Back Nine
90210 (CW) Link
Fringe (FOX) Link

Canceled
Do Not Disturb (FOX) Link

Renewed
True Blood (HBO) Link

That was fast (re: Do Not Disturb).

Do Not Disturb was horrible so good riddance.

The first cancellation of the season was obviously going to be "Do Not Disturb" from the getgo. Not only is Jerry O'Connell absolute poison when it comes to television shows, the concept sounded stupid and unoriginal. Then when the negative word came out and the producers publicly acknowledged that it was a disaster, it was clear that it was a goner.

It's somewhat disappointing that "90210" got a back-nine order. It's a pretty lame series and its declining ratings every week reflect that.

On the plus side, YES for "True Blood" (the best new show of the season) getting renewed!

thefutoncritic only reports DND being preemptied next week and returning the week after that with the original pilot. Though Ausiello is usually right when it comes to insider info.

It's was clear from the start 90210 would get a full season order. Yeah, the ratings for the original episodes have declined considerably, but it still pulls numbers CW needs (around 3 million), and the repeat does a really good business to. The demo number for a rerun was higher than what GG and Reaper managed to pull last season. That does tell something. Lameness had nothing to do with the renewal. And last episode was pretty lame. It certainly didn't motivate people to stop fleeing the show.

And YAY for True Blood. More sex, more vamp, more camp. Perfect mix.

Fringe added to back nine.

I'm somewhat surprised the show has caught on since it's rather disgusting at times and thus would seem likely to turn a lot of people off.

I tried watching Fringe, but 2 things turned me off:

1. The stupid location CGI thing....whatever you call it.
2. The female lead - OMFG, she bores me to tears. If they cast someone else in her place (anyone), I would watch again.

I like that.

Totally agree. I said that they should recast her after watching the screener this summer. She's horrible, horrible, horrible. Usually when someone is craptacular in their role you kinda get used to it after a few episodes, but this one manages to be awful with every new episode.

I know I am. For both of them. Not because Jackson is good, but because both of their characters are fun. Though the last episode was a bore.

Terminator, close to chopping block?

http://www.tv.com/story/11688.html?ref_story_id=11688&ref_type=1101&ref_name=story

Opportunity Knocks Cancelled After Just Three Episodes

http://www.tv.com/story/11742.html?tag=headlines;title;11742&om_act=convert&om_clk=news

It was a fun show that I wish would have made it the whole season.

As Borat would say, "Very nice!"

Matthew Perry's new show, The End of Steve, has been picked up by Showtime.

Holy crap.

Now cancel Til Death and fucking put this after Bones. Please!

That's definitely a WTF move. But the new movie does come out next year and maybe FOX is hoping for a bit of a ratings surge. But the show is definitely done this season unless it perks up a lot in the ratings by the end of it.

'Til Death never was anything more than mediocre but ever since they marginalized and then dumped the Woodcocks the show has become absolutely terrible.

Fox's top programming guy Kevin Reilly was at NBC till a year ago. While at NBC he kept alive 30 Rock, The Office and Friday Night Lights despite crappy ratings. So it's possible he'll keep Sarah Connor going next season even if it doesn't get a lot better ratings.

True dat.
I also won't be surprised if Fox did get incentives from WB to keep this on the air.

Yeah, I did quite enjoy the Woodcocks.

Kat Foster

It did get 3 creative Emmy nominations, so it has some fans in the technical branch. Hehe.

NBC's "Knight Rider" has been picked up for a full season.

http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2008/10/exc ... knigh.html