ABC has opted not to pick up the back nine episodes of Private Practice. Episode 613 will be the series finale. Star Kate Walsh announced last spring that she would be leaving the show after this season's thirteenth episode. According to Deadline, ABC and showrunner Shonda Rhimes came to a mutual decision to end this show. The show has struggled in the ratings since moving to Tuesday at 10PM. The most recent episode on October 9 garnered a 1.6 adults 18-49 rating and ranked last in the time period. Rhimes tweeted a note to fans that reads in part, "I’m sad to say that Private Practice’s run will end after episode 613 this season. There was a lot of discussion and debate but, in the end, the guys at the network and the studio and I all decided that Private Practice was reaching its finish line." You can read the rest here.
@Greg
“Scandal should earn a back 9 now, they’ll want to give Shonda some treat after this.”
Maybe its just PR spin and they’ll change if the show is more successful, but I believe the plan with Scandal is to have just 13 episodes seasons.
@Greg, There’s also Mistresses, although I can see that one at Sunday 10 pm.
@S., Those are not +2 episode orders, just script orders, don’t confuse the two. It’s too early for Nashville to have any additional orders, I think they will wait to see how it performs during the sweeps.
@Jarrod, It’s still a “cancellation”, the ratings were bad, had they been better, Shonda could have finished the show with 9 more episodes, but she won’t.
hope she’ll return to grey’s it will be a lot better with her.
@Cyrax86
You are right, and I don’t think that 666PA will see them go to order.
LR is more tricky to predict. It all depends on how much ABC really wants a show that targets men. There is no way we can know how low will they be willing to go in A18-49 if the M18-49 are half decent in their overall line-up.
You said something about a slow news day earlier?
I’m not surprised.
Fantasy schedule time!
What ABC SHOULD do in midseason:
Mon-
8: The Bachelor/DWTS
10: Castle
Tue-
8: Wipeout/DWTS
9: Last Resort
10: Zero Hour
After PP is gone, and the comedy block fails, Tuesday should be male-skewing, even with DWTS there (come on, we all know that tons of men watch DWTS for the celebrities in skimpy dresses)
Wed-
8: The Middle
8:30: Suburgatory
9: Modern Family
9:30: The Family Tools/ How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)
10: Nashville
Thu-
8: WWYD?
9: Grey’s
10: Mistresses
Fri-
8: LMS
8:30: Malibu Country
9: Shark Tank/ Primetime Nightline
10: WWYD?/ Body of Proof
Sat-
8: Wipeout/Castle (r)
9: Happy Endings (burnoff)
9:30: Apt 23 (burnoff)
10: 20/20
Sun-
8: OUAT
9: Revenge
10: Red Widow
@Greg
I don’t agree about the Nashville part at all. As for the additional episodes, they were just no-brainers and very minor decisions. They’re in doubt about Scandal and giving a show 9 extra episodes requires serious thinking, they wouldn’t want to rush that decision. Besides, Scandal only aired 3 episodes so far, I think they want to see how it does in the upcoming weeks.
@Freddy Arrow
I don’t watch Scandal nor do I read much news about its creative process, but that does sound like PR spin.
@Cyrax86
If I remember correctly, Paul Lee said that Mistresses would air after The Bachelorette on summer. I don’t know if he’ll change his mind seeing how none of their new dramas are doing very well, but for now I’ll assume that he won’t.
Ooops, I said @Greg and I meant @S. My bad, I slept very little this night
@Nick, unless we got a 7pm cancellation, and we did!
Hope they bring amelia to Greys ( to replace boring April maybe!).. Amelia is still a pretty new character whose story isnt “done” yet
Did Last Man Standing get renewed for 22 episodes or 13 shows? And I know different network but what about Whitney as well?
The show is all ready in sindication. It airs on weekends. It started in weekend sindication a month ago.
@Jere: If we’re talking about CBS ending a show right, how about a traditional and touching end to Ghost Whisperer?
@Cyrax86: Mutual agreement are the keywords I am seeing on every article. “Canceled” from my view is when a broadcasting station pulls a show against a showrunners wishes. In this situation, BOTH parties agreed to this, so in my eyes, the show is ending on it’s own terms and not just ABCs.
Its for the best, I used to be a Kate Walsh fan until she “put her nose” where it had no business”.
@Greg, Paul Lee also plans to air 4 comedies on Tuesdays but I’m sure he’ll change his mind about that too. If they are keeping Mistresses for the Summer, then at least two of the 13-episode shows are supposed to get a full season order.
@Freddy Arrow, 13 episode seasons are never “the plan” for scripted broadcast primetime.
@Nick I like your schedule, through I’m not sure how ABC’s Tuesday Comedy Block will go. I’ve never actully watched either HE or Apt 23 but since all of Fox’s comedy’s are below a 2.0 except for New Girl and NBC’s comedy’s going down. I think there Tuesday comedy block could last a while. Through I do like your midseason schedule better than ABC’s actual schedule right now.
I would do it like this come midseason
Monday
same
Tuesday
DWTS Results
Happy Endings
Apartment 23
Scandal and then Zero Hour
Wednesday
The Middle
Suburgatory
Modern Family
How to Live with Your Parents
Last Resort
Thursday
Mistresses
Grey’s Anatomy
Nashville
Friday
Shark Tank
Malibu Country
Last Man Standing
Body of Proof
Sunday
Once Upon a Time
Revenge
Red Widow
@Cyrax86
I agree and for now I think those two shows will be Nashville and Scandal.