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This week’s episode of The Firm has been replaced by a rerun of the 90-minute premiere of Fashion Star (which debuts tonight).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 like it a lot too
My wife and I absolutely love the firm. I would like to know who are those who don’t like it? It has been awesome! This was the one show we watched on NBC. Let’s at least finish the season!
I love the firm. Taking it off the air now would be like ending 24 a few hours early.
Dear NBC,
Please dont cancel. I enjoy watching The Frim!!! Very good story line… Please make it work to keep on tv.. Some week nights I don’t feel like nothing on Tv….
This is a great show. This and person of interest are two of best new shows. Too many stupid comedies with no interest. Too much reality tv and shows that supposedly have the viewers voting. Enough of that . Drama tv that actually leads up to something please!
Please don’t cancel the show! It’s been the first thing worth watching on Saturday evenings. We rearrange our schedule to watch it – just plain great tv. I think if you give it more time, more people will discover it and watch. It’s just that no one is used to having anything worth watching in that time slot!
Please don’t cancel the firm
I love The Firm!!! It’s a great Series with alot of twists and turns and keeps me on the edge of my seat!!! The cast mesh’s very well together too. Please don’t cancel the series!!!
great show,fast moving like 24. hope they give it time for people to catch on.
Watch every week, hope it ends up in another slot. Enjoy, it is one of the two shows I watch on the broadcast times (7-10pm) that is not a sports show.
This is a really good series, good acting, good scripts, action and a lot of suspense. This is only one of two series that I always watch on NBC, the other is Harry’s Law.
Please do NOT cancel … love, love, love this show.
Love the show.Don’t cancel it.
Please keep the Firm on Air!!!
This is our favorite show to watch durning the week and can’t wait til the following to see what happens!!!! PLEASE keep this on!!!!
I am really mad tonight to miss The Firm tonight and disgusted with the junk replacing it. Why cancel when it’s at a very exciting point? Networks are too interested in polls these days. Saturday is a dull tv night- please bring it back! And let me know if you move it to another night and time,please. Thank you. Kay timmis