And the real way to see what the fans want to watch is to look at the ratings. Eastwick premiered to bigger numbers than The Forgotten, but by week three, Eastwick has been lower (and often significantly lower) every showing. So ABC is listening to the viewers. And the viewers would rather watch The Forgotten.

Seriously, nothing on these 3 networks is worth watching anymore or investing it because it will be cancelled unless it is one of the 3 I mentioned above. Until execs take into account the DVR and Hulu type ratings, nothing will change. The way America watches TV has changed to fit our schedules, not theirs anymore. I work 2 jobs and go to school full time. I catch my shows on Hulu and DVR on the weekends, NEVER during their intended time.

I’ll stick with Sci-Fi, BBC, Showtime and HBO… at least they have a better record of letting shows stand.

Tom – Eastwick is scheduled for a new ep on 12/2 and 12/16. There will be specials on 12/9, 12/23 and 12/30. ABC could air the remaining Eastwick Jan 6, 13, and 20 (recommended) or they could burn the eps off in the summer.

As an addendum to my prior post, I recall one interview Ms. Newman gave about a month ago where she stated that the producers of Eureka intentionally left the door wide open last season for her to return; the only sticking point was whether ABC would allow her to do Eureka concurrently with Eastwick, which is a moot point now.

Actually, I think Jamie Ray Newman’s character was meant to “replace” Ed Quinn’s “Stark”. In interviews she’s given she has expressed her desire to return to Eureka in Season 4 and now that she isn’t bound by her contract to ABC for Eastwick beyond the 13 episodes my guess is that NBC/Universal is talking to her agent, if they haven’t already started discussions. I agree with you that I would love to see her come back as a regular on Eureka.

Given that Jamie Ray and the producers parted on good terms (given some things I’ve read, although the joke note of “hope your show gets canceled” from the producers *might* be a topic of discussion ) and the producers of Eureka themselves saying they would love to have her back, chances are pretty good she will return at some point. Whether as a regular or a guest-star, time will tell. Personally, I hope she does return to Eureka as a regular — I enjoyed Dr. Fontana shaking things up over at Global Dynamics. Now, if they can just find someone to replace Ed Quinn (Nathan Stark) to fill that particularly large gap in the character dynamics… or convince him to come back and use the “no one dies in sci fi” rule to good effect…

That’s a terrible timeslot for a show like this (just as Eastwick at 10pm is or was). In the UK, Channel 4 (which aires Ugly Betty) recently moved Betty to Wednesday at 10 and saw its ratings decrease dramatically from around 3-4 million each episode to nearly 800,000 viewers. A loss of 2 million has been seen from moving Betty back 1 hour. Since then Betty has been pushed back even further (around 11pm).

as far as eastwick the writing was on the wall
so i am not surprised
i am surpised on the Forgotten stuff
i agree with others abc is in a bind and cant cancel willy nilly
betting on the forgotten to grow an audience is a better choice IMO

At leas they’re going to air all of the episodes.

I don’t expect The CW to pick up the show either. I believe it got a 1.4 in the demo last week. If the series were picked up by The CW, it would only continue to DROP, which is why they won’t touch it.

It was good while it lasted, though

“I hope Flash Forward keeps dropping!”

As an aside, was Eastwick really pitched as a “remake” of the movie — since that would be wholly inaccurate? They don’t try to replicate the movie at all. Rather, it is either (1) an adaptation of the movie or (2) an adaptation of the book. For no other reason than to sound “classy”, I assume they pitched it as the latter — but does any one know? (Hey, they show really didn’t have much promotion…)

Good to see Eastwick gone.

Forgotten getting 5 more episodes is a surprise, but as Julia said, it will share with Deep End so not getting the full 9 makes sense (and 2 less weeks of repeats).

Some TV shows never get a DVD release. Still waiting on Privileged and Southland finally got announced today. Given the star power involved with the show it’ll come out probably in May.

Robert – I actually believed Forgotten would get additional episodes around September. However while Eastwick being axed was expected, Im surprised ABC didnt wait to see how The Forgotten would drop when Dancing ended. Eastwick has expected should air all 13 episodes so by January 20th or Should ABC decide to pull the series, at most 3 episodes will be left for Summer.

Jose Molina said they’ll start filming the back 9 mid December.

http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b152986_ugly_betty_may_steal_eastwick_slot_from.html

Does Eastwick getting cancelled mean she’ll be back on Eureka? Woo!

I also hope that the actress that played Kat will return to Eureka. I loved what her character brought to that show.

I laughed when I read that press release from ABC a few weeks ago that called Eastwick their “quiet success”. They lost something like 2 million viewers from the premiere to the second episode and they dropped steadily from there until leveling off at about 5 million. Still, I will be buying the dvd whenever it comes out.

ABC/ABCF…….same pinheads just different initials.