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. 
I can’t believe Justice is canceled! I’ve been hooked on this show since I’ve seen the first episode. It was one of the best shows on Fox. Hopefully Fox will reconsider and put the show back on air.
I loved Justice. I have been searching every night for it thinking it had been moved. I had told several friends about the show and they had just started to watch, too. I hope you will reconsider cancelling the show.
Yall stink for this. This show had alot of potential…Better than MATLOCK!
Cancelled? what?! Justice was the only show, besides Bones, that I could actually get into. It was frustrating having to watch the show, as it changed different days throughout the week, but since I was such a dedicated fan, I still continued to watch. Justice was one of the best shows FOX has come up with in a long time. BIG MISTAKE, guys!
It seems to me that networks only cater to the “average” American, who does not require deep thought provoking shows, but shows that keep them mindlessly entertained for a half hour or so. Even with a dvr it was difficult to keep up with the change in scheduling of Justice. It was a high quality show that was different from other shows out there today. It really does make a person not want to watch any new shows coming out, for fear it will be cancelled. Every time I get into a new show it is cancelled. Well I guess… Read more »
BRING BACK MY FAVORITE SHOW JUSTICE! It makes me sick that it was cancelled and now The O.C is getting the boot too? what’s wrong with you people?
FOX always kills the good shows. Remember Firefly?
I loved this TV show, and I don’t ever post anything on the internet, but this is such an outrage that I just simply had to. This show needs to be picked up by FX, USA, TBS or even FOX News. Like MSNBC airing Law And Order: Crime and Punishment very very late at night, I get so into these TV shows that I really not mind staying up simply to get some good quality TV.
So sorry You canceled Justice.
I only hope that you will change your mind. as it is a great show, and one we looked forward to watching.
We loved how you would end the show with what really happened. Thought this one was up there with House and 24.
I THINK THAT SOME OTHER NETWORK WOULD PICK UP “JUSTICE” IN THE FUTURE.
I hope that some other network would pick up “Justice” in the future.
So the networks want us to watch their new shows. But they only give them a few weeks to get the ratings that they expect. If the show does not produce the rating then the show is cancelled. They almost make it scary to start watching a new show. Just when you really get into a show BAM they cancel it. I am soooo tired of this crap. JUSTICE was such a refreshing show. Victor Garber was fantastic. All the people in the show had great chemestry. I really hope some other network picks up the show for the fans… Read more »
PLEASE PUT “JUSTICE” ON CBS!!!
I agree with all the posts. Justice really is an excellent show. Up there with Law & Order and CSI, but new and refreshing. I did a search on my tv every week to see what night it was on and to make sure I didn’t miss it. Fox really just needed to keep it on one night and give viewers a chance. I guarantee that anyone who watched one episode would become hooked. I know…I turned a lot of people on to it. I’m so disappointed and hope that another network picks it up.
I cannot believe you canceled this awesome show to put on the dip s**t nanny show ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!! I think maybe I will quit watching fox altogether you cancel the best shows and leave the worse ones on… GREAT maybe a smart network will pick it up…