Hi, Matt! I just read that ...
Question: Hi, Matt! I just read that
Out of Practice is going on hiatus
again and may even be canceled.
Please say it ain't so! I adore this show. The script is so tight. The characters and the actors who portray them are brilliant, and the show has me crying with laughter whenever I watch it. Why, oh, why won't they move it back with
Two and a Half Men, where it was rating fairly well and was safe?
Answer: It is true that with
The Amazing Race now airing Wednesdays at 8 pm/ET,
Out of Practice and the much worse
Courting Alex are for now in limbo again. It's a fact that every comedy on CBS wants that time period following
Two and a Half Men, but it looks like
The New Adventures of Old Christine has it tied up for the rest of the season. And if the numbers (and the quality) hold, it may well inherit that slot again in the fall. Of all the shows that tried out that spot this season,
Christine is my favorite, but I'd like to see CBS give
Out of Practice a second chance, if only because I believe in this cast and the writers' way with a farcical situation (you can tell they graduated from the
Frasier school of comedy). I'd certainly rather see it be renewed than
Yes, Dear or
Still Standing. Traditionally, CBS tends to try to launch an hour block of comedy somewhere other than Mondays during the season, although with
Race now on Wednesdays, that's one less option. There may yet be room for
Out of Practice next season, but I bet it will be a squeaker of a decision.
