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This week’s episode of The Firm has been replaced by a rerun of the 90-minute premiere of Fashion Star (which debuts tonight).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 it is a great drama and is a thinking persons show. There are many TV shows that are pure FLUFf. Please do not cacncel . This show is worth keeping on the air.
This is the BEST show on TV!! Please don’t cancel it!! So exciting and tense! Love it! I will be so so upset!!! Keep it on!
How can they cancel such a good show! we look forward to it every week and would watch it whatever day it was shown.
That show is so good! I am so excited when it comes on! It’s like 24 where you have to watch every show in order to keep up, but it is worth it. I love Law & Order SVU, Blue Bloods, and CSI: Miami, but the Firm is the only one of the dramas that I watch that keeps you guessing and wanting more all the time. So, it would be a shame to get rid of it. It really would.
If it was showing during the week and not against some other shows it would certainly take off. It needs a chance for the public to catch on. I love the actors. I’m glad there are 22 episodes so I can keep watching it.
I look forward to this show every week. I watch alot of tv and have to record alot of shows but this one I can’t wait to see it falls under the Revenge and Missing tv shows that I must watch. Please look further into this and see which time slot will benefit the show. I hate to see it go!
Wow and i thought this show was going to take off big time since its to do with john grisham which is a very popular author!
If they had promoted it properly and given it a good time slot it wouldn’t be cancelled. I love The Firm. It’s suspenseful and makes me look forward to the next episode. It’s way better than half the other shows on NBC.
i love this show, baby please, baby baby please don’t cancel this show. the story lines are great, the cast is wonderful. what else could you want in a legal drama. that ‘s just me, i don’t get all the csi and ncis drama’s i think they are lame, however the lead in the weekly ratings. please give Mitch and the McDeer family another chance.
Please do not cancel this show. It is a great legal thriller
i love this show ,it is one of the best shows on tv!
The only other drama that even holds a candle to “The Firm” is “Missing”. I love them both.But “The Firm” came first and it has been the only drama since 24 that made me feel like I could hardly wait for the following week to come so I could see where the plot was going to go from here. The acting is superb – it is a clean show with good values. The best law program in a long time… It needs to be put in a decent time slot on a week day night and given some time for… Read more »
I watch The Firm. I would like to see the story conclude. Please keep it going on Saturday nights and if NBC can’t because ratings are so poor (why doesn’t someone do an investigation of the ratings system — is it really representative of true ratings?) then at least let them wrap up the story. I usually watch it after it is recorded. Thanks.
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this show. Please don’t cancel this show! Put it on a cable network if NBC needs to part ways with the show. Our house can not wait to watch the next episode.
Please dont cancel!!!! I love this show!
Neither my husband nor I are interested in reality tv, which leaves us at a distinct disadvantage. The Firm is quality programming, which has a plot that is intriging and suspenseful. How do gather your data to show the number of viewers watching particular shows? I watch The Firm and want to be counted. I am tired of becoming interested in a tv show, then have you cancel it before the ending.