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This week’s episode of The Firm has been replaced by a rerun of the 90-minute premiere of Fashion Star (which debuts tonight).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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I cannot BELIEVE that such a GREAT SERIES is being cancelled. Whatever are the reasons that viewership of this show is down??? I think it is excellently written & acted. The plots & stories as well as the human goodness of the lead actors is so refreshing & great to have for others to experience their courage & intellect!!!! Please leave it on!!!
Please, don’t cancel The Firm. If I could, I would sign my name to all of the above pleas. My heart sank when I heard rumors of cancellation just as I recommended this very enjoyable series to several friends. Am hooked. Please, reconsider. Thank you.
I concur with everyone here, the show is great… perhaps it could thrive on cable.
i love this show! I watch it online and look forward to it every week! Do they check their ratings on hulu?
Love this show. Any decent show seems to get cancelled. All we will have left is pathetic reality tv.
I liked this show from episode one (Chapter 2). The lead actor is gorgeous, and I really enjoy seeing Juliette Lewis. I think the writing is great. It would upset me to see the show cancelled. The Thursday night slot gave me a pick-me-upper.
No, please don’t cancel!! I was disappointed when it was moved from Thursday nights but I do still watch it on Saturday nights and if I can’t I DVR it!
My sister and I love The Firm! Very suspenseful and smart. Love the actors and the fast pace. Sure hope it won’t be cancelled!!!
I really enjoy The Firm – Please do not cancel this show . It is so refreshing to watch a non – reality. Just give the show a chance and keep the show consistently on the same day and same time – when you move it around you are loosing your viewership.
Be consistent and give the show a chance.
This show is great. If NBC cancels it shame on them! I hope another network picks it up and it dose great. If NBC didn’t have football then no one would watch this want to be network!!!
LOVE this show, and I’ve been trying to figure out when it was on. I surely hate to see it cancelled.
I am speaking for me, my husband and a group of friends who all watch The Firm….Enough of these reality tv shows…..Finally, you have a show that you want to watch and discuss. If you feel Thursday isn’t a good time slot, why would you change the show to Saturday. In my neighborhood Saturday is called date night…..When we watch The Firm we always watch on demand……Enough of these ridiculous nielsen ratings. NBC please reconsider and do not cancel…Josh Logan and the whole cast are great.
This show is absolutely fantastic, great acting, great writing even if NBC could make it a 1 or 2 season series. This series great up to now and doesn’t need many episodes to finish its story line.
Please DO NOT CANCEL The Firm, I have fallen in love with this show. I agree with the others that the advertising for this show was terrible but, I hope it survives.
I really like this show and would hate to see it canceled. Please don’t do that. I watch it On Demand, like I do with most other shows I watch.