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This week’s episode of The Firm has been replaced by a rerun of the 90-minute premiere of Fashion Star (which debuts tonight).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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Best Show Ever! however it airs on a Saturday night which is never easy. They need to air this on a better night and not up against other established and popular shows.
Love The Firm but keeping tabs on when it’s airing is a challenge. Thank you DVD. Please give it another chance and stop switching airing dates/times.
BEST show EVER! PLEASE don’t cancel this show! This is the best ever and if you cancel it it will be the biggest mistake EVER!
PLEASE don’t take it off the air! BEST crime show ever! Keeps me on the edge of my seat! If you cancel it, it would be the worst mistake EVER!
I never miss this show. thank god I can DVR it cause I never know when you will air it. Please give the show a chance. At least finish the season so a regular follower of NBC can see a whole season but it is a great show! Give it a chance. Some of TV’s all time great shows didn’t get going until summer re-runs or another season aired.
Give the show another chance. I really like it.
OH NO! That’s my favorite show. Keeps me on the edge of my seat. Please tell me they won’t cancel it. I agree with the person above. My husband and I are both hooked on the show.
BEST BELIEVAble show on tv, please do not cancel it
I HAVE LOOKED FORWARD TO EVERY EPISODE. I THINK IT IS OE OF THE BEST
LAW/ DRAMA SHOWS ON TV. THE NETWORKS DONT LISTEN TO THE LITTLE\
PEOPLE ON WHAT THEY LIKE. NCI S HAS BEEN ON OVER SEVEN YEARS AND NOT ONE AWARD TO THE SHOW OR THE STARS HAS BEEN GIVEN AND IT IS
IN THE TOP TEN ALMOST EVERY WEEK. I DONT PUT MUCH GUSTO INTO
THE RATINGS YOU SAY.
Please don’t cancel The Firm. It is one of the most gripping dramas week in and week out on TV, we look forward to it every week.
I couldn’t find The FIRM on my dvr and immediately went on the internet hoping not to find this. I’ve been raving about THE FIRM to people I know and comparing it to the great 24. The Firm is the series that has come close in comparison with its great story development, characters and thrills. Like the rest I say don’t cancel The Firm.
I love this show. DON’T CANCEL IT! It is one of the few shows to watch on Saturday night. Perhaps you need to move it to a better night where it may fair better because some people do not stay home and watch TV on Friday nights.
I enjoy the firm and do not want it taken off.
It is something I look forward to every week, please don’t take it off. It seems every time you just get into a show they cancel it. Give it a chance. You cannot tell me old fashion shows get more ratings!! I even try to catch it on my iphone, that is dedication.
I think The Firm is a great show but I have trouble finding out when and where it will be showing. I often watch it on Show Case or check for it on me tablet through Global. It would be a shame if it were cancelled. There is so much “junk” on TV.