First cancellation of the year is...

[FightingIrish]

..."Nashville"

The TENNESSEAN reports that FOX has pulled the reality show "NASHVILLE," from its schedule after only two disappointing episodes. The show follows several struggling Country singers including RCA newcomer CHUCK WICKS. The show could return to the air in OCTOBER, but that decision has not yet been made.

http://www.allaccess.com/

 

[LouP]

I knew that the show was in trouble when it finished 5th in its timeslot in Nashville (WWE SmackDown! beat it on the CW.) When a show set in a city can't crack the top four in that city's ratings, that's an ominous sign.

To be fair, Friday night is a death timeslot on FOX.

 

[BRNout]

Why doesn't FOX bring "Trading Spouses" back to Friday night? It seemed to work as well as anything else they ever put in that slot.

Nashville looked and smelled like a loser from the very first promo. Honestly, it amazes me how some of these shows ever get the green light.

 

[Joe_Capitano]

In truth, "Nashville" is in the network equivalent of a full vegetative coma. It's coming back on November 9th - in exactly the same slot (9/8 pm) it was when the dynamite went boom.

Link: The Futon Critic

 

[FloydB]

To be fair, Friday night is a death timeslot on FOX.

Other than 20/20, Friday night is pretty much where networks take shows to die. Friday hasn't been important since ABC stopped its TGIF. The only worse to be placed than Friday is a Saturday time slot.

 

[4dude]

Good!!!!

Reality shows are garbage and a waste of bandwidth!

 

[tothedj]

Maybe the networks should consider(except for Sports specials)turning Friday &
Saturday evenings back over to affiliates, and may do that eventually.

 

[azumanga]

But will local programming do better on Saturday nights that network shows? If the networks give Saturday nights to affiliates, I imagine some stations will fill the time with infomercials.

Personally, I think only Fox has better luck on Saturday nights -- Cops and America's Most Wanted have been Saturday night staples for who knows.

 

[Yeziknoradio]

...didn't even know the show exsisted.

Try it on CMT or something like that instead, I guess...

 

[Corky Marlowe]

But will local programming do better on Saturday nights that network shows? If the networks give Saturday nights to affiliates, I imagine some stations will fill the time with infomercials.

Some already do...

 

[StadiumMustard]

Maybe the networks should consider(except for Sports specials)turning Friday &
Saturday evenings back over to affiliates, and may do that eventually.

Why? So stations can fill it with paid programming? They will NOT turn that time back over to the affliates.

 

[stdjsb25]

To be fair, Friday night is a death timeslot on FOX.

Other than 20/20, Friday night is pretty much where networks take shows to die. Friday hasn't been important since ABC stopped its TGIF. The only worse to be placed than Friday is a Saturday time slot.

I dunno....NBC dumped Law & Order on Friday nights, and it's coming back..but only in January.

Then again, NBC dumped Star Trek on Friday night in its third season and killed it.....then UPN dumped Enterprise on Friday nights and killed it too....