Following on the heels of last week’s cancellations of the Happy Hour sitcom and The Rich List game show, FOX has announced that another of its new shows is leaving the air.
Justice debuted on Wednesday, August 30th to high expectations. The network had been showing fast-paced promos of the Victor Garber series all summer long but it still failed to attract big numbers. The highly anticipated premiere was watched by only 8.6 million viewers.
Justice followed a diverse group of lawyers as they worked at a prestigious Los Angeles law firm. Each episode started at the beginning of a trial and followed it through until the verdict. Then viewers were shown, via flashbacks, what actually happened at the time of the crime.
Like many FOX series, Justice took a break during the World Series (after five episodes). When it returned, FOX began airing it on Monday nights, opposite NBC’s popular Heroes and replacing Vanished (which was moved to Friday nights). Three episodes have aired on Monday nights. The most recent episode drew only 4.2 million households, about half of lead-in Prison Break’s audience.
With that in mind, its no surprise that FOX has announced that the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced courtroom drama has been pulled from the schedule effective immediately. The network isn’t calling it a cancellation right now. The FOX website lists that the show will return on December 11th, but the word is that it will not return for very long or at all.
Eight episodes of Justice have aired thus far and production is expected continue on the rest of the 13 episodes of FOX’s order. There is no word as yet if the series or any individual episodes will be released on DVD or online via FOX’s website.
11/17/06 UPDATE: FOX has officially cancelled Vanished and Justice will instead return on Friday, December 1st. No new word on how long it will continue to air. 
my husgand and i are so dissapointed that FOX cancelled JUSTICE! We absolutely loved it. we lead very busy lives and are limited in watching shows…. JUSTICE is EXCELLENT!!! PLEASE PUT IT ON FOR ONE OR TWO MORE SEASONS and give the audience a chance to catch on!!! what a brilliant show and actors and story lines….Fox needs to stop moving the time slots….. AGAIN, A LAST PLEA, PUT JUSTICE BACK ON!!!!!
FOX NETWORK YOU SUCK!!!! YOU WOULDN’T KNOW A GREAT SHOW IF IT BIT YOU IN THE &*%#@!!!!!! I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU TOOK JUSTICE OFF THE AIR. I LOVED WATCHING THAT SHOW, ESPECIALLY THE ENDING. PUT JUSTICE BACK ON THE AIR IMMEDIATELY!!!!
My husband and I cannot believe that FOX has cancelled JUSICE. Please bring it back. We think it is the best new show and miss it so much. Make us all happy and bring it back ASAP.
Justice was great. Put it back on and try it out at a decent time. Maybe try actuay advertising for it on other stations. I rarely ever watch fox. 24 and House. Is all. I never saw a single commercial for it. My gf was watching some show of hers and this HAPPENED to come on after it and I caught it. And instantly loved it. Acting is great. Scenarios are great. The shotgun episode was based of actual situation. Which is cool to see the real special on COURT TV. Problem is that I wasn’t part of the ratings… Read more »
JUSTICE is a great show- I loved seeing the “true” crime at the end of each show- please bring it back- the actors were outstanding and the story lines were inventive. For once listen to the people- not just the ratings- you didn’t even put it in a time slot to receive the ratings this show deserved!!!
I ADORE this show! I can’t believe how many awesome shows get cancelled!!!
I so agree with everyone. I never watch fox other than for sports and 24. But Justice was awesome… And ORIGINAL…
Finally, a court show from the perspective of the defence attorneys….!
Go figure though, any network that employs Bill O’Reilly and considers his broadcast news obvioulsy doesn’t knwo what quality television is…
Finally, something *different* with a creative twist factor that intrigued me. I hope the fact that I TiVo’ed it didn’t throw off ratings…I’m very upset to hear this.
Justice was my favorite new show! It was the best new show that has been on in a long time. I was shocked to hear that it was cancelled.
PLEASE BRING IT BACK!! It was a great show.
I completely agree with these other comments, Justice was a great show, I loved watching it! Very disappointed to find it gone from the air for good. It is far better than Standoff, which I enjoyed, but not like Justice. Listen to the people, bring the show back…it is missed.
Justice was the Best new Law show I have ever seen. It was smart, witty, real, and yet different. Fox should be ashamed of themselves for this cancellation. I understand the time slots were conflicting with NBC’s new shows but that could have been easily solved with approapriate consideration for the viewers. Bring JUSTICE BACK!!! IT WAS GREAT!!
Fox network what an ASS you are; You stumble upon a REALLY GOOD show like JUSTICE, And you can’t even see it. that Rating BS has BLINDED you from seeing what is enjoyable to watch;
THIS IS A GREAT SHOW HOW IN THE WORLD DO YOU CANCEL A SHOW THAT IS WORTHY AND KEEP SHOWS THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE??? YOU NEED TO RETHINK YOUR DECISION AND RETURN THIS SERIES. GREAT PLOTS AND IT IS DIFFERENT THAN ANYTHING ON TELEVISION. ADVERTISE THAT WAY AND MARKET IT THE WAY IT SHOULD BE; GET OUT OF YOUR LITTLE THINKING BOX!!!!!!
yeah. i agree with everyone else who posted on this article: I WANT JUSTICE!! geez. even when heroes aired. i was loyal to justice! man. fox has a worthy show to watch right after prison break — the only other good show on fox [[not stupid 24.no good]] man. i was very sad when justice didn’t come back. i almost killed my tv.
Please Bring Back “Justice”! It’s a great show.