By the end of this month, the network slates for next season will be set. The fate of this year’s ratings weaklings will be known. For now, a slew of TV shows are considered “on the bubble,” hoping for renewal, fearing cancellation.
Those I’m most worried about are ABC’s which has chronically lousy ratings (TBS on Thursday saved “Cougar Town,” picking up the series and acquiring rights to all reruns, and a fourth season of “Cougar Town” will premiere in early 2013 on the cable network), “Happy Endings,” which is really hitting its stride, and three on NBC: which is a taut conspiracy thriller inside a dense set of mind games, “Bent,” a promising sitcom that wasn’t afforded a good launch, and “Rock Center,” the very good Brian Williams news magazine that’s been bounced from timeslot to timeslot and deserves better. Fox’s will probably be back and CBS could go either way on the
Otherwise, I can’t get worked up about the likely cancellations.
But every series is someone’s favorite. So how do you feel about these “on the bubble” shows?
ABC
Body of Proof
Don’t Trust the B**** in Apt. 23
GCB
Happy Endings
Last Man Standing
Missing
Private Practice
The River
CBS
A Gifted Man
NYC:22
CSI: Miami
CSI: NY
Rob
Rules of Engagement
Unforgettable
CW
Gossip Girl
Hart of Dixie
Nikita
Ringer
FOX
Bob’s Burgers
Breaking In
The Finder
Mobbed
Napoleon Dynamite
Touch
NBC
Are You There, Chelsea?
Awake
Bent
Best Friends Forever
The Biggest Loser
Community
Harry’s Law
Parenthood
Rock Center
Up All Night
Whitney
Joanne Ostrow: 303-954-1830 or jostrow@denverpost.com
