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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l really am sorry to see this show dropped, it is very interesting , different, intelligent…well acted, surprising… abc should put in in a different time slot and promote it better
I loved this show — was not advertized well – bring it back
This is the best show of all the ones this fall – I love that we get to decide who is guilty or not and then learn the truth – I loved the characters and I want this show back – come on ABC – return this program. It is smart and fast. Maybe that is the problem!
Maybe the verdit was the same way too often. Maybe The Defenders was too much for it. A different time slot might have been better. If they don’t release the episodes to DVD, then I guess that we’ll never see it again. They could put it on Saturdays to die a quick death. Other than that, I don’t know what to do.
I love this show. I don’t know why ABC would pull it so soon. Please give it more time and a better time slot, and see how it does. People love witty, clever courtroom dramas, and this is top-notch.
Wish that ABC would reconsider the cancellation. The quality of new shows this fall has been dismal. ‘The Whole Truth’ is original in concept and very well acted. Perhaps in another time slot it would have been successful.
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Well this is the last NEW show I will watch. They just pull them off the air before they get a chance. They keep taking all the good new shows off the air. I will just wait to watch any new shoes until they have survived two or three seasons. Then I can just catch up online the previous seasons. I am so tired of reality, crap on every channel. Stupid tv execs they know nothing.
This was definitely one of the best new shows around — and the format was VERY interesting!
I was always completely hooked, completely in the dark about whether the jury had gotten it
right, and glued to the set to see that final “reveal”. What a stupid decision to pull the show!
Hope they bring it back!
It’s sorta hard to catch up with a show that has been cancelled when there is little/no promotion of when it is going to be re-scheduled. I missed it last week, found out about it later, and set my DVR to get it tonight, when it was cancelled again because of last week’s poor showing. Very disappointed in the poor support the network gave this outstanding program.
I will never understand why they cancel shows without even givin them a chance. Abc was ready to cancel this show within the first month. Sometimes shows need time to build an audience and some of the best shows ever that ran 10 seasons didn’t get big till after 2 seasons. They should atleast try to give it a new day and time before taking it off completely. This was by far one of the best shows of the season and they won’t even give it a chance. After they take it off for 5 weeks, they can’t expect a… Read more »
I think this is a wonderful show, and should be publicized more!
this show was great to cancel it was idiotic. They did not promote it well. Abc is really messed up!!!!!!!!
Great show….they didnt really give it a chance and you couldn’t find it after they took it off. They should show the rest of the episodes and actually advertise!
Sad to see this show go. Badly marketed, promoted etc. Hope ABC will at least put rest of episodes on-line. I’m tired of legal shows, but I enjoyed the format of the show and the great chemistry between Jimmy & Katie. Would have been fun watching their relationship evolve.Think if ABC had marketed the chemistry thing they would have gotten much better ratings.