Raising the Bar: Cancelled TNT Series Returning (Briefly)

Raising the BarTNT’s cancelled legal drama, Raising the Bar, is returning to the cable channel, albeit for one night.

The final three episodes of the drama, featuring Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Gloria Reuben, Currie Graham, Melissa Sagemiller, J. August Richards and the rest of the cast, will be shown in a mini-marathon on Christmas eve.

The installments begin at 8pm and continue until 11pm. The titles are “Maybe, Baby,” “O! Say Can You Pee,” and “Happy Ending.”

What do you think? Will you be tuning in to watch the Raising the Bar characters have their final day in court and say goodbye? Anything you hope to see happen in the final episodes?


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1 D.B. January 22, 2010 at 5:35 pm

Why must so much of television appeal to the least common denominator? The networks provide only moronic so-called reality shows and comedies that have only two subjects for their humor, sex and bodily functions.
Cable and especially TNT has provided such quality programming. PLEASE BRING THIS FINE PROGRAM ALONG WITH ITS GREAT CAST AND WRITERS BACK.

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2 james a 'tony' rentsel January 22, 2010 at 5:39 pm

TNT says, they “KNOW DRAMA” obviously not …Raising the Bar is/was one of the best written an acted shows on all of television…sad.

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3 Jay January 25, 2010 at 6:05 am

That’s a damn shame…I’m so glad they gave Dark Blue another chance. I tried to get into Raising the Bar. It was decent, maybe not my favorite, but I’d rather watch this show any day of the week and twice on Sunday before I watch another reality show. Some people take stupid to a new level trying to get those 15 minutes of fame. Sit back and take a minute. Can you think of one reality show that honestly make any damn sense? Yet they flood the TV stations with them. I’m so glad they have On Demand. That way at least I can watch what I want. It used to be a TV show with Taye Diggs and Micheal Michelle. They had this law firm. That was an excellent show also that was cancelled. That was one show that got he axe that I was highly upset about but hey what do I know….

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4 Drew January 25, 2010 at 4:41 pm

I absolutely loved this show…… I have have no reason to watch TNT any more…. This was the best legal drama on the air. TNT DOES NOT KNOW DRAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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5 Toni February 6, 2010 at 5:26 pm

I agree with some of the others…I like this show a lot!! A lot of tv is really dumb (my opinion) Like Raising What’s her name and The Closer. Maybe if enough of us rally, they’ll change their minds…No they won’t!! Going to miss it!

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6 Debbie February 7, 2010 at 4:09 pm

I went to TNT to see when this fabulous show was going to be back on, to find that it was cancelled? What lost my attention was the Closer, not Raising the Bar. I would even miss Miami CSI for this show. I suggest you find a different lead in show, or put it in a slot that will wake people up to one of the best shows ever written and made with a great cast!!!!!!

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7 Cathy Carlso February 11, 2010 at 5:05 pm

Raising the Bar is one of the few evening series I watch. Closer and Monk (which also was cancelled) are the others. I have been looking forward to it returning, and I hope it does.

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8 TF February 17, 2010 at 4:15 pm

Raising the Bar was one of the best written and acted shows on TV. It is so difficult to find excellent shows like this one. What a shame!

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9 art johnson February 20, 2010 at 6:32 pm

The cable companies are stupid!!!! “Raising The Bar” was one of the best shows on TV. Great actors, skillful writers and the scenery was great. Too bad that after only one season it gets canceled and new terrible shows replace it. So many new shows take 2-3 seasons to get know and watched by many viewers.

Art

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10 Barb February 25, 2010 at 6:11 pm

Why they cancelled Raising the bar series, I will never understand. What I loved about this show, it was a realistic representation of the legal system. I gona miss this show. I really love the charcters and realistic issues that they dealt with.

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11 teresa March 1, 2010 at 10:51 am

I know you cancelled Raising the Bar but the last 3 episodes I thought would come on in March. Today I found out the last three episodes aired Christmas Eve and I missed because I didn’t know it was going to be on Christmas Eve. I’m pissed. You cancelled a wonderful show.

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12 Ray and Barb Scrafield March 5, 2010 at 12:17 pm

“I know you cancelled Raising the Bar but the last 3 episodes I thought would come on in March. Today I found out the last three episodes aired Christmas Eve and I missed because I didn’t know it was going to be on Christmas Eve. I’m pissed. You cancelled a wonderful show.”
Thanks to Teresa for saying what I was thinking. This is just another case of “don’t give people what they want, give them what makes us money.” Kinda like our wonderful government.

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13 Ed Gambichler March 15, 2010 at 1:19 pm

Why do these networks promote shows so much and then not give them a chance. Raising the Bar was in it’s second season but had so many different directions to go and in the earlier shows developed story lines which left you hanging. Other quality shows such as Three Rivers and the forgotten aren’t given more then six or seven episodes before they are yanked. How can they ever develope a solid fan base if the’re not given time. Plus people are reluctant to follow a show from it’s beginning if they get the rug yanked away from under them a coupe of times.

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