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This week’s episode of The Firm has been replaced by a rerun of the 90-minute premiere of Fashion Star (which debuts tonight).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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Its a great show! Sick of all the reality crap shows on tv!! Hopefully another network will pick it up.
I’m sick of talk and reality shows. Keep The Firm on air.
Harry ‘s. Law and now The Firm? Goodbye NBC
We just watched the fascinating finale of The Firm! Please reconsider keeping in the fall line up! If you would give this series a fair fall opening in Primetime day and time, it would captivate viewers who enjoy suspense and compelling drama. This is so much better that the reality shows that do not challenge one’s mind.
I can’t take another reality show!!! What, are they cheap to produce? Programs with a real cast, action and a great PLOT can’t keep getting cancelled, there will be nothing for people with half a brain to watch!
If this show gets cancelled I’m done with NBC
The Firm was pitted against established shows on Thursday nights. Moving it to Saturday nights was never going to help. The Firm is a story line – driven show. If you didn’t watch it from the beginning, you’ll know nothing of what’s going on. Anyone who might have tuned in for a few minutes would surely turn the show off out of complete confusion. No one starts watching that type of show mid stream. The Thursday night slot doomed it from the beginning. It needed big ratings from the start (almost impossible against well-established shows) to make it over the… Read more »
I am absolutely in love with The Firm. I can’t believe they would even consider cancelling it! Let me say I don’t watch TV, I work 2 jobs so I only get one day off a week but I make time to watch this show. It is the only show I watch and I already bought the entire season off iTunes. Please don’t cancel this show. I think it needs more advertising. The characters are amazing and the story line is a jaw dropper. Plus I don’t see how they can fit everything needed to avoid ending the season with… Read more »
The firm is a great show!! Every time they put good shows on tv, they get cancelled!! All the ridiculous reality tv shows never get cancelled though….I guess people enjoy watching poor quality shows where people make fools of themselves!!! Keep the firm on!!!
I like The Firm. Interesting characters. Interesting moral dimensions to legal questions. Perhaps a bit Jack Bauer meets Perry Mason, but lots of fun & the court scenes stick closer to the way the legal system actually works.
I’ve read that it got canned. Perhaps NBC is too fixed on the idea of the one-size-fits-all series.
We have enjoyed watching the show and will miss it when it is canceled
We love the Firm and will be very upset if it is not back next season. We are sick of all the reality shows!!
Amen to that!
We love this show! Sounds like those of us who have been devoted fans are going to be left with a cliffhanger and never get to see a real end to the show
the best show i watch!
Love The Show, Pleace Dont Cancel It