Though October Road debuted to strong ratings, ABC plans to cut the freshman drama’s season short and only air two-thirds of the episodes. Why?
The new October Road drama on ABC (no relation to the 2002 James Taylor album) tells the story of a young and famous NYC writer named Nick Garrett (played by Bryan Greenberg). Nick authored an extremely popular book which was essentially a “tell all” novel based on his home of Knights Ridge, Massachusetts. He subsequently gets a bad case of writer’s block and decides its time to return to his hometown after ten years away. As you might guess, his reception isn’t exactly a warm one. In addition to Greenberg, the series features Laura Prepon (That ’70’s Show), Tom Berenger, Warren Christie, Brad William Henke, Evan Jones, Jay Paulson, Slade Pearce, Geoff Stults (7th Heaven) and Odette Yustman.
Following a new episode of Grey’s Anatomy, October Road debuted on March 15, 2007 to great numbers. Despite mixed reviews, Road attracted 13.93 million viewers and came in at #9 for the week. The second episode lost 16% of its previous audience and about a half of lead-in Grey’s Anatomy’s viewers. Still, Road performed much better than Six Degrees or Men in Trees had in the same timeslot. You would think that ABC would be anxious to air the rest of the season’s episodes. You would be incorrect.
Like more and more new shows, October Road’s initial season is a short one, consisting of only six episodes. Rather than run all six of them to keep viewers hooked, ABC plans to air only four of them this season. If the show gets picked up for another year, the remaining two episodes will be broadcast at that time. ABC did the same thing to Grey’s Anatomy its first year.
You can view this stockpiling as either pretty good assurance that Road will return for season two or, that ABC execs don’t have faith in the series. The final decision will have a lot to do with how well episodes three and four perform. If Road’s audience continues to erode, it probably won’t be back. We’ll likely know by mid-May what ABC decides to do. Stay tuned! 
i hope they bring back the show my kids and i really enjoy it very much
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We are proud to announce that ‘October Road’ WILL BE BACK for Season Two this fall!
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I LOVE OCTOBER ROAD! If this show is cancelled I will be devestated! I’m already hooked, and I can’t wait to see the new episodes! Does anyone know when the new season will start, if it does? Has there been any updates, or anything? I think it was perfect right after Grey’s Anatomy too, because I was already sitting down, relaxed, and could keep up with both shows! I miss it, and would be greatly dissapointed if it was not put on again…I don’t know how else to say it. I have been keeping an eye online, to see when… Read more »
WICKED COOL SHOW! Ihope it returns soon.
I love October Road. I can’t stand most the shows on abc, but i love this one. I really hope they come out with more. That we be highly appreciated.
PLEASE PLEASE , leave the show it was great we had a girls night over just to watch it please do not cancell the show!!!!!let us know when the next show is scheduled
Well it seems we lost another great show before it had a chance. It was one of the few that actually gets my wife and me to sit down and watch the same show. What a great story line, It’s obvious that the people at ABC have there heads up somewhere other than the rating charts. October
Road was the first show that I would watch on ABC. Oh well I guess its back to CBS, they know a good show when they air it!
please keep october road on the air. its a really good show!!
October Road is Great show!!! I really hope that they show all the episodes. Please Please Please!
October Road is amazing. Why did it get so short? It was never given a chance. Finally a good show comes on and then it’s ripped away leaving viewers baffled.
I LOVE OCTOBER ROAD!! I REALLY HOPE IT COMES BACK FOR ANOTHER SEASON (OR MANY MORE). IT IS ONE OF MY NEW FAVORITES AND I WAS HOOKED AFTER ONLY THE FIRST 2 EPISODES! I WILL BE VERY UPSET IF IT DOES NOT COME BACK!!
BRING OCTOBER ROAD FOR THE FALL 2007 SEASON. ALSO,KEEP LAURA PREPON. A JEWEL THAT ONLY NEEDS A LITTLE MORE POLISHING.
I too loved October Road…I am hearing that it has been brought back for a midseason (January) replacement and can hardely wait..this is the excact thing that ABC did w/What About Brian and I don’t think it’s coming back…TV Execs need to realize that the reason reality shows are watched more is because they don’t have story lines for viewers to get “hooked” on, so viewers aren’t frusterated when they disappear. If they invested some time and more than 6 (I mean, come on 6 episodes! for a season?!) episodes in a new show, maybe it would draw in bigger… Read more »
Really liked October Road was very interesting was hoping that will return in the fall but so far haven’t seen anything on tv about it. Please bring it back.
The show is AWESOME. It is better than any show out there!!!!