Originally posted by pisher:
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Sorry, but PD is not at Bionic levels. The only episode to score below 7 million was the most recent with nothing leading out of it, and the only other performance under 8 million was a Thanksgiving episode where Private Practice drew mid 8 range. BW has had strong lead-in support on pretty much all airings, and is in a timeslot with higher HUT levels. It would be hard to see ABC not giving it a new season based on their performance this fall. The writer's strike most certainly would factor into that decision, however.
In fact, the only factor that can bring PD back is ABC not having enough time to order up anything else, with development temporarily ended by the strike.
There was no other first-run scripted English language program at 8pmEST, last Wednesday night. Not on the networks, not on cable. If you didn't want to watch reality shows, repeats, or Spanish language telenovelas, PD was the only other option. And what was the result? The ratings went down. A lot.
A show that depends on its lead-out being first-run is beneath pathetic.
Yes, BW did worse, and deserves to be canceled sooner--but just in case people have forgotten, BW was up against tougher competition. If they'd put it up against underperforming reality shows and sitcoms, it probably wouldn't have been canceled by now. And if PD had been up against BW's competition, we wouldn't still be talking about it.
If it had gotten a full first season, there would never have been any chance of a second season. The ratings would have continued to fall.
ABC is so confident of how well it'll repeat that existing eps will be reaired on Fridays, in tandem with DSM and WMC.
I'm sorry, but people who want to gloat here about PD will have to wait for it to get a full second season, and then a third season renewal.
In other words, forever.
