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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Detroit 1-8-7, better than Blue Bloods, The Chicago Code, NYPD Blue… hopefully if ABC is blind enough to cancel, it will go the route of Southland. If cancelled and another network picks it up, some ABC exec will be looking for work. This is the best show on T.V.
Please don’t cancel.
sorry to see detroit 187 canceled. found the show very enjoyable and true to life.
Oh Come on!! Don’t cancel this great show!! Detroit 187 has substance..I agree change the time or something; but DON’T CANCEL! If they cancel, Maybe FOX will pick it up or another station. Here is another great show and it is getting no justice!
DETROIT 187 DOESN’T DESERVE TO BE CANCELED….ITS ONE AWESOME COP SERIES…LIKE THE CHICAGO CODE & BLUE BLOODS….ABC NEEDS TO MOVE IT NOW!!!!!! STOP JACKING AROUND….MOVE TO SUNDAYS OR THURSDAYS 10pm
ITS ON THE WRONG NIGHT….ABC
DO THE RIGHT THING.
Dodge
Detroit 187 is ONE GREAT SHOW. If ABC decides to cancel it, they’re making a VERY BIG mistake. If it’s not getting enough viewers for ABC’s liking, then maybe they should consider moving it to Sunday or Thursday evenings. DO NOT CANCEL THIS SHOW! You’ve canceled a lot of really good shows ABC, and I’m sure you’re sorry now, don’t make that same mistake twice by canceling this show. You’re making it hard for people to want to watch anything new on ABC because as soon as we get involved or really like a show….YOU CANCEL IT! That’s NO way… Read more »
Donot cancel detroit 187
This is my favorite show on TV right now. So it only figures that it faces the chopping block. It’s too bad more people don’t give it a chance. I love the characters and plot lines. It’s fast-paced and always satisfying. It’s too bad this show will get axed in favor of yet another weight-loss reality show or redundant singing competition.
I only watch DWTS until D187 and now I watch two shows. If you cancel D187 you will shooting yourself in t he foot. I think the show needs time to age and deepen. Fitch’s character VS “the girl” vs his son should carry the show for all the soap opera people and the crime lines chould carry the everybody else. Thank you.
IF ABC cancels Detroit 1-8-7 ( even though I like Castle) I will never watch another program on ABC again! And I would hope that maybe TNT, or FX or another independant network will pick it up ( like they did SOUTHLAND) . Michael Imperioli deserves to have the lead on a show. ( He was great in Life on Mars, and guess what ABC did? Axed it! But they did give us a dvd set as a consolation prize). I am angry that it’s been pre-empted for the last 3 (?) shows. Dammit! I want my Detroit 1-8-7….and so… Read more »
GREAT SHOW….DON’T CANCEL
Great show me and my wife love watching it.
would be ashame to cancel it.
My husband and I watch this show faithfully every week too! We love it.. It’s better than Blue Blood, Southland and Law and Order SUV.. I can not understand why they will not bring it back – try another night or time. This is one of the BEST shows on TV. I am so mad that ABC keeps putting 20/20 or Prime Time on , that’s probably one reason the rates are low, when it is not on for two weeks – people will drop interest. They need to find a better slot for it. Honestly, this has the makings… Read more »
It seems that TV executives choose to cancel shows that requires thought and are entertaining for those absolutely stupid reality programs. Detroit 187 is one of the best shows on TV. I would rank it right at the top with Blue Blood on CBS as well as NYPD Blue that was on for a long time. Hopefully if ABC chooses to cancel it CBS will pick it up. I would like to see this program have a chance for success.
My husband and I watched faithfully every week. We really enjoyed it! We’ve been looking for it every week and have been wondering what happened to it! Darn!
What, they can not Cancel this, what is the issue? OH not say it isn’t so, the time is perfect for me, one who doesn’t have much time to watch TV, oh please bring this show back and take off all the TALK shows, its all talk and NO action.