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This week’s episode of The Firm has been replaced by a rerun of the 90-minute premiere of Fashion Star (which debuts tonight).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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We have thought that The Firm is the best drama put on tv in many a year. The actors are supreme and the plot keeps you guessing. Please do not cancel this fine program, just put it where it belongs, not on a Saturday nite. Thanks
I have pleaded with NBC to keep The Firm on. They move it so much its hard to keep track of. They put so much junk on no wonder they don’t know a good show….t.v. land is full of junk. They have even taken The Firm off for some fashion show. I guess they think 18 year olds will go out and buy all that their parents are really paying for. I had 40 people over saturday and we were all talking about what thunder heads NBC has become. Thank God the president of what ever network Cheers was on… Read more »
I love the show – please keep it.
Awesome show with a few very talented actors and plot that continues to develop. Don’t cancel!
PLEASE DON’T CANCEL THE FIRM!! It’s my favourite show!!
I live for this show. Please please don’t cancel it. This is my favorite show and the writing is soooo good!!! I will cry and pout!
Best show on television. I’ve been loving it so far. Don’t cancel it!
We are very upset with the thought of not showing all 22 episodes of The Firm… Good by NBC.. I am so unhappy with your on again, off again with this series.. WE WILL NEVER WATCH A REALITY SHOW, EVER….HOW DUMB……
Please do not cancel The Firm…….it’s the only good show on Sat. Night……we are always sitting on the edge of our chairs watching to see what is going to happen next.
Please don’t cancel this show.
Please don’t cancel The Firm, I was just getting into the plot, it is a great show! Give it a little more time!!
Please don’t cancel The Firm. It is our favorite show. Schedule where there is less competition. I feel it is so much better that most anything else ontv, PLEASE don’t cancel. I will boycott watching NBC if they cancel The Firm!
As usual NBC gives up on a great show because it doesn’t become an instant hit! My husband and I love this show. It tells a story that is plausible and you care about the characters, each week is better then the previous week. NBC give The Firm some time!
I have been watching the Firm from the beginning. At first I was put off by the constant jumping around on the timeline and by that fact that it is being shot in shadows. Since the invention of the electric lightbulb, we have been so lucky as to have home lighting good day and night. We do not use candles anymore. Sometimes, it is so dark, that you might as well be listening to the program on the radio. I feel this way about Awake, the Killing also. I am so into the program now. It is nail biting,edge-of-the seat… Read more »
The Firm is our favorite show. Please do not cancel it. Maybe you can schedule it at a time when there is less competition from junk shows.
I was just talking to my co-workers about this show. I love, love, love this show. It should NOT be canceled. Please reconsider.