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This week’s episode of The Firm has been replaced by a rerun of the 90-minute premiere of Fashion Star (which debuts tonight).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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Love this show. Watch it weekly give it time!
great show, needs more time to gather more fans. a better time spot would help
Love the new show….If it had a better time slot the show might do better. Most people are not home on Saturday night. Dont cancel………
Think the series is great. Look forward to each episode and really disappointed when it is not shown for a week. What’s going on there? Considering some of the drivel that is on the network.
PLEASE do not cancel The Firm! It is the BEST show on TV. It is so well written, and so well acted. Every episode has me on the edge of my seat and waiting for the next episode. Forget your “reality” shows. Those shows are anything but reality. Renew The Firm!!!
I love The Firm and would be very disappointed if it was cancelled. I love all John Grisham books and was so interested in seeing a TV show with Mitch and Abby. I feel they are part of my life. I love all the characters. Please dont’ cancel it! I do not watch any reality shows, so in my opinion, they can be canceled.
I just love The Firm, so please don’t cancell it. I would like to see it on another
day beside Saturday. I have to dvr it all the time since it was moved from Thursdays.
As one of The Firm’s avid watchers a future attorney, PLEASE don’t cancel this show!!! This show is not only intellectually stimulating, it’s got substance!!! It keeps me and my family on the edge of our seats every week!!! You want to cancel a show?? Cancel a show like Fashion Star or Keeping up with the Kardashian’s (although I realize this is an E! show not NBC) – those shows poison people’s minds! The Firm provides an intense criminal legal drama with contemporary celebrities that has been lacking for YEARS!!!! DON’T cancel the ONE show I actually enjoy watching on… Read more »
Keep The Firm on! It’s one of my favorite shows. I think it would do better on a different night-like Sunday.
do not cancel the firm! It is a great show!!!!
Cant believe you cancelled the firm! My husband and I never missed it, couldn’t wait for the next week. We never saw any adds for it and thought that was a little strange. It was one show we watched that kept our interest and was fun. Those reality shows are taking over the networks, and their stupid. Please don’t cancell the firm,it’s like reading a good book!
I LOV THE FIRM I ALWAYS WATCH IT ON ON DEMAND IM NEVER HOME ON SATURDAY NIGHTS!!! MOVE IT TO SUNDAY NIGHT WHEN EVERYONES HOME AND THEY DONT HAVE TO RECORD IT!!!! THEY RECORD IT BECAUSE ITS A GREAT SHOW WE LOV IT!!!!
Please don’t cancel The Firm – it’s hard to find good quality programs anymore, and this is one of the best ever! Please re-think this!
Please don’t cancel The Firm. I just went to watch it because I always record it. I was so disappointed it wasn’t on tonight!!!
NBC strikes again