NBC has decided to cancel its long-running midseason staple, Medium, after five seasons on the air. Do you think Allison DuBois saw it coming?
Medium revolves a wife, mother, and psychic (Patricia Arquette) who uses her abilities to help the local police force. The show also features Miguel Sandoval, Maria Lark, Jake Weber, Sofia Vassilieva, David Cubitt, Miranda Carabello, Tina DiJoseph, John Prosky and Kendahl King.
The drama has been longtime midseason player for the peacock network, starting off in January 2005. Season one averaged almost 14 million viewers. Later seasons have attracted fewer people but the show has remained a good utility player for NBC. This season, the series built on the rapidly declining lead-in audience of Heroes.
But ultimately, the renewal decision came down to dollars and cents. NBC wanted financial cutbacks and a limited episode order. As a result, talks with the show’s studio, CBS TV Studios, stalled last week and NBC has passed on season six.
There is a strong possibility that Medium could move to CBS next season. The show’s already in syndication and the studio would reap big benefits by producing new episodes.
One possible scenario has Medium being placed on CBS’ Friday night schedule, sandwiched between compatible Ghost Whisperer and Numb3rs. What do you think of that schedule?
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medium has the staying power few evening shows seem to have…the possible story lines are endless …the actors stamina imortal..good catch cbs …
Again – yet another TV studio cancelling a solid performer. If they stopped yanking the shows around, and more consistent broadcast schedule (sometimes several weeks between shows). End result is viewers will STOP INVESTING their time in TV shows. Certainly not good for business. Hopefully CBS will pick it up and agaib leave NBC in the dust!
BRING BACK MEDIUM!!!!
Heroes Shcmeroes; I want my DuBois back!!
I love the show. Hopefully it will get picked up by CBS. Medium is one of the only shows I still watch on TV, so I was sorry to see that NBC had decided to pass on it.
I love this show! Im crushed that NBC has decided to cancel it. I hope CBS picks it up after Ghost Whisperer also. That would be a terrific line up!
Ditto! NBC must have a screw loose. Most of what I watch is CBS. I hope CBS does pick it up. I love the show, the people and they do know how to spin a story!
I crashed and then was revived with the MOST welcome hope that CBS would have it
(and in such a sweet spot) – My VERY best show – gone – then “never mind” – maybe
between the next best – AND I’ll NEVER have to watch NBC again!!!!!!!!!!!!
Medium has been one of my top 5 favorites since the first epiode and with this cancelled I can honestly say there isn’t a single reason left for me to watch NBC.
I love Ghost Whisperer and think they would be perfectly paired! I hope CBS makes a wise choice and picks it up.
Please pick up Medium on CBS. It’s my absolute favorite show! I Love Ghost Whisperer and Medium and the Line-Up would work well for me. CBS seems to have the best shows. Everyone Loves Patricia Arquette! A Medium/Ghost Whisperer Cross-Over would be a truly good idea Too! Both shows are really well written, especially compared to the crap that’s on TV now. Thanks for the HD!!!
OMG!!! I seriously could not believe what I heard! Medium finale???? I hope CBS takes them on, that would be perfect! Ghost Whisperer, Medium, and Numb3rs consequtively, sweet!
I really liked Medium because it was about “normal” people who have “normal” problems like everyone else is having, except they also had to deal with extraordinary situations. I like the characters and their family situation is entirely plausible. In other words, I looked forward to watching. That’s something I cannot say about many other shows. So, when I heard “Medium Finale” today, well, I knew this couldn’t be good. I don’t think this is a good decision by NBC. I think many other people find comfort in watching situations parallel theirs, except extraordinary things happen to the characters. This… Read more »
LOVE Medium!!!! Excellent writers and the cast is AMAZING!!!! CBS PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEZ pick up this fantastic show!!! My favorite show (along with Criminal Minds) and a crazy move by NBC to drop it. Would rather watch grass grow than Leno at 10 o’clock! Crappy idea moving him to prime time 5 nights a week. If you’re smart and listen to TV viewers you’ll grab Medium for your fall line up!!!!!
I LOVE MEDIUM. I LOOK FORWARD TO MONDAY NIGHTS. SO, IF NBC STUPIDLY CANCELS, I WOULD LOVE TO SANDWICH IT IN WITH GHOST WHISPERER WHICH I ALSO WATCH. MEDIUM IS REAL, UNLIKE HEROES, WHICH IS FANTASY. I’M VERY DISAPPOINTED!!!! NBC IS MAKING A LOT OF FOOLISH MISTAKES…….WHICH ALSO INCLUDES TAKING JAY LENO OFF THE TONIGHT SHOW!!!!
First they killed the Black Donnellys the edgiest thing on primetime. Then they snuffed Journeyman which had the most interesting storyline in primetime. All those reality shows absolutely suck. Heroes is in its deaththroes. Now comes the end of Medium. All that is left is Life. Any bets on its life?
What a stupid move by NBC, they’re basically gutting the line-up & alienating the core audience for what? The hope that enough of the Herd will stick around for Primetime Leno? Yeah, good luck with that, I for one am done with them. There are other places to get the few shows worth watching, and guess what? They don’t contain ANY commercials! I had been stocking up on Southland on the Tivo, but haven’t watched a single episode & tonight I’ll just delete all of them, why bother?