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This week’s episode of The Firm has been replaced by a rerun of the 90-minute premiere of Fashion Star (which debuts tonight).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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Please don’t cancel! We are hooked and if we don’t catch it when it first airs we watch online
I absolutely love The Firm..NBC never gave it a chance…If it had been on ABC or CBS it would have been placed in a spot where it wouldn’t have failed..
Replaced by Awake?? I watched two episodes..what a dud..
Keep the firm coming! We look forward to each week’s episode and at the end of the show say to each other……not over yet! It’s such a great change from reality tv.
My husband and I really like this show. It has been hard to find because of all the moves the network has made, along with weeks with no broadcast. Most of the shows on TV are not something we would watch, but we love this. We’ve told friends about it and they (finally) found it and also raved about it. If this is discontinued, it will only reinforce our belief that there really is nothing left on television worth watching.
I love “The Firm,” and agree with all of these previous comments. It’s terrific, the best show NBC has come up with since “Harry’s Law,” which it is also cancelled. If the critics don’t like it, that’s because their minds have been so dulled by the endless reality fare and insanely stupid “comedies” on network television these days that they don’t even know a good TV drama when they see one. One wonders if they were reviewing “24” or “ER” today, would they hate those long-running shows as much as they apparently dislike “The Firm?” Face it folks, network television… Read more »
PLEASE DON’T CANCEL!!!!! The best show in ages! We all watch it, or record it, was so glad to find it on Saturday, when couldn’t find it on Thursday.
Better than all those “cop” shows….and what are you replacing it with….nothingj!
Don’t cancel PLEASE!!!!! One of the best shows in a long long time. All our friends either watch, or record it…so disappointed that it is not on tonight, and replaces by…..nothing!
Please don’t cancel this show, it’s great. I love the cast. Please, Please can’t take anymore reality TV. The chemistry between Callum Keith Rennie and Juliette Lewis is great, it’s such a fun show I look forward to it every week. So tired of ratings and cancellations, cancel some reality TV do Americans a favor.
My husband and I love The Firm. It’s the fastest hour of the week because it’s so suspenseful. Hope NBC rescues it and gives it a chance. At least finish out the episodes.
PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL THE FIRM. REALLY LIKE IT!!! Want to know what is going to happen.
Look forward to Saturday night.
This is a great show that keeps me on the edge of me seat every time I watch it. I am watching it online since I have schedule that causes me to be unavailable in the evenings. I pray this show will stay on & possibly even get renewed but I know that is unlikely.
Keep it going. Have to see the end even if recorded late at night.
DON’T CANCEL IT. IT’S A GREAT SUSPENSEFUL SHOW.
Very good I would at least like to see all 22 episodes
Me too, I love this show!
Please don’t cancel it. I love everything about the show. It keeps you on the edge of your seat. Way better show than most dramas out there!!!! I count the hours every week to watch it. If you would advertise the show, the ratings would start increasing. Please, please kep this show!!!
KEEP IT GOING
Great show – far superior to many of the “cops & robbers” currently on the air.
So tired of shows being taken off the air if the ratings aren’t through the roof – not all of us want to watch reality tv!