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 sister and i get together every monday night to watch JUSTICE, that is our time together. even when it wasnt coming on on mondays, we recorded it on dvr and watched it on saturdays cuz we are always working. when it started coming on mondays, we watched that and heroes together and just like that, it was gone. i beg of u, pleeze bring it back and keep it there, it’ll get better but don’t pull the plug just yet
My mom and I enjoyed Justice. We are both disapointed that it has been canceled.
This is so upseting to me that JUSTICE was cxl’d– i love how at the end of the show they show what “really” happened– so it’s coming back Friday night? of course i work Fridays– MOndays were great
UNLESS YOU ARE GOING TO RUN 24 WITH JACK BAUER EVERY NIGHT OF THE WEEK, LIKE THAT SHOW FASHION HOUSE WITH BO DEREK, WHY ARE YOU CANCELLING “VANISHED” AND “JUSTICE” FIRST OF ALL “VANISHED” GOT POOR RATINGS BECAUSE IT IS COMPETING WITH MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL! THEN YOU SWITCHED “JUSTICE” TO MONDAY NIGHT AND NOW YOU WONDER WHY THE RATINGS ARE SO POOR. YOU CAN’T COMPETE WITH MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL. HEROES SURVIVES BECAUSE IT IS REAIRED ON THE SCI-FI CHANNEL FRIDAYS AT 7 PM EASTERN. AND NBC ALMOST CANCELLED STUDIO 60 BECAUSE IT IS UP AGAINST MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL. FINISH JUSTICE… Read more »
I can not believe Justice is cancelled. I just realized this week that it was gone. I was wondering why I couldn’t find it Monday night. Besides House this is my favorite show. PUT JUSTICE BACK ON!!!!!
BRING BACK JUSTICE!!!!! Maybe it was the lack of marketing and advertising that could have resulted in low numbers. I found the show by mistake a few weeks ago and only got to watch 2 shows and I was HOOKED! Now instead of having 4.2 million viewers during Justice they are watching shows on other networks. Good move Fox!
Why, why, why ????? Where’s the justice. The BEST show on TV and it gets canceled by a bunch of bone heads. How else could this show be canceled? I along with my family and ALL of my many coworkers were avid viewers of this show, looking forward to the next episode each week and then I tune in and “House” appears. I found out it was canceled in a tiny article in the newspaper. Bring back Justice!!!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!
Has anyone started an online petition?
With all the mindless sitcoms, reality shows, and sheer stupidity on TV you would think that when a decent show like JUSTICE comes on, it would last for a while. I am not a FOX fan anyway, so this just puts another nail in Fox’s coffin for me. I am probably in the minority on my TV preferences but other than Standoff, House and Bones, I feel that FOX has very little to offer. Actually, it’s not just FOX. No matter what the network, whenever I find a show that I really like, in seems that in no time it… Read more »
I LOVED that show…I thought Fox was finally airing a quality show. But I was wrong…thanks Fox. For ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!
We can’t believe Fox is deciding to pull yet another good show. They cancelled Tru Calling, Reunion, Vanished (I just found out) and now Justice. You’ve got to be kidding!! What else are they going to try to cancel, HOUSE or 24!! With all the shows FOX decides to keep they want to pull something that’s actually worth watching. If they would quit switching the shows around and stick to a schedule, maybe people would watch the shows. Give Justice some Justice and keep this show. It will do wonders if you give it some time and more advertising. You… Read more »
I can’t believe we finally get a good show and FOX cancels it??? Justice made me start watching FOX.
If they don’t put it back on I’m NOT watching FOX period!!!! Bring that show back.
What is wrong with executives??
Jusice cancelled NO It is a great show bring it Back. Fox only has football without justice…baseball was a no hitter and no way lke JUSTICE
Smith on CBS is also great bring it back. TV executives have very bad taste….Bring SMITH back CBS FOX
WHAT ARE THEY DOING!!! Ron Trott is the man!!!! I can not believe what FOX is doing….
I’ve just discovered a petition to keep Justice on the air: http://www.petitiononline.com/justice5/petition.html
This is a fabulous show and I would hate to see it gone. Go sign the petition and may it’ll do something