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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Love this show. Would hate to see it cancelled. Great action and story intrest.
DO NOT CANCEL THIS SHOW. IT’S TERRIFIC. LOVE THE CHARACTERS AND THE PLOTS. ONE OF THE BEST SHOWS ON TV.
I love this show. Please try and bring it back ASAP
A big mistake if they do not put Detroit 187 back on TV.
It is a show that brings me back to the TV to watch it and I have missed it so much since they took it off. Maybe it was just in a bad time slot in any event don’t give up on this show. It is even better than NYPD Blue was back in the day.
I am so upset, I really hope this program comes back. Maybe they need to advertise a little more, I sure have told all my friends. I love this program, the characters, plot and where it’s filmed. Please bring it back!!!!
I loved this show and could never find it! The ratings were low because the network constantly moved and pre-empted it. They never gave an audience a chance to get into the habit of watching it. Don’t they realize that stupid scheduling games kill shows?
Its been a long time since ABC did anything as good as this. ABC still remains at the bottom of
of my viewing time with them offering very little after The Middle, Modern Family and the Soap Opera Grey’s …
There target market is still 12 and under and there just going to stick to it.
It is a unique and refreshing show why not give it a chance.
Steinfeld didn’t do well at first either, just think if it wasn’t given that chance??????
DON’T CANCEL
best show on tv !!!
PLEASE, bring back Detroit 187!!! Luv, luv, luv this show. The actors/characters are fabulously real. I rearrange my busy schedule to see this show, and will continue to do so….so please bring it back!
Very good show hate to see it go. Very good story lines. Hope it won’t get cancelled!
187 was the best show around this year. Best at character development, and new story line each week. Hard to find at times; its worth a reboot this summer and a renew next fall.
I love Detroit 187. Great characters and acting. I would love to see it return.
I loved this show. Take a look at some of the junk that goes on season after season
and when something thats really good comes along it’s cancelled.
Is there any kind of FaceBook or write in campaign we could do to try to save it?