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This week’s episode of The Firm has been replaced by a rerun of the 90-minute premiere of Fashion Star (which debuts tonight).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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Me and my husband love The Firm. Will both be upset if its canceled! 🙁
The Firm is a truly great show! John Grisham is Amazing. However It doesnt have a bunch of idiotic people singing and dancing in a contest… So the majority of the Television audience or the morons as i call them wont watch it. I would lose alot of respect for NBC if they cancel The Firm without atleast finishing out the first season of 22 episodes. Out of respect to Mr. John Grisham and the more Intelligent Television Audience please Atleast finish out the first season and the Nobile story line.
~Matthew. D. Gray
This show is awesome please don’t cancel we love this show!!!!!!!
This show has been changed so many times – I think that is the problem. Viewers get used to watching it on Thursday night and then it is changed to Saturday night (wrong day for this show to air, I believe). My husband and I love this show and watch it together. We are hooked. IT SHOULD NOT BE CANCELLED . The acting is great and the stories are so realistic.
Please don’t cancel this show. It’s better than any reality show…… and I was so disappointed that it was replaced this week by what? a fashion show? Really? Yuk. I didn’t mind the move to Saturday night — it gave me something to look forward to.
PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL – this is the best program on TV –
Do not cancel
I really love this show and look forward to watching it all week. Was mad that it was replaced by a 90 minute Smash and the whole Bette White thing. PLEASE do not cancel it. It is the best t.v. show to come along in awhile. Like it on Saturdays. There is nothing else worth watching on that evening.
This show has got me hooked! I was so disappointed that it did not air this Saturday and even more disappointed that it may be cancelled. This is one of the best shows today. NBC, I am losing hope in what you find to be quality tv.
The Firm is the only show I am watching right now, DVR’ing it every week. I also think its a great show.
LOVE THIS SHOW!!!!! I HOPE THAT THEY DO NOT CANCEL THIS SHOW!!!!!!!!!
I enjoy the show but record it so my wife and I can watch it at another time – usually “Prime Time” opposite something far more popular! We really enjoy the show and would be extremely disappointed if it was cancelled! I’d be fine even if they moved it to 3am since I record it anyway – but please don’t cancel it! BTW – that was a cute trick they pulled this week by replacing the show with some fashion crap! Thanks for wasting space on my DVR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have watched every episode of “The Firm,” and each time I think that is the last one I will watch. Each time I have deleted it from my DVR recording list. And each time I have gone ahead and recorded it anyway. However, I would rather be watching “Prime Suspect,” which I think is infinitely better than “The Firm.” It would be nice if the network reconsidered and brought it back or it was picked up by another station. While I am at it, I think they cancelled the wrong “Law and Order” as well. The original L&O may… Read more »
I love the show, please don’t take off the air.
I truly think that you have underestimated this show. The Firm delivers amazing acting and the actors use their best skill to leave you wanting to see more. You have thrown so many new shows at us all at the same time that it is hard to keep up with your scheduling. Cancelling The Firm would be one of your biggest mistakes. I think it is one of the best shows out there right now. There are too many realty shows and they are starting to be old news. Give The Firm a descent time slot. Awake is not a… Read more »