Update: it seems to be officially official now.
Nick C, in the comments says that Pushing Daisies and Dirty Sexy Money have been officially cancelled and that word is starting to leak out. We haven't seen anything official, so for us it is still but a rumor at this point, but Nick has been very accurate with his info in the past and we'll give him all the credit if he's right -- and of course all the blame if he's wrong!
Based only on numbers, that makes complete sense to us. It's not a commentary on the quality of either show, but the ratings have been below average and our renew or cancel index has predicted these shows wouldn't be picked up. Of course, it's not perfect, and doesn't explain NBC's Life (which I enjoy a lot) and Knight Rider getting full season pick ups. But ABC is not NBC.
We're not out to get these shows, we just are looking at the numbers. Please note, if anything the last year plus of working this blog has turned me into someone who is definitely not a fan of "save our show" campaigns. Anybody can do what they want, and if you want to participate in something like that, I'm not going to discourage you. I'm not going to encourage it either though. There are a lot of reasons for this, too long to get into now.
My bias would be that you make a charitable donation via an organization like Donors Choose (an organization that helps teachers help their students) in memory of how much you enjoyed the show instead of bugging the networks, but it's just a bias.
We'll keep you updated with any official news as it becomes available.
My first thought was “this could be good news for Eli Stone.” It’s probably still on the chopping block though.
Shawn, we’ve heard a lot of rumors with regard to both Dirty Sexy Money and Eli Stone. They’re both (along with Brothers & Sisters) produced by Greg Berlanti. We hear ABC is very found of Eli Stone and it would seem (judging by participation) that Berlanti is more enamored as well. So if there’s any sort of “pick one” scenario, Eli might survive. There’s no chance for Pushing Daisies though and strictly from a numbers point of view, not cancelling all of them would be a surprise.
I think ABC doesnt have the balls to cancel all three shows, and Eli.
No official word from ABC yet. Nothing is cancelled until ABC says so. But based on the ratings, I guess this really *is* goodbye. *sniffle*
i never got why people send in letters to the networks or sign those stupid online petitions, its just a huge waste of time.
People need to also remember that it’s quite possible that ABC will say nothing and just finish airing out the remaining episodes. They are planning to air the remaining episodes and don’t want black shadows of doom hanging over the shows.
ABC even just released a PR applauding PD for beating KR in the demo!
ABC should at least air all remaining episodes of PD. They don’t run promos for the show anymore, nothing during DWTS etc., so it’s clear they’re not interested in trying to bolster the ratings. But they should not pull the show off before all episodes have aired.
As opposed to posting on message boards which is excellent use of one’s time.
Didn’t such campaigns get another season of Jericho and that cartoon Kim Possible. Sure both were cancelled aftwerwards, but if your a fan of a show one extra season is better then none.
I’m leaning towards that when the official announcement finally comes, you’ll have to intuit the absence of the show based on no mention of it. I’m not sure there’s any upside to being specific about cancellations when it’s not a “yank the remaining episodes off the schedule” thing.
They are planning on airing the rest? That’s very nice to hear. If PD goes all through December (including New Year’s Eve) and one week in January, that’s 13. I wonder if they would do that.
Realm, yes, but all the past save the fan campaigns probably add up to “never again!” If the Pushing Daisies DVD sells well (it apparently hasn’t) that would be far more likely to revive it than any fan campaign.
I dont care for PD and DSM but why Eli is not getting cancelled too? Is having only a 39% retention of DWTS
Cool, we don’t know that it isn’t…but we don’t know that it is.
Good point, Idiot James.
Pushing Daisy promos did run Monday night during Samantha Who? for this week’s episode. With ABC’s dismantling of its Wednesday lineup, the cancelation of PD and DSM is a given. Eli Stone is safe for now, but I wouldnt be surprised if ABC tries a new show in the Tuesday time slot. Greg Berlanti and Co. are being given no favors with Accordning to Jim as Eli’s lead-in. Yikes!
Does this mean Life on Mars is safe?
David, Eli had DH, Lost and DWTS of lead in. There’s no reason to keep Eli alive.
Julia, yeah right now from the same source at ABC I’ve heard that they will air the remaining episodes. Because of that don’t expect them to even tell the production their final decision. This is one of those cases where IF they say anything officially. For those doubting that, ask the producers of CASHMERE MAFIA if ABC has let them know they’re canceled yet or find me the PR announcing it.
David, if rumors of ABC really considering going seasonal with certain shows are true, then LOM would make a perfect fit for that scenario.
I guess ABC is indeed gonna air the remaining eps of the doomed shows,at least judging from their weekly grid released on the 14th.