a long story arc and not all questions are resolved in one episode they lose interest.
More often than not these type of shows aren't long for the TV world. Joan of Arcadia wasn't as serialized as Jericho and it went from a talked about hit to cancelled in a years time. Shows like Heroes, Smallville, 24, Prison Break, and Lost are the few exceptions to the rule that keep audiences coming back and even Lost is starting to lose its fan base due impatience concerning unresolved plot points. In television history there arent many of this type of show that last longer than 3 or 4 seasons.
I love Jericho but CBS has no one to blame but themselves for pulling the rug out from under the viewers for 3 months. This gave the Jericho audience time to find other shows in the same timeslot that they may stick with now and forget about Jericho.
