ABC has cancelled Zero Hour after three low-rated outings, TVLine has confirmed.
The show will be pulled from the schedule, effective immediately. Encore episodes of Shark Tank will fill its slot for the next two weeks, then Wife Swap will take over the Thursdays-at-8 spot for seven weeks beginning March 21. Starting May 9, Wipeout will fill the hour.
The network has not yet announced when Zero Hour‘s remaining episodes will air.
Source: TVLine
The show will be pulled from the schedule, effective immediately. Encore episodes of Shark Tank will fill its slot for the next two weeks, then Wife Swap will take over the Thursdays-at-8 spot for seven weeks beginning March 21. Starting May 9, Wipeout will fill the hour.
The network has not yet announced when Zero Hour‘s remaining episodes will air.
Source: TVLine
expected... wonder what will fill Thursday 8pm time slot next season... perhaps an established show like Once Upon a Time, Revenge, Greys or Castle?...
ReplyDeleteI really hope ABC don't put SHIELD in that slot next season
ReplyDeleteABC has bunch of drama pilots lined up. Maybe one of them will that Thursday 8 PM slot.
ReplyDeleteI don't see OUAT moving timeslots for at least 2 more seasons. ABC would be truly stupid to do so, I could see it backfiring bigtime. Then, they'd be screwed and then the fans would end up screwed when it got canceled. As for Revenge, Grey's, and Castle, I think they're too 9/8c material. Maybe Grey's, because it's so established but it's so sexually driven it's really hard to imagine. I wish ABC would move Suburgatory and another comedy there, and try a new comedy block.
ReplyDeleteDamn. I am not as intrigued by this show as much as I was by 666 Park Avenue, so it hurts less in that regard, however, 666 only has four unaired episodes, two if which I got to see, so I'm not really complaining. But for ABC to be so quick to cancel a show in a timeslot and a premiere date that put it at a massive disadvantage is a bit disgusting. Nearly every cancellation they made thus far - even if I disagreed with it - I could see the logic in. However, there is just NO LOGIC here. The show is filmed already, and the season's storyline has a conclusion. The demo didn't drop below 1.0 (yet) and was still above 5 million viewers. -
ReplyDeleteOf course none of that equals any chance of a second season but they could have aired at least a few more episodes to see if the ratings evened out. They're filling the hour with repeats that will probably average 3.5-4.5 million viewers when they have a complete season of a show that they could easily finish. 666 was way worse in the ratings (and was a better show, admittedly) but they gave it longer! -
I just don't get the logic here. The broadcast networks each year face bigger blows from cable networks as their ratings get higher and their shows more popular as people are leaving broadcast TV. Part of this may be because of content freedom on cable, however I think a part of it is because cable series tend to last longer and even when they DON'T get renewed for a second season fans get to see at least the entire season. FOX has been getting better and ABC used to be a little more decent about giving shows slightly longer but this is just getting ridiculous.
ABC. Making stupid scheduling decisions since ages ago.
ReplyDeleteThey'll probably cancel it after airing just a few episodes, too...
ReplyDeleteeven if they do, i reckon that could be the show that breaks the thursday 8pm 'curse'! Not that I believe in curses, but yeah, ABC has been struggling with that timeslot for a while now, but I reckon if an established drama of more than 2 seasons isn't moved there, then then SHIELD would probably make that spot a winner again. Although the premise of SHIELD seems like at least 9/8c...
ReplyDeletebut surely, if SHIELD is placed in that slot in the 2013/2014 season, that will make it...
ReplyDeleteI completely agree. Last Resort and 666PA were 2 pretty high profile cancellations, particularly Last Resort because it aired in Zero Hour's timeslot. Last Resort was also syndicated to over 100 countries.
ReplyDeleteAiring just three episodes of a new show is pretty shocking really. Who knows what'll happen now. Thursdays at 8 is a horrific timeslot for all the networks bar CBS, which has made some clever programming choices to capitalize on market share. I'm perfectly ok with all the other networks airing repeats at 8pm Thursdays, because no other show is going to succeed against TBBT and 2.5 Men. But ABC canceling not one, but TWO good quality shows in the same season from the same timeslot, instead of simply shuffling them around to another night, like Fridays or Sundays, is pretty cruel, and it clearly shows that it's all about profitability for ABC, instead of being about giving viewers quality, well made, intelligent content to watch
Poor show, I am really glad that I didn't even watch the pilot this time around. It was enough getting burned by Last Resort in the fall, this time around I decided to not even give it a try because the only question was whether it would see a full season or be pulled like this, it never had a shot once the timeslot was announced. ABC's best plan, IMO, is to move Grey's and the growing Scandal up an hour. Grey's won't win the hour against the big bang theory and probably not against idol either, but it can stand its own an has a decent shot at beating the X-Factor. Scandal will benefit from a higher PUT hour and will still have the grey's lead-in, and can be used to launch a new show at 10pm, which is a much better slot to launch a new show than at 8.... And I love Grey's but it will not be around forever, so ABC is better off starting to prepare for a Thursday in which it is not there anymore. The first baby step it to take it out of the anchoring position while still keeping it on the night... If they really refuse to do this, then they can just trow something to the slot whose only goal is to get syndicated episodes, a la Body of Proof, but I don't think this would be a good plan to be honest.
ReplyDeleteI called it,i said yesterday Wipeout was going to replace it,,,,, anyway..
ReplyDeleteEdit- Since they have the 12 or 13 episodes they should show it during the summer,nothing else is on then...
Not surprising but still depressing. As long as i get an answer to the mystery I will be good.
ReplyDeleteWhile I wasn't overly
ReplyDeleteexcited about this show, it never got a chance. Why do the networks over stuff Tuesdays and Thursdays and leave the rest of the week relatively empty?
I expected it to be cancelled, but wow - that was fast. I truly think that network television is doomed. When they don't even give a show a chance to find an audience and cancel shows so quickly like this, I no longer want to bother, and no longer trust the network. Why should I give them any of my time at all? I think that Netflix is the future of television, actually. Give me 13 finished episodes with a complete story (so I know I'm not wasting my time), and let me access them when I want and when I have the time with no commercials. That's what I want. The networks are doomed.
ReplyDeleteThat is a shame! I was enjoying it and wanted to see where it was going.
ReplyDeleteUnsurprising....
ReplyDeleteAiring 3 episodes when they shot more is stupid, they're basically losing money. Now I don't think it's a show that's very expensive so airing the remaining episodes would have helped them to cut their loses. IMO.
ReplyDelete@disqus_cN6tzTUZF9:disqus No, not at all. They can air repeats of shows that get better ratings in repeats that Zero Hour got for original episodes. They will make MORE money :)
ReplyDeleteYes, you're talking about NBC but I'm talking about the producers for instance. I thought they would want to exploit all the episodes they have you know. I mean let's compare this to something easier. Let's say you're a baker, you baked 10 cakes but customers hated the first three, wouldn't you try to sell the remaining 7 to at least cover the cost of production?
ReplyDeleteI know my comparaison is stupid but it illustrates my idea.
I think S.H.I.E.L.D can do well in that slot.
ReplyDeleteSHIELD is going to do well regardless IMO, JW has so many hardcore fans, not to mention the Castle/TBBT fandom is going to be very interested.
ReplyDeleteI dont like it. Zero hour was one (the only one?) of the only family friendly mystery shows. As an adult i liked it alot the acting was poor...yes. But it was a show i could watch with children aswell....and OMG they asked a torrent of question about history, about mechanics, about geography about culture and so on. It was a absolute delight to see that and explain them all the things....not because they had too. But because they wanted to understand the storyline. I had fun, the kids had GREAT fun and i dont get why they cancelled it....it doesnt make sense. It was a good show, generations better then Last Resort or sex/violence crap intended to appease to the low instincts of humanity.
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