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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As an intellegent TV consumer, I find it hard to take that this great show is at risk while mindless bachelor nonsense seems to thrive. Yet another sad statement about our country’s IQ…
I love this show so much!!!!!!!!
Please do not cancel this show!!! This is one of the best cop shows out there, it just keeps getting better and better. Please do not cancel, please!!!! There is other crap on ABC that should be taken off!!! How can you really count ratings when you have thing called DVR now and a lot of people use the DVR so they don’t have to watch commercials or cause they have family commitments. Please take this into consideration!
Keep this show! Find the characters interesting. Fascinated by Detroit and how it is portrayed.
Love this show do not cancel it
I love this show! They keep garbage on and cancel great shows. ABC doomed this show by putting it up against The Good Wife. It never got a chance to get a foothold.
Best show on television!!!
Great show…way to go ABC…it is about time! Love this show and look forward to many more Detroit 187 shows.
i loved this series, i hope the networks can see that, please bring it back for another.
Keep the show ABC it rocks.
what a great drama…gets better each week ..yes we like it cause its in detroit..but its really a very good directed and acted cop show..please continue
Detroit 187 is the BEST show on TV this year, and has the best cast. Please don’t cancel it!!!! Chicago Code is awful, as are so many other shows. Please bring 187 back next year.
It’s the only program I watch every week.
I have enjoyed this show sooo much this season. ABC will be STUPID if they cancel it. The actors are all great and the story lines keep you interested!
Detroit 187 does not need to be cancelled,it is one of the best shows on tv right now.
This is (or was) a great show. It seems as though “garbage TV” such as Fox Sunday night lineup takes preference over good TV. Hopefully TNT or a similar station will take over Detroit 187. It seems to have worked with Southland. I fully agree with Karen’s statement about Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue.