Of course, the show also has Leighton Meester and Blake Lively, so that may throw off the statistical sample.

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My fingers are crossed for Samantha Who? next Monday night. I don't want it to be a sophomore statistic. 

I haven't stopped watching any of my new favorites from last season--mainly because by the end of their first season, my must-see list had dwindled to three: Life, Pushing Daisies and Gossip Girl (if I watched Private Practice it was only because PD proceeded it). 

If I had to guess why the ratings have dropped so substantially, I'd definitely blame the long hiatus AND network's aversion to playing reruns before the season aired. The CW was able to keep a buzz about Gossip Girl, in part, because they were willing to show repeats of the show during the hiatus. It allowed new people to get attached to the show and for regular viewers to stay acquainted.

The other networks, on the other hand, filled the time between the hiatus and the start of the new season with 15,000 episodes of ______________ (fill in name of vapid reality TV show here). It was a bad call on their part. They tried it for a bit with Private Practice (after Grey's) but they didn't market it well enough as a chance to get-to-know Addison again before the season premiere.

It'll be a shame if the slacking ratings impact Private Practice because, unlike Pushing Daisies and Life, it's much better than it was in its first season. 

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These shows fall in 'my favorites' category, with the exception of PP (which I don't watch at all).  I would hate to see any of them get cancelled. My schedule permits for Monday and Friday shows, but I make a point to record Smallville. But I noticed Life was moved to Friday, of which I'm always fearful. Seems like anytime a show is moved to Friday, it eventually gets canned. And then again, maybe it's a good thing not having to compete with CSI Miami.

I guess the only show I dropped was Heroes, only because I missed the entire second season due to class schedules. Though I did watch it last night and was completely lost.

agh, too much tv....there go my brain cells.

This might not be the only factor, but the Thursday shows went up against the VP debate which like 60 million people watched... I'm guessing that had an impact on the numbers too.

I'm seriously hoping Fox doesn't do something stupid like axe The Sarah Connor Chronicles :/ I love the show, but watch it online because I'm in the UK.

I would imagine these days that ratings really don't account for all those that ARE watching these shows in other forms. TV execs need to broaden their horizons and step into this century. 

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I really hope that Fox decides to keep TSCC going. It's my favorite new show, and I would hate to see it go after only one speedbump. The show has a load of potential, and I think it would be premature to decide that one so-so season warrants a dismissal. I don't want another Firefly on my hands!

 

 

 

 

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I have to be truthful and say the only one of theses shows I've ever watched was Private Practice.

And even then, I was on the first season when I eventually gave up because I was so disgusted in Addison's pod person. (what happened to the bitch?)

I'd like to watch these now, but hey, I'm a senior in high school, which contrary to populat belief is just as stressful as college, what with 3 APs, SATs, Senior Project, College Apps, Job, Exchange Program, and the every so glorious clubs I have to go to. This leaves me with 1 hour every night to catch up with friends,,or pass out in exhaustion.

In the end, I occasionally grab a couple episodes of something off youtube. I've actually watched a couple of gossip girl. Not that impressed actually.

I have to say, the only show I'm bothered about out of that list is Pushing Daisies, and it only came back last week so I wouldn't write it off just yet.  At least that's what I'm telling myself. 

In fairness to PD though, it was always going to be one of those shows that needs to find it's audience.

 

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i also hope Sarah Connor Chronicles doesn't get the axe, cos i like it!!

looking at TTSCC, pushing daisies and private practice, being down in the ratings, but gossip girl isn't, is this not something to do with who actually watches the shows?

the first 3 i don't exactly see young kids/teenagers sitting down to watch (although maybe boys on the sarah connor chronicles front will), i see them more as adult orientated programmes, where as gossip girl i see as more driven towards the teenagers and folk in their early 20's.

is that not the difference here?? or am i just thinking that cos i'm not a teenager, lol?!

the haitus doesn't bother me, because if i like the shows, they're worth the wait. and funnily enough, they do happen every year.

do you think lost will suffer the same? it won't be back until next year, which is even longer than the other shows.

long live the sarah connor chronicles!! not too bothered about the others i mentioned!!

I think alot of viewers learned to live without TV. The strike took away most of our shows and we just found other ways to occupy our time so not many people are coming back. Of course im not one of those people (thank god for tivo)

I LOVE LIFE!  THis is an awesome show!  Anyone who hasn't watched it should start!  Carmen is one of the stars...and she carries a gun and wears fancy detective clothes.  Pluss the ongoing plot is full of suspense...believe me you'll be hooked once you start watching.

I love TSCC!! Lena Headey is super hot, and so is the chick who plays cameron. I just got into the show this season. It is a bit slow at times, but it's otherwise good.

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I LOVE Pushing Daisies and would be very very sad if it went the way of Wonderfalls and Dead Like Me...:( I would also miss SCC and Chuck. Hopefully ABC will give Pushing Daisies some time to find it's audience. They don't have very many new shows this season (actually, just one, Life On Mars) so they must have a lot of confidence in their lineup. Don't disappoint me ABC!!! I need my Anna Friel and Cheno fix!!

Before premiering the new second season, the networks would have been smart to repeat the first season shows to then move seemlessly into the second season.

With that said, I am finding myself disappointed, so far, in the second season of the shows that I thought were so great during the first season.

During the summer, it was Army Wives.  In the second season the show barely had any of the core texture that the first season did...which is what made it unique among a pack of possible shows about the lives of wives.

Now, it is Life I find myself disappointed in.  It has gone from an offbeat character-driven cop drama to a sexed-up cop show filled with one-line zingers.  If anyone read the recent TV Guide interview with Sarah, well...let's just say it confirmed my suspicions and disappointment about the show's second season.

I know that over here in Canada a lot of the shows I used to watch have been shuffled around, both time slot and channel wise. Take Pushing Daisies as an example, it's now playing on CTV's affiliate channel A. But they never advertised this on the main channel or alerted viewers in any direct way what-so-ever that this change took place. So, even now, I don't know when exactly the show plays (or if it even started) as with many others.

ummm.... isn't the saying "absence makes the heart GROW fonder"?? what was written was "Absence may make the heart go fonder"....

unless i m missing something lol.... just wondering. i don't want ne one coming on here n screaming at me for (possibly) correcting the phrase :).

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i just think more and more people are watching shows online. at least thats what i do and the majority of my friends do too. its just easier and more convenient. i'm a student with a lot of crap to do...so there are three shows right now that i will actually tune in for...the rest i watch online when i get the chance (and this is probably 10 shows). they need to take this into account...and people don't just stream the shows from the network sites...cause it doesn't work for people out of country.

 

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Of all those shows the only one I regularly watch is TSCC. I have recently started to watch Life however and I think that if either of those get axed simply because of slow starts compared to their last season numbers it would simply be a mistake!

People might be a little more concerned with what is happening on SNL rather than Life, TSCC, Pushing Daisies etc..I hope they don't axe TSCC. It's like watching a mini action movie every week. However, Fox is great at cutting shows at the first sign of ratings trouble.

I love TSCC; don't take it away from me!  Lena is my future wife!  I am in love with that show seriously!