There are no plans to make new episodes anytime soon.
I loved the show too and am sad it got such low ratings.
Below is from the Chicago Tribune
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Saved from the grave despite weak ratings was "The Office," with a 13-episode pickup, leading star Steve Carell to run down the aisle and kiss network overlord Bob Wright on the lips. "Give `The Office' credit," Zucker told reporters. "We stunk up the joint on Tuesday nights. We didn't give it any kind of support."
And the tepid "Friends" spinoff "Joey" remains on an unchanged Thursday lineup that now routinely gets outdrawn by CBS' "Survivor," "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" and "Without a Trace," though Reilly said the show was sometimes "uninspired" and needs some cast changes to help star Matt LeBlanc.
"NBC is broadcasting more and more of its programs in [high-definition]," Fey joked. "The picture is so clear that last week during `Joey,' you could actually see Matt LeBlanc's panic."
Look closely enough, and you might see that same look on Zucker's face. GE doesn't like to be second in anything, let alone fourth, no matter how tight the networks are packed.
NBC is benching till midseason its vastly superior, but less popular, comedy "Scrubs," in part because star Zach Braff will be shooting a movie. Also set for midseason is a Seth Green comedy about pals sharing a home, "Four Kings," from the creators of "Will & Grace," which is supposed to be entering its final season.
"The West Wing," which moves to Sunday nights, also is likely to be headed into its last season, according to Reilly.
Having a powerful benefactor was not enough to save "Law & Order: Trial by Jury," whose executive producer, "L&O" impresario Dick Wolf, Zucker called "the most important supplier to this company, NBC Universal, out of our studio, to the network, to our cable channels as well."
And neither of DreamWorks executive Jeffrey Katzenberg's NBC pet projects--the boxing contest "The Contender" or the animated "Father of the Pride"--will see a second season.
Also canceled were "Committed," a romantic comedy about a pair of New Yorkers in real need of psychiatric help, and "Medical Investigation," which was about, yes, medical investigations. "Revelations" is probably canceled, though Reilly wouldn't pull the trigger on it. "LAX" and "Hawaii" got the ax, too, as did "Third Watch" and "American Dreams."
"If you had told me a year ago that NBC would have this kind of year, I would have told you, `Yeah, and the New York Yankees would be in next-to-last place and the L.A. Lakers wouldn't even be in the NBA playoffs and Tiger Woods would probably miss his first [tournament] cut in seven years,'" Zucker told the crowd.
The joke, like so much on NBC this past season, failed to elicit much of a response.
08-15-2005, 11:38 PM
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