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Bubble Show Update: Will Your Faves Be Back?
It's pins-and-needles time in the TV biz. Over the next couple of
weeks, the suits at the Big 5 will be deciding which bubble shows will
be back next season and which ones will be fast-tracked to the MIA
network. To help ease your anxiety — well, except in the cases where
the bubble's about to burst — I've compiled a list of those shows
currently hanging in the balance followed by my own *****sment of
their chances and, mixing buzz and intel, an Odds of Survival rating
of 0-10 (0 being dead and 10 being a shoo-in for resurrection).
Aliens in America
The bad news: The ratings suck.
The good news: The show doesn't. It's really funny — and the CW knows
it.
Odds of Survival: 3
Back to You
The bad news: It didn't experience enough of an American Idol bump
back in February to make it a lock for next season.
The good news: Fox is as enamored of the show as Kelsey Grammer's
character is enamored of himself.
Odds of Survival: 7
Big Shots
The bad news: Horrible show + even worse ratings = buh-bye.
The good news: Lots of really talented actors are free to appear in
better TV shows!
Odds of Survival: 0
Boston Legal
The bad news: That cast doesn't come cheap. And they'll come even less
cheap next year.
The good news: It continues to be a solid, if not spectacular,
performer for ABC.
Odds of Survival: 6
Cane
The bad news: Nestor Carbonell is back on Lost!
The good news: Nestor Carbonell is back on Lost!
Odds of Survival: 2
Cashmere Mafia
The bad news: Viewers gave it a lukewarm reception and critics give it
a downright chilly one, making Mafia a likely candidate for getting
whacked.
The good news: One less *** and the City clone to clog up the
airwaves!
Odds of Survival: 0
Cavemen
The bad news: Oh, where to begin....
The good news: I can stop feeling sorry for the inimitable Julie
White. She deserves better, and maybe now she'll get it!
Odds of Survival: 0
Eli Stone
The good news: Following Desperate Housewives, it scored its highest
ratings since its premiere. Even more im****tantly, ABC loves it!
The bad news: Eli needs to hang onto the extra viewers it gleaned from
Desperate when it returns to its regular Thursday time slot tomorrow.
Odds of Survival: 7
How I Met Your Mother
The bad news: Rumor has it not everyone at CBS loves this show.
The good news: Ted and the gang have been on a ratings roll since
their Britney bump. The laffer is also the Eye's youngest-skewing
show. Translation: Wait for it, wait for it... they'd be insane to
cancel it!
Odds of Survival: 8
Las Vegas
The bad news: For starters, it's been canceled.
The good news: NBC has yet to release the actors from their contracts,
raising hopes for a possible two-hour wrap-up.
Odds of Survival: 0
Odds of Closure: 2
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
The bad news: There was no mention of the show at NBC's "infront" last
month.
The good news: It's still a contender at USA.
Odds of Survival: 5
Life Is Wild
The bad news: The cast and crew are already out of Africa.
The good news: CW has yet to officially cancel it. But that may be
because they forgot it exists.
Odds of Survival: 0
Moonlight
The bad news: Another backstage shake-up has left the series without a
show-runner.
The good news: Fans are batty over this vampire drama and have even
gone so far as to organize a blood drive with the Red Cross to draw
attention to it.
Odds of Survival: 8
The New Adventures of Old Christine
The bad news: CBS doesn't own the show. It does, however, own Rules of
Engagement, and the buzz is that the network only has room on its sked
for one of them.
The good news: It's the funniest traditional sitcom out there. Plus,
ABC is waiting in the wings to pick it up should the Eye cancel it.
Odds of Survival: 6
Odds of moving to ABC if CBS should cancel it: 10
Reaper
The bad news: Creatively, it failed to live up to the lofty
expectations we had for it after that flawless pilot. And the ratings?
Hellish.
The good news: Um, the pilot was really good! And there's no denying
that there's a decent show in there. Somewhere.
Odds of Survival: 4
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
The bad news: For as much money as Fox poured into this show in terms
of promotion and special effects, it should've done better.
The good news: The network seems to think it will do better next
season — it's already staffing up.
Odds of Survival: 9
Shark
The bad news: James Woods is a, um, colorful personality. I'll just
leave it at that.
The good news: Earned solid, if not spectacular, ratings on Sunday
night.
Odds of Survival: 5
The Unit
The good news: Performed consistently for the Eye.
The bad news: As expensive as it is to produce, it needs to be doing
consistently better.
Odds of Survival: 5
Women's Murder Club
The bad news: I hear the cast and crew are looking for other work.
The good news: After knocking at death's door, Club landed a new
show-runner and three more episodes to prove itself. It'll have to if
it wants a second season.
Odds of Survival: 4
So tell me: Are you more or less anxious now? And if you could save
only four of the shows above, which ones would they be and why? The
comments section is now open and ready to accept your votes. —
Additional re****ting by Ben Katner
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