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Question: I was very upset to hear that Fox is canceling Justice, one of my favorite shows. One of the unique parts of this show is that at the end you are given the details on exactly how the person was killed. While at the end of other crime drama episodes, you still wonder exactly how "it" happened. Why is it that Fox is dumping Justice while going all out to save Standoff? I have tried to watch Standoff on three different occasions and have only found poor acting and even worse story lines. I feel that Fox has not even tried to help Justice with promos and advertisement but is continually doing this for Standoff.
Answer: The fact is, Fox had another lousy fall, with not even a Prison Break-sized breakthrough this year. Justice was given two chances. When it was clearly getting clobbered by Criminal Minds on Wednesdays (don't ask me why — that's the most inexplicably popular show on TV), Fox moved it behind Prison Break, which was about as good a shot as Justice was going to get. Ratings continued to stall, and given the procedural nature of Justice, there wasn't that much to promote beyond the case of the week. Whereas with Standoff, I guess Fox feels there's some potential in the mix of weekly crises and the leads' personal relationship. I don't see it, either, much as I like Ron Livingston. But Fox probably couldn't afford to cancel everything from the fall, which is why Standoff and 'Til Death got a reprieve. (And why Fox doesn't try that comedy in The War at Home's Sunday time slot is beyond me.) I understand that people get upset anytime a show gets canceled, but the writing was on the wall for Justice pretty early on. It wasn't a terrible show, but (climactic gimmick aside) it was a pretty ordinary one. At least Fox is planning to burn off some of the remaining episodes on Fridays in December.

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