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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We’re both lawyers and really looked forward to the show. We’ve been wondering what happened to it. Please don’t cancel it. We got hooked!
My daughter and I really enjoyed the show. We also love the line up for Thursday night. It was our favorite TV night. I agree with BEAN, we could loose a few reality shows. This was a good story line with beleivable characters. So P L E A S E – KEEP THE DEEP END.
I will be extremely dissapointed if “The Deep End” is cancelled. I hope that its given another opportunity to catch on! My wife and I looked forward watching every week.
i luv the show please donot cancel
I made arrangments to have Thursday nights from 8pm till 11pm all to myself so that I may enjoy ABC’s line up. I don’t usually have time for TV but after watching the first couple of episodes I was hooked. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE keep my show.
i SOOO LOOKED FORWARD TO EVERY EPISODE AND REALLY LIKED EACH STORY LINE THIS WAS A SMART AND SOPHISTICATED COME ON CAN’T WE MAKE ROOM
FOR SOME EPISODIC TV DOES ALL HAVE TO REVOLVED AROUND REALITY TV
HERE WE HAVE ACTORS EXPRESSING THE WRITTEN WORD pul-eeze
please keep me informed on the progress……….or the lack thereof
I really liked the show, and looked forward to seeing it each week!!
The Deep End is a good show, I especially enjoy watching Tina Majorino – she’s a great actress and Addy Fisher is the perfect role for her. It was a great precursur to Grey’s Anatomy and The Practice on Thursday nights. All three shows are about starting and building a professional career and the drama that the climb to the top entails. I find this show more realistic than Grey’s Anatomy – I seriously doubt that every intern/attending, etc has slept with almost all of thier colleuges….then again, maybe I’m nieve….I’m an engineer, not a Dr. – and our office… Read more »
i love the end. That guy from desprate housewives is on there and i just love nicole ari parker from her soul food days. Hey wouldn’t it be nice if that fine husband of her would guest star. Aanyway got deep end!
I would love to see the show continue! It is a family favorite at our house! Love all the characters, just fun to watch; well, if I’m honest, fun to TIVO and speed through the commercials! KEEP THE DEEP END!
I really hope that The Deep End is not cancelled. It was a great show. I loved the characters and well pretty much everything about it. PLEASE bring it back!!
i Love the Deep End!! I would be so devastated if it was cancelled. PLEASEEE bring it back ABC!!
Don’t cancel The Deep End!!!
I would be VERY disappointed if this show did not return. It was my FAVORITE show!!!
I would be very disappointed if the show is cancelled, however; would NOT be surprised. The same thing happened to another good show “Big Shots”, it was cancelled during the big writers strike a few years back. Some of those reality shows need to be OFF the air. It was a good Thursday night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!