If you need proof that The Firm is doomed to be cancelled by NBC, you just have to look at the show’s ratings. Not only did the new legal series bomb on Thursday nights but it’s currently being trounced on Saturday nights as well — airing opposite CSI: New York repeats, 20/20, and FOX’s forgotten Q’Viva! The Chosen reality series.
The ratings for The Firm have been so poor that one had to start wondering if NBC might bump the series off the Saturday schedule as well. Well, that’s what they’re doing — at least for one week.
This week’s episode of The Firm has been replaced by a rerun of the 90-minute premiere of Fashion Star (which debuts tonight). That will be followed by an encore of the first episode of Betty White’s Off Their Rockers, which first aired in January. Rockers returns to the NBC schedule on April 4th.
On March 24th, NBC has slotted an episode of the USA Network series Fairly Legal at 8pm, a slot that had been filled by reruns of Smash. The network hasn’t announced which episode of Fairly Legal will air but the season two opener (which will run this Friday on USA) seems likely.
The network is shaking up their Saturday night schedule and if they can come up with better numbers than what The Firm has been getting, the legal drama could easily be off the schedule for good. NBC has aired just 10 of the show’s 22 episodes thus far.
What do you think? Are you still watching NBC’s The Firm? Do you watch the episodes on Saturday nights, on demand or online? Would you be upset if NBC pulled it for good?
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Loving The Firm and am riveted to the story line. Please give it a chance. And should it ultimately end up getting cancelled do us dedicated viewers a favor and give us some closure!
At the beginning I wasn’t 100% sold on Callum Keith Rennie and Juliet Lewis but feel like they have found their rythm. Ibreally enjoy the entire ensemble!
Again, PLEASE DO NOT cancel this excellent show!
We loved the program and would be very disappointed if it canceled. I don’t believe the ratings have anything to do with it–I think the station may have a political reason for not wanting to air it. Everyone I speak to about the program loves it as well.
Love the show, the first decent new law program in a long time.
LOVE TEH FIRM! ONE OF TEH BEST ON TV. CHANGING DAY AND TIME OF AIRING, WAS NOTT A GREAT IDEA…CONFUSED THE VIEWER. ONE OF THE BEST AND WELL DEVELOPED STORIES. COMPLEX CHARACTERS AND GREAT ACTING. TOO BAD IT WAS REPLACED …BETTY WHITE JUST DOES NOT DO IT…SAME OLD SAME OLD STUFF. HOPE THE FIRM IS BACK ON SOON!
NBC has been losing market share for years. I do not think continually moving/cancelling shows will help them gain market share. Many people are unaware of the show because they are caught up on reoccurring shows on other networks. I think the time of the year may have not been the best decision.
PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL! This show has everything you would ever want in a TV drama. The acting is great Josh Lucas, Juliette Lewis, and Callum Keith Rennie all of whom show flashes of the original 1993 movie’s characters. The suspense of underlying conspiracy within ‘The Firm’ keeps viewers wanting to find out more about what they are really up to while still getting the sense of fulfillment from Mitch McDeere’s weekly cases. Josh Lucas and Callum Keith Rennie are great as brothers and even though I don’t care for Molly Parker as Mitch’s wife all that much, their chemistry… Read more »
I LOVE this show and even downloaded the kindle book so I could relive the whole story! Please don’t take it off, I love the actors!!
Please don’t cancel the firm! My wife and I love it and can’t wait each week to see it! We DVR it so we don’t care when it comes on!
Thanks for solving the mystery but we’re so disappointed! The Firm is fun, exciting and we really don’t want it to be cancelled. We dvr and just sat down love to watch The Firm on Sunday or Monday nights. Our vote is in: PLEASE DON’T CANCEL!
This show is smart and thrilling!! Please don’t cancel!!
I think it’s a good show — took a couple of episodes to really get into it, but now I look forward to seeing it. Seems people just didn’t give it a chance and NBC pulled it rather quickly. I realize it’s probably already gone, but I sure hope they show the remaining episodes. I would really like to see how things turn out.
LOVE LOVE LOVE the show… Of course the Saturday night show has even more poor ratings because it is too hard to find!!! Let us at least finish the season!!
This show is excellent! Please keep it going!
i love this show. please don’t cancel.
Do not cancel The Firm. But I know I am too late since I have been told the show is over. Hopefully they will allow the story lines to wrap up and not leave us loyal watchers hanging. NBC does that alot. They hook you on a show and then don’t renew it and the story lines are left unfinished. Hey, NBC, why don’t you put Leno on at 10:00 again? How did that work out for you?