Journeyman: Time Runs Out for NBC Drama
After another week of disappointing ratings, it looks like NBC’s struggling Journeyman series just ran out of time.
The peacock network reportedly had until yesterday to give a full-season order to the freshman drama. NBC let it pass, effectively canceling the series.
Though the ongoing writers strike would have prevented production from moving forward immediately, an additional episode order would have kept the series alive for a potential return later this season or even for 2008-09.
Case in point, NBC recently committed to a full season order for fellow struggling drama Life. A differentiating factor may be that, while Life is produced “in-house” by NBC Universal, Journeyman is produced by 20th Century Fox. As such, the latter likely represents a greater financial commitment than the former.
All 13 episodes of the time-travel series have been completed and an NBC spokeswoman told The Hollywood Reporter that the final two will air as scheduled next week. Series creator Kevin Falls has said that, though the final episode doesn’t finish off the story, it does offer some answers to ongoing questions.
Will the fans ever get more answers than that? NBC could possibly pick up Journeyman for a second season. This seems highly unlikely but, if the writers strike drags on, the network could find itself desperate for scripted series in Fall 2008. Stay tuned! 
October 13th, 2008 at 10:16 am
[...] still ticked at CBS for pulling the plug on Jericho. And, NBC is on my list for not giving Journeyman a chance. If FOX gives Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles the hook now [...]
July 29th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
I can’t believe this show was cancelled. If was a very good show, you just can’t go wrong with time travel.
May 2nd, 2008 at 8:16 am
I couldn’t agree more Brenda. I guess I should be thankful that television entertainment is changing the way I feel about following their series. Their “hook and release” methods of customer handling is aggravating. I don’t know how many times in the last four or five years I’ve been “hooked” into a powerful series only to see it cancelled. Thanks NBC for moving my interests to other more important things such as yardwork and painting the livingroom walls.
April 26th, 2008 at 5:05 am
I agree, very disappointing. I didn’t realize it was cut. I’ve been wondering when the next episode will reair. I loved the show and I am going to miss it. I hope NBC reconsiders. Everytime they have something good they cut it and I change the channel. I loved Las Vegas and they cut that. I could name many more but, whats the difference, it wouldn’t do any good.
March 13th, 2008 at 2:36 am
What a disappointment… this show was really entertaining and the intro for the series is amazing composing… I even purchased it from itunes!