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Detroit 1-8-7: Will It Be Back or Just Cancelled?

Published:January 20, 2011

Detroit 1-8-7On Tuesday, ABC pre-empted Detroit 1-8-7 with a special edition of 20/20 in which Diane Sawyer interviewed Congresswoman Gabrielle Gifford’s husband about the Tucson shooting. Based on the preliminary ratings for the program, ABC made a good choice. It attracted a 1.3 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 6.18 million total viewers. While those aren’t great numbers, they’re a 30% improvement over last week’s episode of Detroit 1-8-7 (1.0 in the demo with 5.05 million).

Next week, the cop drama will be replaced by the annual State of the Union address. Right now, Detroit 1-8-7 is scheduled to return on February 1st but one has to wonder if that will actually happen. ABC has a track record of pre-empting low-rated shows with the intention of bringing them back but it just never happens.

TV show supportThe network has ordered 18 installments of Detroit 1-8-7 and 12 of those have aired so far. It would seem like a waste not to air the remaining six but the same could be said for the leftover seven episodes of The Whole Truth. If ABC can keep coming up with specials that will perform better, we may likely have seen the last of low-rated Detroit 1-8-7.

What do you think? Will Detroit 1-8-7 return to the regular schedule or lost in hiatus and cancelled?

 

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another anonymous January 7, 2013 at 10:01 pm

Detroit captured the market on homicides long before California became a state. So why would Detroit name their homicide investigation squad after a California Penal Code designation? We have a clueless lot in Hollywood.

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joan August 28, 2012 at 3:19 pm

ABC has improved somewhat. But by cancelling “V” and “Detroit” I can see why I do not watch very often.

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Anonymous August 27, 2012 at 4:17 pm

Time and time again ABC proves why they suck by canceling yet another quality show. No wonder you are at the bottom.Try having some balls and stick with something that is well acted, intelligent and actually has a plot.

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