With October Road and Men in Trees now cancelled, ABC seems to be on a killing spree – not unlike the “Kiss-Me-Not” killer on Women’s Murder Club. With that in mind, it makes sense that Murder Club would be the network’s next casualty.
ABC’s Women’s Murder Club, based on the popular James Patterson books, debuted on October 12, 2007. Viewer and critical reception was mixed. Almost 11 million viewers tuned in for the series premiere but as few as eight million returned for later episodes. More importantly, the TV show’s percentage of the 18-49 demographic dropped as well. The show typically skews older which is essentially a sin in TV ratings.
After the writers strike finished, it looked like Murder Club was done but ABC decided to give it another chance. They fired the show’s executive producers, hired new ones and order three additional episodes to complete the season. The series then returned to primetime after a three month absence. Unfortunately, the numbers didn’t get any better.
The crime drama has now been officially cancelled but, fortunately for fans, they’ll get to see all of the produced episodes. Episode 13, titled “Never Tell”, is scheduled to air tomorrow night. Will the “Kiss-Me-Not” killer be brought to justice by the time the series ends? Stay tuned! 
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I agree…I thought this was a very good show and I am in the 18 – 49 year age range they were looking for on viewership…but Friday night? I have a small child and my husband and I frequently get a babysitter on Friday night to relieve the work week stress…even Saturdays would be better for us or any other week night (like Wednesdays at 7 CST when no hour shows are on). I also agree with Donna…there are a lot of new shows that keep coming out that I’d like to see but they keep putting them in primetime spots where they compete against a lot of viewer favorites!
I did not like the series. I thought Angie Harmon was totally miscast for the role of Lindsay – for crying out loud her physical description alone was totally wrong. Yuki the attorney in the books (Asian decent) is played by an adorable little blonde – Someone really took liberaties with the casting – I enjoyed the cast with the exception of Angie Harmon but for true Patterson fans, this was hard to handle.
I was checking to see when WMC was going to get started again, and alas…it’s cancelled! That’s truly a shame! I really enjoyed the series and thought that they cast good actors for the characters from the WMC book series by James Patterson, even Angie Harmon as Lindsay Boxer, and especially her TV-ex, Rob Estes as Tom Logan (I always liked him in that detective series from the 90’s, Silk Stalkings). FYI, “the adorable blonde” is not Yuki, but is Jill from the earlier books. It’s too bad ABC has seen fit to cancel a lot of shows recently, like Eli Stone, Life on Mars and Kyle X/Y (ABC family)…these were 3 of 4 shows I watched regularly from ABC. Other than these, I’m not into any others. Reality shows are definitely NOT my thing. Wish you could bring some of these back!
je trouve deçevant que les producteurs de cette bonne serie , decident de ne pas la renouveller alors qu en france nous ont adores cette serie alors messieurs les producteurs bouger vous les fesses et creer une suite et d autre saison en lui donnant une chance , women’s murder club est vraiment une bonne serie je compte sur vous merci
When will WMC air again. I can’t believe it is gone forever! Friday nights aren’t the same. I’ve been waiting for it to come back.
i wish other station would pick up WMC cause i loved this show and i want it to be one top rated show so show ABC they did a bad thing not picking up WMC… ABC was wrong to let this show go….
This was a great show. I never read the books, but the WMC definitely caught my attention. Loved the ladies’ characters….I wish someone would decide to bring it back.
It was horrible that ABC cancled WMC. I LOVE the books by James Patterson, so naturally, when i heard there was a show based on them, i tuned in… I watched every single episode, WMC replaced FRIENDS as my fave tv show. It is bcs of Lt. Lindsey Boxer that I am determined to become a Lt. in Homocide. ABC needs to get a clue and not cancel great shows…. that really ticked me off. i no longer watch anything on ABC, and won’t until they get WMC back on. they have lost my viewing support forever.
I am still upset that the Women’s Murder Club was canceled. What a great show!! Why would ABC think that we want to watch shows like Dating in the Dark, Wipeout, Supernanny, etc!? I am still hoping that they will reconsider their decision and bring it back. As it is now, there’s not a whole lot worth watching on ABC!
I too enjoyed the show. It was nice to see three strong, smart and capable women able to perform their jobs as well as the men on the show.
I have grown to love this series. It takes a while for most characters to “grow” on the viewers
and so much stake is placed on numbers watching and advertising $’s that this fact gets lost.
Women’s Murder Club deserved better from ABC and I believe we did, too.
Angie Harmon, commiserations, you are a dynamic force both in Law & Order, and now WMC. I hope we get the chance to see you again, soon.
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