"Smith" Canceled / "Kidnapped" on Life Support

Joseph T. Cool

Administrator

Here's something Ray Liotta and Virginia Madsen won't be putting on their resumes: stars of the first new TV show to bite the dust this fall.

"Smith," the Tuesday night CBS drama with Liotta leading a band of high-stakes thieves, is off the schedule, the network said Friday. It will be replaced temporarily by reruns of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" and "Criminal Minds."

Networks don't like to use the word "cancel" -- it sounds so messy -- but the show's producers have been given no promise that it will return.

Its last episode had only 8.4 million viewers on Tuesday, according to Nielsen Media Research. It faced tough competition in the time slot from NBC's "Law & Order: SVU" and ABC's "Boston Legal."

Meanwhile, NBC announced the sort-of cancellation of its Wednesday night serial comedy "Kidnapped," which stars Jeremy Sisto. NBC gambled by putting the show in the time slot held for a long time by "Law & Order," and it failed miserably.

"Kidnapped" will be moved to the television purgatory of Saturday nights, starting October 21. Its producers have been told to wrap up the serialized drama's story lines by the end of the show's 13-episode order, NBC said.

Networks have been wrestling with how to satisfy fans who've gotten involved in serialized dramas when the ratings are poor enough for the show to be canceled.

Fox has put its new comedy "Happy Hour" on hiatus, but insists it will return.

Randy Orton

WC's Resident Alchoholic

i havent even heard of any of these shows.

Danny Diamond

Founder/Admin

That sucks. I liked Smith.

Man, they dont even give these shows a chance. WTF

Randy Orton

WC's Resident Alchoholic

cuz their a bunch of hater we should just go over throw all the networks and put all the shit we want to watchg on lol that would be illl

tapout189

I saw the pilot episode for Kidnapped and thought it had potential.

Spinoff360

Smith was my third favorite new show behind Heroes and Studio 60 :down:

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Slimdust

man, that sucks. Kidnapped is a good show.