On 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.
The 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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My husband and I make it a date nite, with Detroit 1-8 -7…..why cancel it?? Take some those reality shows off, and keep a good cop show:}
Detroit 187 is by far the best show on TV. ABC execs need to stop focusing so much on #s and listen to the public and what everyone is saying. Why not send out a poll for the public to fill out?
What can viewers do to pressure ABC to keep Detroit 187?
It is a great show and considerably better than lousy fluff they try to force upon us…Mr. Sunshine…The Bachelor…etc. Please keep quality entertainment for those of us with brains!
Well written, great characters, a great show…..don’t cancel it !
Detroit 187 is my favorite television program. I look forward to watchig every Tuesday. I don’t watch much TV, but always make time for this.
I love this show. It has a great cast and I like the Detroit storylines and backdrops.
Detroit 187 is an excellent police drama! I would be a real shame if ABC canceled the series.
Please give this show more time and some publicity! Our family loves the show and the cast! So refreshing to have a heartfelt and thought ful show after all the junk shows on the air.
Its a good gritty crime drama, much better than most of the reality fluff that they seem to to enjoy. Be a shame to cancel to show with such a good cast and writers.
I really like this show. I don’t like the direction is going with the personal relationship between 2 of the detectives, but generally, I find it interesting and something about how they go about their “detecting” draws me. My biggest problem is the time period. I have to work very early in the AM so I DVR the show and watch in the early evening. Maybe they should try Sat. nights – they sure don’t have much on now that is appealing.
Don’t cancel Detroit 1-8-7 . It is one of the few great shows on TV. Rethink your plans.
This is one of the best shows on TV, please don’t cancel it. The cast is great, stories are interesting. ABC keeps enought “junk” on TV – please keep something good.
Love this show!! One of the best. Please don’t cancel it!!!
The ABC BIGWHIGS need to listen to the viewing public instead of having a blind eye. Did they give Detroit 187 a chance? I do not think they did…not fair PR. The show is wonderful and they keep junk like “Mr. Sunshine”,The Bachelor, and “Wipeout”. Do not cancel this show or sell it to TNT>
One of the best two or three shows on TV. Don’t cancel it.