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This week’s episode of The Firm has been replaced by a rerun of the 90-minute premiere of Fashion Star (which debuts tonight).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 love this show… I usually DVR it since I am not always home on Saturday nights, but this show is wonderful. Great cast, great story, exciting!!! Please don’t cancel this one….
I love the firm. It’s filled with suspense and I truly hope that it will not be cancelled. I cannot believe that some of the most stupid reality shows run, yet this extremely interesting law series is being overlooked. I hope that the network does NOT cancel it!
Please do not cancel this excellent series!!!! It is so very good!! I could write 1000 words to exclaim it’s merits, but suffice it to say that I can’t believe that it doesn’t have the viewership it needs!!!! Where are the intelligent people???
I love the FIRM and I look forward to each new episode!!!!! I hope they keep it on the air it is well written and the drama is great. Everyone is not interested in reality shows or peeping into someone personal life.
I was looking forward to watching the taped episode last Saturday night–I see it is up in the air if the series is to continue–I vote to continue. I found the series very interesting and creative.
Would be greatly disappointed if the Firm is cancelled; we enjoy the two different story lines that inter-cross each other and the “format” of the previous days that lead up to the present. Love the characters! Please keep it going.
I personally really enjoy The Firm. It’s clean, has a good plot and is great. Can’t believe that this show doesn’t have a better rating, most of what is on TV is awful. Hope it remains. PS. The Betty White show (Off Your Rocker) WAS bad – that should be taken off.
I watch The Firm every time it is on – it is a good show and should not be cancelled.
I want to see all 22 episodes.
we watch ON DEMAND and think it is an interesting show.
I absolutely love this show, it has great characters and the inside story is so interesting. I look forward to seeing it play out. Please don’t cancel, this is a great show and I think it has the potential to be the best ‘suspense’ show out there.
Keep The Firm.
Please don’t cancel the show “The Firm”. I look forward to seeing an episode every week.
I love THE FIRM! I watched when it was on Thursday nights and even taped the previous show I watched to catch each new episode of The Firm. It would be very disappoilting if it was canceled
I will be so disapppinted if The Firm is cancelled! Please don’t cancel this show!
We were disappointed that the show was not aired this past week! We look forward to each episode. My husband and I absolutely love The Firm, we think it is a smart show, very well cast.
Please do not cancel the show!
Please don’t cancel The Firm! My husband and I watch it religiously! We’ve lost Law and Order and Law and Order Criminal Intent. You can’t take this away too! We have to watch it on our cable’s “On Demand” at different times because we are parents of three children, and our schedule is not our own! There are only three shows that we watch, and they are The Celebrity Apprentice, Parenthood, and The Firm. As loyal viewers of NBC, please save our show!!