Last week, ABC aired the first original installment of The Whole Truth in five weeks, since October 27th. The ratings-challenged show was bumped from the November sweeps schedule and cancelled in late October.
The Whole Truth’s ratings were anything but positive last Wednesday with it ranking a distant third place in the timeslot. Opposite Law & Order: Los Angeles and The Grammy Nomination Concert special, the legal drama attracted just a 0.9 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 3.65 million viewers. That represents a new series low for the Rob Morrow/Maura Tierney drama.
ABC had intended to burn off at least four more episodes throughout the month of December but this poor showing has convinced the programmers to change their plans. The Whole Truth has been pulled from the schedule and replaced with repeats for the immediate future.
On December 8th, Modern Family and Cougar Town repeats will fill the slot. On December 15th and 29th, Cougar Town encores will take over. And, on December 22nd, ABC will rebroadcast the CMA Country Christmas special. It’s unclear what will air on January 5th but a new drama, Off the Map, will debut on January 12th.
There are seven unaired episodes of The Whole Truth left on the shelf. It’s unclear when or if ABC will decide to air them at some point in the future.
What do you think? Will ABC get around to airing the rest of The Whole Truth episodes? During the summer, released online, or never?
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119 Comments on "The Whole Truth: ABC Pulls Cancelled TV Show Again"
6 episodes isn’t nearly enough of a chance… I mean that doesn’t even give people time to discover the show! I really hope they air the rest of the episodes because I really enjoyed the ones that have aired so far….
Yes, they should have let it run a little more so people could see that it is a good show. Would hope they air the rest online…… ABC cancels way too many shows = good ones at that= too soon………………..
I loved this show…don’t cancel it!
I loved the show. the casting was great and the idea was original. i hope some other network picks it up. finally a show i could enjoy. i could care less about those reality shows about dancing, singing or anything else. this was a good show. i am sorry it was pulled.
Sorry to hear it was cxl. Loved the show, hope another network will pick it up.
that show was awesome they didnt give it a chance
THE ONLY WAY TO FIGHT THESE CANCELLATIONS IS TO EMAIL ALL THE SPONSORS TELLING THEM WHY YOU WILL NOT BE BUYING THEIR PRODUCTS ANYMORE!
I too, loved the show and cast in it!! It was fun guessing if the verdict was correct and my husband and I would take bets on the outcome. It was indeed one of my favorite shows along with Castle and the Mentalist. I watch none of the shows that is in place of it.
Sure hope they bring it back.
I also loved this show and was wondering when it was going to reappear. I am extremely disappointed that this clever law show has been cancelled. I agree that it might just do better on a different day or time slot and also hope that some other station sees how great this show is and will pick it up soon.
I enjoyed this show very much. I am a big fan of Maura Tierney and Rob Morrow. I liked the way you found out if the verdict was correct or not. I am really sorry this got cancelled as two of my favorites old christine and medium have also been cancelled. Please give this one a chance as I think it was not given one.
I LOVED THIS SHOW & am so disappointed. I liked how both sides were shown & how you found out the truth at the end, sometimes showing that justice got it wrong. Hope another network picks it up but at least show the final 5 episodes. Don’t think it was given enough of a chance & it didn’t help that they let 5 weeks go by before showing another episode, plus even before that they would often skip a week.
LOVED this show, although I always watched it later on U-verse. Particularly liked the summation at the end…to see if the verdict was “truth” or not. BRING THIS ONE BACK!
I’m really sorry The Whole Truth was cancelled. It seems every time they put on a show thats good it gets cancelled. The stories were good the actors and actresses were great and the whole concept of the show was enjoyable. There seems to be less and less to watch unless your into talent competations or reality. Good dramas are few and far between.
MY HUSBAND AND I BOTH LOVED THIS SHOW. I HAD TOLD ALL MY FRIENDS AT WORK TO WATCH IT, I THOUGHT IT WAS SO GOOD, NEW AND DIFFERENT THAN ALL THE OTHER LAWYER SHOWS. I LOVED HOW YOU ALWAYS FOUND OUT IF THE VERDICT WAS CORRECT. PLEASE BRING THIS SHOW BACK AND GIVE IT ANOTHER CHANCE.
I loved this show. It was different, you know? The way that it was layed out, the prosectuions view, to the defence’s view, to the truth. You dont get shows like that anymore. All you ever get are CSIs, Law and Orders, NCIS’… nothing new. This was new and very well done from the story line to characters. I hope you release the last few shows and consider brining it back out.
The Whole Truth was a well done show and gave people something different to watch that was not a Law and Order show. The actors and writing were very well done. Hope you run the episodes not showen sometime in the future. There is nothing wrong with having a different show on your network that is not the same as that on another network. Don’t be afraid to be different and add a little diversity for you fans to watch.