FOX has cancelled Anchorwoman, the relatively intriguing if gimmicky look at local news that debuted last night. It was watched by 2.7 million viewers, which Variety reports “is less than half the number put up in the time period by unscripted fare on CBS and NBC, and about one-third what Fox was generating a week …
And here it is: On the Lot‘s final rating of the season. Its final episode was watched by 2.5 million viewers. Considering the show had been averaging 2.3 million viewers every week, that means about 200,000 more people than usual bothered to tune in. Variety calls that “a slight bump,” but notes “it remained well …
If someone had offered to bet me that we would have actually seen On the Lot‘s finale air on television, I would have laughed at them and taken the bet. Incredibly, the show survived, despite being cut down, hemorrhaging viewers, and becoming a lame Idol clone. It was even nominated for an Emmy, but just …
By showcasing some decent films recently, On the Lot was getting dangerously close to not sucking. But, true to form, the show did everything it could to make its penultimate episode as bad as possible. The three finalists–Will Bigham, Jason Epperson, and Adam Stein–were revealed, but instead of presenting new films, they just showed old …
FOX’s unkillable On the Lot has finally been cancelled–but in South Africa, not in the United States. We’re apparently going to get to keep watching until the August 14 and 15 finale, when Steven Spielberg shows up, perhaps with a bag over his head to avoid embarassment. The South African Broadcasting Corporation said “unforeseen circumstances” …
Before CBS cancelled Pirate Master, its last episode drew 4.4 million viewers, the Washington Post reported, but FOX’s On the Lot is still on the air despite having about half that many viewers. Still, there is some moderately good news for FOX’s series. Tuesday’s episode, during which we learned Penny Marshall is even more annoying …
I find On the Lot‘s ratings decline to be endlessly amusing. It’s not that I necessarily want the show to fail–I loved its first week–but I’m just in shock that the show continues to air despite the fact that it’s just bleeding viewers every week. Far greater shows have been cancelled with better ratings. Last …