NBC has decided to cancel its long-running midseason staple, Medium, after five seasons on the air. Do you think Allison DuBois saw it coming?
Medium revolves a wife, mother, and psychic (Patricia Arquette) who uses her abilities to help the local police force. The show also features Miguel Sandoval, Maria Lark, Jake Weber, Sofia Vassilieva, David Cubitt, Miranda Carabello, Tina DiJoseph, John Prosky and Kendahl King.
The drama has been longtime midseason player for the peacock network, starting off in January 2005. Season one averaged almost 14 million viewers. Later seasons have attracted fewer people but the show has remained a good utility player for NBC. This season, the series built on the rapidly declining lead-in audience of Heroes.
But ultimately, the renewal decision came down to dollars and cents. NBC wanted financial cutbacks and a limited episode order. As a result, talks with the show’s studio, CBS TV Studios, stalled last week and NBC has passed on season six.
There is a strong possibility that Medium could move to CBS next season. The show’s already in syndication and the studio would reap big benefits by producing new episodes.
One possible scenario has Medium being placed on CBS’ Friday night schedule, sandwiched between compatible Ghost Whisperer and Numb3rs. What do you think of that schedule?
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You “Decision Makers” need to be downsized out of a job like so many others in this country right now! What are you people thinking? Terrible decision to cancel this show. This is a show my family loves to watch together. What focus groups have you been listening to?
Canceling the show would be a BAD idea lots of ppl like it and there
are not as many familey shows any more evry thing is either reality
or has bad morals and such but medium while a show about death
and such is a familey show. Pleas don’t cancel it I would cry
What the…???!!!!!! I’m all late… I watch more cable networks than “regular” TV. I’ll go out of my way to watch Medium, Heroes and So You Think You Can Dance. I just thought NBC had moved Medium to another time slot that I couldn’t figure out or the network was in the process of producing more shows and was coming back in january. Guess I was wrong… I truly like Medium especially when it followed Hereos. What a line up!!! I reeeaaaallllllllyyyyy hope (and advise) CBS picks up Medium. If they do, I hope the writers make Alyson less whimpy and more confident in her abilities. I don’t like Ghost Whisperer at all!!! CBS can cancel that for Medium if the network can’t do both shows… Can’t stand the narrow religious bent. Not all cultures/people believe in the “white light” theory. Actually, most don’t it’s such a western/christian thing… Not everyone who dies is either… Anyway, I don’t care who picks up Medium as long as it comes back.
@Abenaa: Don’t worry. CBS did pick up Medium and has been running it for a couple months (though its not a shoe-in to be renewed for year 7 right now).
I love medium. I don’t think I’ve ever missed an episode, however I watched last nights’s show (Dec.5,2009) tongue- in-cheek. Seeing 2 men kissing, detective and his girlfriend have a baby, live together as man and wife though not married (although they did propose to each other) Ariel’s school outfit that would do a hooker justice, children are already out of hand, except Marie. Love, love, love the show but what kind of messages are you sending? Are ratings that important? Goodness knows our young people need some better examples and I don’t believe this is the norm only if you make it seem so. Otherwise keep up the good work with the show.
PLEASE Save this show, I love it so much,,,,,
to stop this show is not good.. at least give the faithful watchers a choice.. how many viewers do you need to keep a show on line..
we watch you network only for medium… and love it
please carry it
a faithful watcher
new york
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