Case closed. Court is dismissed. Harry’s Law has been cancelled by NBC after two seasons and 34 episodes.
Harry’s Law revolves around Harriet Korn, a no-nonsense attorney who will take on just about any case as long as she believes in a person’s innocence. Over the course of two seasons, the cast has also included Nate Corddry, Karen Olivo, Justine Lupe, Mark Valley, Christopher McDonald, Brittany Snow, and Aml Ameen.
The show debuted in January 2011 to a 2.2 in the 18-49 demographic with 11.07 million viewers. It was a mediocre demo rating but total viewership was impressive and when you’re NBC, that’s better than nothing. The ratings dwindled downward pretty quickly and the show ended the season with a 1.4 demo rating and 7.75 million.
The series was on the bubble for cancellation but NBC brought it back for a second season. For season two, the show underwent some cast changes, no doubt in hopes of improving the ratings. It didn’t work.
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This season, Harry’s Law has averaged a meager 1.1 rating in the desirable demographic and 7.89 million viewers.
On our NBC Ratings Report Card, which measures the relative success of shows on the network, Harry’s Law has a “D+” grade and is one of the lowest-rated shows on NBC.
While it’s the second most-watched show on the network, advertisers want to advertise on shows that attract a younger demographic and so the networks must cater to them.
Sadly, the peacock network has cancelled Harry’s Law this time around and the series finale will air next Sunday night. Hopefully the show won’t end on a cliffhanger, making it all the harder for fans to say goodbye.
What do you think? Are you sorry to see Harry’s Law go? Which season did you like better? What would you have liked to see happen in season three?
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What the networks don’t understand is a lot of the ‘desirable’ 18 to 49 demo is now getting TV online. The old Nielsen ratings are outdated. The people who tune into real network TV are generally older people who don’t have streaming internet. It’s the reality. I wonder how far down the reality ******* does network tv have to go before network execs figure out how to gauge online viewership?
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I am 57 and my parents are in their early and late 70’s. They are both in a nursing home and my Mom has and calls everyone to watch Harrys Law. I got her watching and she loves it. She has all her friends watching this show. My father is a advid sports watcher. He doesn’t watch nothing on prime-time, unless it is sports afilliated. I don’t understand, but I guess it is not for me to. All I can say, it is a shame!
We love Harry’s Law very much! It is so sad !
Well I knew it was too good to be true. A TV show written to make sense, be intriguing, interesting and with great acting to boot. No more NBC for me. I can’t even stand to watch the NBC news anymore. It is almost like the entire network is a complete phony interested only in reality shows. CBS seems to be getting IT! I guess that is the network I will be watching more often. By the way, you may not appreciate ny 41 years but I would bet that I spend almost twice as much money as those 10… Read more »
What’s wrong with you people…………..Harry’s Law was one of the best shows on TV and I always looked forward to watching it. So what are you going to put in it’s place, another awful reality show?
It was a great show with terrific actors. Doesn’t seem like you can handle the good shows because you keep taking them off and replacing them with bad shows.
I don’t watch prime time much anymore for the above reasons. Guess another night will go to a Netflex movie…………………
Carol.
I totally agree with Patrick. He speaks for most of us who LOVE this show. NBC deserves to be in last place!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can’t believe they are canceling this show. Anything Kathy Bates is in is excellent. This is horrible news. Very disappointed!
Well, once again NBC is proving why they’re in last place. I used to watch NBC a lot, but I agree with most of the comments I have read, it’s hard to find good programming these days. Yes, I am in that “undesirable” demo…I’m older than 25, but I promise I have more disposable income than I did in my 20s and 30s. Harry’s Law was finally a well written, well acted show that not only tackled controversial subjects, but did it in an entertaining, intelligent, humorous way. I guess the pin heads that made the decision to pull the… Read more »
I totally agree with all previous comments! I,too,loved Harry’s Law and it is mind boggling to me why a fantastic show like this would be cancelled and stupid reality shows are kept on tv. I will really miss tuning in on Sunday or Wednesday to see some Great entertainment. Now the only show I watch(other than news programs) is Days of our Lives–Please don’t cancel this one.
I am really surprised to hear that Harry’s been cancelled. Just when you think there’s something to watch on TV!! I guess since it’s not a stupid reality show!!!
When I heard that Harry’s Law got cancelled, it was a big shock to me and my wife. It not only was entertaining and funny, it tackled current event topics.
It is just another step down for the lowest rated network, which believes in have 2 drunk women host a show in the AM and cancel quality shows.
Once 30Rock finishes it’s run this year, Sunday Night Football is the only time NBC will be on our NON-Nielson box TV’s – so we don’t count anyway
I cant believe NBC would cancel this show! My whole family loves it, and we enjoy discussing what happened on the show. The characters are fun, and the show is inspiring. It shows more of real every day cases rather always murder like LA law. Boooo NBC!
This was a good show. Not only for the young generation but those of us over 50. When are these Cos. going to get it and have a demo of 40-60!!! We have the $$ too spend on their ads. products.