Court will soon be adjourned for ABC’s new legal drama. The Whole Truth has been cancelled.
Airing on Wednesday nights, The Whole Truth stars TV veterans Rob Morrow and Maura Tierney. He plays a powerful defense attorney who was raised on the wrong side of the tracks. Tierney is on the opposite side as a Senior Trial Assistant District Attorney whose father was a sheriff. Viewers are shown how each side builds their case, using their own version of “the truth.” The rest of the cast includes Eamonn Walker, Sean Wing, Anthony Ruivivar, and Christine Adams.
For whatever reason, most viewers haven’t been willing to even give the series a try. The legal drama got off to a very poor start right out of the gate. Whole Truth debuted on September 22th to a poor 1. 5 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 4.85 million viewers. The news got even worse in week two and the rating dropped by 20%. The last two episodes seem to have evened off, registering a 1.3 rating and about 4.4 million total viewers.
The Whole Truth’s been ABC’s lowest rated show, attracting an even lower rating than My Generation; another freshman drama that was pulled after just two episodes. Likely because of the caliber of the show’s cast and because it’s being co-produced by Jerry Bruckheimer’s company, ABC has been more patient with it. That doesn’t mean however that they’re going to order any more episodes. ABC has now cancelled The Whole Truth.
Via Twitter, co-executive producer KristieAnne Reed confirmed that the cast and crew will complete the initial 13 episode order but that will be the end. At this point, it’s unclear how many of those will actually air.
Whole Truth remains on the schedule this week but will be preempted next week for the In the Spotlight with Robin Roberts: All Access Nashville interview special. On November 10th, ABC airs the Country Music Awards. Whole Truth is tentatively scheduled to return after that but those plans could certainly change.
Though Whole Truth has been cancelled, there is some positive news for fans of the show. With the news of the cancellation coming this far in advance, producers have time to give the series some closure. The cast and crew are still shooting and are scheduled to continue until mid-December.
What do you think? Should The Whole Truth have been cancelled? Why do you think it didn’t catch on?
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I was wondering why the show was not on….I thought it GREAT…I would get excited to watch it every Wednesday night. It was mine & my boyfriend’s show that we would watch together every week.
It is a shame that this program is being cancelled. The only shows that seem to survive are those geared to people of below average intelligence and this program certainly doesn’t fall into that category. It’s time to raise the standard of television programming.
Loved the show, so sad it’s going to be cancelled. I’ve been looking for it on tv for the past 2 weeks!
This is insane that was a great show!
Great show that wasn’t given time to develop an audiance. And the networks are wondering why we’d rather be on the internet, a PS3 or Kindle.
Too bad. One of the few shows I looked forward to watching. Even Star Trek had a poor beginning. Look where that went… Greatest role for Rob Morrow since Northern Exposure
I am so disappointed that the show went off the air. I thoroughly enjoyed the show and taped it when I could not watch it. I really liked the way it would end letting you know what the whole truth was. It was a new take on a trial show. I also thought the characters were excellent. Please re-consider.
I loved The Whole Truth. I think it failed because it was up against The Defenders.
Great show and it was done differently than other law type series and the ending always told the real truth. It’s a shame it’s cancelled before it was given a chance.
I loved The Whole Truth, hope they air the remaining episodes.
The best new show on this season, I am very disappointed.
Loved the show! One of my favorites!!! Please bring it back! Not sure why others didn’t give it a chance.
I dvr this show and was down to the last episode. I lost one episode because of the Chilean Miners. That is totally understandable, but we need our Whole Truth. I really like the fact that it shows both sides of a story. The cast is great. The cases are interesting. You never know what to expect. It is a high quality show that should not be cancelled.
My husband and I love this show. I can not believe you are taking it away. You need to advertise it more. I found it by accident. Law and Order fans would love it. KEEP IT ON!
I can’t believe this show was cancelled. I think it was on the wrong night. I thought it was a great drama–very innovative with great actors.
I’m really sad this show was cancelled. I really hope they’ll air the rest of the episodes. I’ve had no interest in watching what’s been on ABC in it’s time slot the last few weeks. It was my favorite of the new shows this season.