We’ve received a few emails today from folks who are confused about the status of ABC’s The Deep End. It seems that several sites started reporting last week that the show had been cancelled. We reported yesterday that it hadn’t. What’s going on?
When ABC scheduled The Deep End, they only allowed for six Thursday night timeslots, from January 21st until February 25th. For whatever reason, the network didn’t schedule the seventh and last episode of the season. Perhaps, the sixth episode seemed like a more natural stopping point for the season.
The ratings have not been good for the series so, when ABC promoted that this week’s was the season finale, some sites jumped the gun and declared that it was being pulled prematurely and cancelled. (Interestingly, the same thing happened with Defying Gravity.) Whatever the reason, they were incorrect about Deep End.
An ABC representative confirmed to us today that the show has not been cancelled. Last night’s was the season finale and no decision has been made yet on a renewal. If the show does return, the extra episode will be part of season two.
While the show’s ratings have given viewers little reason to hope that the ABC series will be renewed, you never know. Many declared Dollhouse and Better Off Ted to be goners last Spring and both were miraculously picked up.
What do you think? Are you holding out hope that The Deep End will survive somehow or is it destined to be cancelled?
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I hope they renew this show! It is a great show, and wasn’t promoted enough. That time slot is hard. I thoroughly enjoyed this show and think it would do much better in another time slot.
i LOVE THIS SHOW!!!! Please do not cancel it. I think it could be one of those series that start off slow but picks up its ratings and fans as the seasons move along!!! Just sayin’
I love this show. Please don’t cancel it.
I work late hours and cannot watch the show at 8pm EST. Therefore I watch the show when I am at home on the internet. I LOVE IT!!! The cast is young , fresh, and entertaining. PLEASE do not cancel the show. I think the time slot should be moved to 9pm but if not I don’t mind catching it on the web. Good Job ABC…Finally a good series with good writing and storylines.
I’ve been wondering where my weekly dose of a law show done well has gone. I also hope that the show gets renewed, and I hope that ABC realizes the show’s merit.
This show is amazing! It may or may not be the way a real law firm operates, but guess what?! The Deep End is not real! And honestly, if you don’t like the show, I respect your opinion, but if no one is forcing you to watch, don’t watch the show. It’s really not that hard. I like the characters and the fact that we can see their personal life seep into the show. If this show were to be cancelled, I would definitely be upset! I love shows like The Deep End and The West Wing (my favorite!!), and… Read more »
KEEP THE SHOW!!!! I love this show…Who cares about the accuracy about the life of a lawyer! Saving Private Ryan is about the closest you’ll come to reality and that was hours worth. They wouldn’t be able to fit in all the hours of blah that goes with being a lawyer. I also am tired of the reality shows…ummm, I pick you out of a bunch of girls that I just met and kissed…wanna get married? And I AM smarter than a 5th grader! I think the acting is great! The fact the show flows smoothly from scene to scene,… Read more »
Oh, Tim. You and the others have provided cheap entertainment during a slow week at the office. I love the Saving Private Ryan bit and all the stuff about the other shows. Good, good stuff. I have years of experience in a large corporate law firm, and I can assure you that very few partners in firms like these “take on the mentor role WHILE having fun” in the “real world.” You just proved how this show romanticizes the life of a corporate attorney. In reality, there are all-night marathons for big trials (oh, and we don’t get paid for… Read more »
DON”T CANCEL THIS SHOW PLAN AND SIMPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I give up! I am sick of all these reality shows! Everybody has a reality show. Give us some light drama. This show was one of my favorites along with The Good Wife. Who makes these decisions? Please bring this show back. I think the cast is great. Please give this show a chance. I am truly frustrated.
I have been looking for the Deep End tv show everyweek since it stopped it has been one of my favorite shows. I hope you don’t cancel it! It’s nice to see intelligent “adults” working and leading more close to normal lives. If I see another “teenie booper” series anywhere from werewolves and vamps to high society snubs I am going to stop looking at TV all together and start reading books!!! I love the variety in the story lines, and not so much soap opera-ish-ness!!! Please bring that show back it is a very good switch from all the… Read more »
Jacqueline,
That’s what it will take you to “start reading books”? What a shame. Maybe you should consider doing it regardless of the Deep End status. I recommend “Keep the Aspidistra Flying” by George Orwell. A fantastic read.
Cordially,
El Savage
Wow. Really? That’s extremely mature. Everyone is entitled to a RESPECTFUL opinion. Please, keep your rude comments to yourself.
I love the show. Finally a show with good diction and dialog and communication.
I love Rowdy. He would make working at any establishment fun plus he knows his job and the sinister Billy Zane Yum and Lady Parker….big ups to class in the work place and all the new interns fantastic, cute, sassy, smart, and still maturing it will be fun to watch what you grow into.
To sum up…this show is nonsense. Billy Zane is the only good actor. There is an attorney’s blog where they dedicated an entire thread to bashing how absurd and romanticized this show is…and my guess is that ABC only allowed six slots for this show is because they were taking a gamble that this one might get some favorable feedback.
This show is awful. It’s mindless garbage and is wildly inaccurate when it comes to the portrayal of an attorney’s world. There’s a blog where young corporate attorneys go to air their grievances about their work…they added a thread for this crap show, talking about how absurd and false the subject matter. On top of the poor writing and romanticizing of a difficult profession, the acting made me want to vomit. The one exception…Billy Zane.
Chimps could write a better show.
Wow,kinda harsh there “Savage.” “Mindless garbage?” Riggggggggght. Granted,you are somewhat correct,on the ‘wildly inaccurate’,comment,as I’ve also seen some criticism of the scripting,I hardly see how that means that the writing is poor,and the acting would make one want to ‘blow chunks,unless its Billy Zane doing the acting.’ Have you SEEN one of the female stars,Tina Majorino,in anything besides this show you detest? NO? Then if you haven’t,what gives you the right to condemn her,when you have nothing else to base her “non-existent acting skills” on? I’m merely asking that latter part,as I don’t know what you’ve seen,what you haven’t seen,as… Read more »
Mac, judging by your writing style, I can see how you might find this show as mindful garbage, rather than mindless garbage. I’m guessing you flip between this show, MTV, E! nonsense, etc. Maybe sprinkle in some American Idol and Bachelor for good measure? I’m not judging the actors and acresses on their entire body of work. Maybe you mistakenly picked out “Billy Zane is the only good actor” and thought I was talking about outside this show as well. You didn’t read critically. Rather, I’m talking about this show in particular, and as such, I can say that the… Read more »
1..2..3..4..I declare a FLAME WAR! That is your intent,is it not “Savage?” First you lambaste the show,then you systematically pick apart my rebuttal,as if…wait for it,wait for it..it offends you. Big shocker. I READ EVERYTHING you posted,yet you pick and choose what I posted,to further drive your point home? Yeah,thats a logical strategy. You go on to say that I have a “mild obsession with Tina Majorino,and I need to get it checked out,or else I will have to contend w/a restraining order in my future.” Okay..whatever. I am no more “obsessed with Tina Majorino”,than you are with being a… Read more »
You read everything but still missed the mark. Nicely done. Aren’t you a tad hypocritical calling my strategy “logical” after you did the same thing? Well, the same intent, just poorly executed.
Does your obsession stem from Napoleon Dynamite? I mean, she was good, but not that good. Pretty stalkerish to know she lives in California, isn’t it?
Also, nice of you to now point out “it’s a difference of opinion” and ask to “end this fight.” Well, it was you going after my opinion to begin with, so blame yourself.
Quoth the Savage
@Savage and @Mac: And that’s the end of it. Move on guys.
I love this show! It reminds me of a place I use to work so I can relate! At first I wasn’t going to watch it because it looked like another boring office show but its intriguing and the fact that you have a black powerhouse attorney/partner married to a slick attorney/partner makes even more interesting. I like to see interacial couples on the screen, not just black men with white women but vice versa. But not just making it about that I enjoy the cases in the story line not to mention the way the assoicates all seem to… Read more »
Please do not cancel the deep end. Love all the story lines going on. I like that you have to pay attention to follow the story. I am sick of shows starting, you get into them and then they are gone.