I just saw that last week's ...
Question: I just saw that last week's two-hour episode is probably the final episode for
October Road. I'm usually pretty up on shows that are ending, but I must've missed this one. What's up with these networks, and can I do anything to try and save it, or is it too late? And do you know if
Friday Night Lights has found a reprieve yet?
Answer: As I write this on deadline, no new news has surfaced on the
Friday Night Lights/DirecTV cost-sharing
arrangement, but let's stay hopeful on that front. I can't be as positive about
October Road, which performed miserably during its second season this winter. ABC did its part, keeping the show on Mondays for its entire 13-episode midseason order, giving it plenty of time to build an audience. Didn't happen. (And while many of us felt the time period could have been put to better use, so be it.) It isn't officially dead, to my knowledge, but I'd be amazed if this isn't the end of
October's road. And in this case, no way would I put the network at fault.
