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Raising The Bar canceled by TNT

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November 30th, 2009

Our friend Jennifer Godwin at E Online's Watch With Kristin has the scoop.  The short version is that TNT has canceled Raising The Bar, though it will likely air the three remaining episodes in March 2010.

No word yet on the fate of Dark Blue.

Update: Dark Blue was renewed.

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  1. rob

    Dark Blue got worst ratings so thats gonna be cancelled too.

  2. MarsPolarLander

    Raising the Bar won’t be missed, either.

  3. rob, I’m not so sure, RTB had the benefit (at least sometimes) of the huge lead-in from The Closer. Dark Blue had Leverage (which has been renewed already) as its lead in.

    That said, I don’t love Dark Blue’s chances, but I’m not certain of its fate!

  4. Christopher

    soon i will be wathcing movies insted of tv shows

  5. don

    never liked it mark paul gosselaar is fine but the show sucked bye the bar is closed yesssssssss

  6. craven

    Mark cut his hair, the curse of the long locks

  7. Christopher

    More out of work actors merry Christmas from TNT

  8. These actors have been out of work for months already. It’s not like they get paychecks while production is shut down.

  9. Jon

    Not surprised as the ratings were alright but considering it aired after The Closer it should done better. I think Dark Blue is next for cancellation which leaves only HawthoRNe and Leverage, I guess that Men of a Certain is a wait and see if it can pull in ratings without The Closer lead in and they have to decide what show gets series orders and only Rizolli and Delta Blues have pilots to be shot.

  10. Michael

    The show was painfully boring. I’ve heard more engaging readings of cereal box ingredients than the majority of that crew’s closing arguments. It won’t be missed.

  11. Diane

    I’m surprised it lasted as long as it did. RTB consistently lost half the viewers of The Closer’s lead. I know cable networks have different considerations than broadcast networks, but still, losing HALF the audience, TNT showed more than enough patience.

  12. Holly

    I noticed the other day that TNT is still airing reruns of Dark Blue, and advertising them, which may speak well for its chances.

  13. chrisjozo

    While I’m not a fan of Dark Blue I do enjoy watching Jane Kaczmarek and J. August Richards so I hope they both find new shows soon. Hopefully new shows I will enjoy watching.

  14. chrisjozo

    Oops I meant to say Raising the Bar not Dark Blue

  15. Don J

    Dark Blue’s chances grew slim once TNT took on Southland. I just don’t see anyway that TNT would support production of 3 dramas about the LAPD. Although ratings-wise it did retain most of Leverage’s audience.

    Not surprised about Raising the Bar. Losing over 50% of The Closer’s audience week to week was the nail in the coffin.

  16. Dan

    This is suprising, I though Raising the Bar was a good series. But if Dark Blue hasnt been renewed by now, its dead.

  17. Terry

    Don J
    I may be wrong, but I thought they were just airing southland, not producing new epis?

  18. ll

    Chriszojo said what I was going to – I only endured the series (which was not good at all) for the actors. Hopefully now they can all go on to much much better projects.

  19. Kyle

    Geez TNT can’t find a solid slate of shows… Trust Me, Saving Grace, Raising the Bar canceled… Dark Blue not looking good. The head of TNT said he thought six shows was a good number for the network… now they have
    1. The Closer
    2. Leverage
    3. Southland (not in production)
    4. Men of a Certain Age
    5. Delta Blues (when is it airing)
    6. Rizoli (when is it airing)
    7. Hawthorne
    8. Dark Blue

    which ones will get the axe next

  20. Don J

    Terry:
    TNT bought the 7 episodes from season 1 and the 6 produced from season 2. If the ratings are good, they will order another season.

    What I’m saying is TNT has Southland (about the LAPD), The Closer (also about the LAPD) and it would be very weird to have a 3rd show (Dark Blue (also about the LAPD) in the mix.

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