To little surprise, TNT has cancelled their low-rated drama, Trust Me. Despite having two former network stars as the show’s leads, the series never took off.
Trust Me revolves around a fictional Chicago ad agency. Tom Cavanagh and Eric McCormack play co-workers and friends whose relationship changes when one of them gets promoted. Others in the cast include Geoffrey Arend, Sarah Clarke, Mike Damus, Griffin Dunne, and Monica Potter.
The show debuted on January 26th of this year, following TNT’s successful The Closer. It attracted 3.4 million viewers, losing about half of its lead-in’s audience. The second episode dropped to just 1.9 million viewers and things got worse from there. The network began airing episodes in double doses by mid-March and the last two installments ran on April 7th.
McCormack obviously saw the writing on the wall and signed on to a new ABC pilot last month. Now, TNT has made it official, announcing that Trust Me won’t be returning for a second year.
The network’s executive VP and head of programming, Michael Wright, believes that Trust Me was a creative success but just couldn’t find an audience.
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I loved this show. I really liked the characters too. What I found implausible on one episode was the female VP Creative Director choosing to pitch a campaign she knew would fail—simply because she had relations with one of her direct reports. They weren’t awarded the business, and it ended up jeopardizing the agency’s bottom line—which would not have happened in real life. It’s all about the bottom line! It was an odd story line.
I love this show – I am sad to see it go. It was smart and funny – I loved the dynamics between Conner and Mason. Well written and it had so many stories yet to be untold. I could just see things heating up between Conner and Sarah, and Erin’s charcter growing more – maybe she wanted to get back to work. Denise having some crisis and Tony taking over. Tom and Hector are great and at some point there talent will threaten Conner and Mason etc. The possibilities are endless.
I too was trying to find out when the new season was going to air..this is disappointing..It was a well written show with a few laughs…oh well.
i don’t know about you all, but trust me always came on at 11pm or midnight, i loved the show, but it was killer to stay up so late…
Fabulous show … I agree I was trying to find out when there would be new episodes … bummer
Wow! I can’t believe it – this was a smart, witty, well written show. I was actually just googling trying to find out when the new season started when I came across this blog. Maybe a new cable network would better appreciate… I’m not sure what to say…very disappointed though.
This really is unfortunate. Trust Me was a very good show. And, Tom Cavagnah, as usual, is just superb. For those out there who saw the first season of “Love Monkey”, another Tom Cavagnah project, you will know that this guy is just under appreciated by the public. My guess is that the public is just too stupid or unsophisticated to get this type of clever and artistic comedy/drama. I suppose if the crappy show “Roseanne” can become a runaway hit, then these clever shows never have a chance.
I watch very little TV but ALWAYS watched this show. It was terrific! Remember, Mary Tyler Moore’s 1st few shows didn’t fly either. Trust Me is classic. Please please bring it back!!!
I was crushed when I heard Trust Me was cancelled. I thought it was brilliant…as a show, but also the marketing campaigns they came up with. I can’t believe more people didn’t pick up on this show.
This show was funny, fast paced and so much fun to watch, I am truly disappointed that its not returning,
I enjoyed this show and feel the blame lies with the network’s careless handling. Moving the show around and double serving episodes was an act of desperation. Too bad because this show had the acting and writing chops. To be sure there could have been less hokey tie in advertising but I understand the need to get exposure any way you can. The addiction to instant gratification (IE huge viewer market instantly latches on) makes me ill and is endemic in our American society. I hope for a return of the show as this was the last show I was… Read more »
Some of the better shows attract the smaller audiences. Trust Me was a smart show — not just another ridiculous sitcom. This is a huge loss. The story lines were terrific, as was the cast.. Maybe the show was over the head of the average person. It never got the ratings due to lack of promotion.
TNT now has a bunch of crap shows nobody watches. Law and Order will always get viewers, and so will the NBA, but now TNT has no orginal shows I would ever watch.
Seriously? Finish what you start.
It was a really great show i was wondering what happened. I was really starting to get into it. That sucks