First, FOX cancelled Lone Star and then, ABC cancelled My Generation. Not wanting to be left out, NBC has now cancelled Outlaw. The Jimmy Smits series has ceased production but viewers will still be able to see the remaining episodes.
Outlaw follows a Supreme Court Justice (Smits) who decides to step down and go back to being a lawyer in order to fight injustices. The NBC series also stars Carly Pope, David Ramsey, Jesse Bradford, and Ellen Woglom.
The series debuted following the season finale of one of NBC’s biggest shows, America’s Got Talent, and could only attract moderate ratings. In its regular Friday night timeslot, Outlaw’s ratings have gone from bad to worse. This past Friday, the show hit a new low in the 18-49 demographic with a 0.9 rating and fell to just 4.10 million viewers. It was in last place in both categories.
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As we previously reported, NBC shut down production last week, supposedly wanting to wait to see if viewership got better in later weeks. If that was actually the case, they didn’t wait very long. Outlaw has been cancelled and the cast and crew won’t be returning to production.
For the time being, NBC will fill the 10pm timeslot with an expanded edition of Dateline. The four remaining episodes of Outlaw will be seen on Saturday nights starting on October 16th. An episode won’t be seen on October 30th because of a previously schedule Shrek special. The last episode of Outlaw will air on November 13th.
What do you think? Are you sorry to see it go? Why do you think it didn’t attract a bigger audience?
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My family and I love the show. Jimmy Smits is a great actor, good to see him back. Wrong time slot.
My family and I think the show is great! wrong time slot. Great cast, and Jimmy Smits is a great latin actor.
loved this show, sad to see it go 🙁
Why are all the good shows cancelled? My family and I really enjoyed Outlaw.
We are so disappointed!
This is a very well acted show the friday night timeslot probably didnt help this show its nice to have something to watch on friday night.
This is a great show that was stuck in a bad time slot.
Our family loved this show – it was great to see Jimmy Smits in a law setting again.
I Loved the show, I had to DVR the show when I could not watch it. I keep watching to see if they are bringing it back.
I loved the show. It was in a terrible time slot. I wonder why it wasn’t moved to another time to give it a chance? I think it was a great cast. Who needs an expanded Dateline or another Law and Order?
Loved seeing Jimmy back on TV and the premise was very interesting but plot was a little thin and the womanizing theme was done to death.
Once again they get it wrong. Everybody that I know love this show and talk about it each week at work. They have no idea who is really watching because of Tivos and DVRs. I watch it the next day not when it is airing. They gave it a bad time slot and expected what? It has great potential because of the endless stories of cases that can be used. The characters are just beginning to develop and are extremely interesting and controversial. It had the makings of a long running show but again the network has no clue what… Read more »
I thought each episode was getting better. The characters and their relationships with each other were really developing. can’t the networks give these programs a little more time? Boo to NBC.
I really enjoyed this show and the cast, Jimmy Smits is one of my favorite actors. I agree that it was placed in a bad time slot and should have been given more time once it was moved to Saturday night.
This is a great show that was stuck in a bad time slot. It has begun to develop the characters, leaving you to want to know more about them. Great acting.
I am disappointed. I loved the show.