Court will soon be adjourned for the Mark-Paul Gosselaar drama, Raising the Bar. TNT has decided to cancel the series after two seasons but, there may still be more to come.
From executive producer Steven Bochco, Raising the Bar revolves around a group of law school classmates who work on opposite sides of the courtroom. The drama’s cast includes Gosselaar, Gloria Reuben, Currie Graham, Melissa Sagemiller, J. August Richards, Jonathan Scarfe, Teddy Sears, Jane Kaczmarek, Stacy Hall, Natalia Cigliuti, Paul Joyner, Wayne Lopez, Jon Polito, and Angel Oguendo.
Back on September 1, 2008, the series premiere attracted 7.7 million viewers. That set a record for TNT as the biggest audience for a new series launch on regular cable. Unfortunately, much of the audience didn’t return for later episodes which averaged 5.5 million. Despite an early decline, TNT renewed the series for a second season.
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On June 8th, season two of Raising the Bar attracted just 3.6 million and shed half of the audience of its lead-in, The Closer.
As a result of the low ratings, the cable channel has cancelled the legal drama. Via a statement, a TNT representative said, “Everyone at TNT had a great experience working on Raising the Bar with Steven Bochco and the rest of the show’s terrific cast and crew. We’re proud of the series and appreciate the efforts of all of the creative people who were involved. Unfortunately, ratings for Raising the Bar’s second season did not reach the levels required for TNT to renew the series.”
TNT had opted to split the second season into two parts. The first dozen episodes finished airing on August 24th. That leaves three episodes on the shelf. It was expected that they would air in early 2010 but they haven’t been given airdates yet.
What do you think? Are you upset that the series has been cancelled? Why do you think that Raising the Bar failed — acting, storylines, or something else?
Image courtesy TNT.
Where do the rating come from?! Everyone I know watched the show! We looked forward to it every week! I am so bummed.
My husband and I looked forward to every episode and were anxiously waiting for the return in 2010. It was the best of TV!!
I was just checking in for the new epsoides and found it was cancelled. I am so disappointed. The characters were great and had awsome chemistry working together. I had my DVR set so I wouldn’t miss it. Do the ratings take into count DVR’s ?
bring it back …please. i was just checking to se when it was returning and found out it was cancelled. i really liked that show. not many shows on tv worth watching anymore.. but that was excellent. reconsider !
No!!!! I really liked this show! TNT cancelled one of the few shows that actually had a storyline!UGH! Pls bring it BACK!
I loooooooooooved Raising the Bar. Please make it come back, please.
Cancelling this wonderful show was an INJUSTICE!!!!
I too got online to see when it would be coming on again. I am so disappointed:(
The story lines were awesome! I don’t see how it got cancelled!
Is there any hope for a miraculous resurrection!
Raising the Bar is a great show and I hate TNT is cancelling it. I loved every episode. I made sure my DVR was set. I didn’t know it had been canceled until now. I was waiting for it to come back. TNT has great series and this was one of them!
Raising the Bar is a great show and I hate TNT is cancelling it. The cast and the story lines were great. I am totally hooked. TNT should check to see if the show was up against another popular show as to why the audience was lost.
I am very disappointed that Raising the Bar got cancelled! My husband and I love this show.. The casting is great and the storyline is out of this world…What a great courtroom twist..Please bring it back!
A great show with an interesting story line. I recoreded it on my DVR so as to not miss any episodes. Would like to see it come back. I don’t watch reality tv shows as they have absolutely nothing to do with reality!
Raising the Bar should be back on tv!
I loved this show…Been waiting for it to come back on…. 🙁
I am really going to miss this show! I looked forward to it every week! I even had it set on my DVR so I wouldn’t miss an episode. I just got online to see when it was going to start again, and I am very disappointed to see that it is not comming back!!! I agree, I hate reality shows and that is all that is on mainstream TV, it was nice to have a series show again. I thought the acting was great, as well as the stroy line. This show will be missed, in my house!!
I really liked Raising the Bar. It’s too bad that TNT has had to cancel it!