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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Love this show! Please don’t cancel.
LEAVE IT PLEASE!!!! i love this show!!! im sorry i couldn’t contribute to the ratings because im a starving college student without a tv and have to watch it on hulu =/ (or does that add to viewer ratings??? lol) anyways, i neeed to know what happens next! DO NOT CANCEL!!!!
i love the deep end! it’s fresh and diverse. it’s a nice addition to abc’s thursday night line up. it’s light, funny, and it draws you into its story line. i hope they keep it. abc needs a little less intense sci-fi and dramatic reality and something that will bring a wider audience in.
I love the show. It is one of the best new shows on TV. Tired of all the reality show!!!
ABC don’t cancel another great show.
Loved the show. I thought the actors were a great match for each other. Would love to see it return.
I love The Deep End. I found this show different from all the typical legal shows. It was funny and I loved the cast. ABC, please bring this show back.
LOVED the show. Please bring it back.
PLEASE!PLEASE! PLEASE! bring The Deep End back. I totally loved the show and it was one of my Thursday night TV shows to watch. It was overall an AMAZING show to watch… Thank you… Jennifer
The deep end is a great show.. and i think the ratings will go up if you just keep giving it a chance. I love this show and I think others will start to love it too. Please dont cancel! Just to add another opinion, Im so confused on why Eastwick got dropped. I was really upset about that also. Thats was a great show as well. i think it would be a mistake to cancel the deep end, just as it was a big mistake to cancel eastwick! sTOP CANCELLING MY SHOWS! PLEAAASE 🙂
Hoping The Deep End does not get the ax…really liked the characters…
I love the ABC TV show The Deep End. I’m a prelaw student, and work at a law firm presently. I find the humor brought into the reality that is a first year law student makes for an interesting combination. Its a TV show that my family gathers together and has watched every Thursday night. Neither of my parents are attorneys, and some of my friends have even chosen to watch the show because I talk about it so much. From that point my friends have gotten hooked as well. The largest problems I think were A. The title doesn’t… Read more »
I really enjoyed the Deep End. I hope that ABC brings it back again. The series was better than some others on ABC.
I love this show!!! I looked forward to it every week!!! There is not a tv show on today that I enjoyed more! I will be so disappointed if it is cancelled!!
This show was soooo funny. I work in a law firm and have for years, and although I don’t normally watch “legal” television shows, simply because they don’t always follow procedures, I found this show to be funny and uplifting. Which, by the way, is like a breath of fresh air. I really do hope that you renew this show, it was very entertaining and funny. Keep up the good work.
This was a very good show. A little too idealistic with lawyers always getting the outcome they seek, but I really enjoyed watching it, the characters were great. Please bring it back!