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Monday, April 12, 2004 - 12:12 PM
FOX Dumps 'Forever Eden' Until Summer
By Brian Ford Sullivan


CHICAGO (thefutoncritic.com) -- FOX will once again go back to the drawing board on Friday nights as the network revealed today it has pulled its reality series "Forever Eden" from its schedule effective immediately.

FOX's previously announced baseball coverage will fill the network's Friday slot this week while back-to-back episodes of "Totally Outrageous Behavior" and "World's Craziest Videos" are scheduled for April 23. Movies, beginning with "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider," will fill the entire Friday block starting April 30, the first Friday of the May sweeps period. The news means "Eden" more than likely won't resurface again - if at all - until the summer at the earliest.

"Eden" managed a paltry 1.9 rating/3 share in households and a 1.1 rating in adults 18-49 for its most recent airing according to preliminary fast national data. Should both scores hold up nationally, they would mark the network's worst performance in the Friday, 9:00/8:00c hour this season.

FOX has 16 additional episodes of "Eden" left to air.


While not a great show, these idiots at Fox strike again!

Chris

I have to say it...

They yanked the remaining episodes of Wonderfalls from that timeslot for THIS???

well just wait until we get the news this Friday morning that they cancelled Tru Calling because it reports its lowest ratings of the season due to getting hammered bt CSI.

Why don't they just broadcast a test pattern instead of "Eden"? They could still sell commercial time at a discounted rate and reap the savings due to lower production costs.

You beat me to it. Of course, I was gonna predict that they'd show a re-rerun of "The Swan" in it's place. I guess movies are better than Fox's reality shows :/

-jason

A reality program? Getting poor ratings? Viva la revolucion!

They should just air re-runs of their other shows on Friday night rather than waste money on original programming that gets such low ratings.

Fox is looking for another Friday night X-Files success but I think the TV watching climate has changed so much since that show was successful on that night that they should just cut their losses.

I am tired of good shows like Wonderfalls or Firefly yet yanked off the air because no one watches TV on Friday nights.

It would be funny if Fox used that time to air a "Brilliant But Cancelled" type weekly event that showcased re-runs of all the short-lived Fox series.

I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one who still bitches about Wonderfalls' demise.

I'm bitchin' too! If it were a choice between Wonderfalls and Forever Eden, Wonderfalls win.

But I hate putting any of my viewing time into a show, just to have it cancelled after about a month.

Chris

One reality show down, thousands more to go.

At least, Fox could put 'Playing it Straight' in its place. The "Is he gay or not" reality show never finished its run.

So what happens to the contestants? It's supposed to be the "game without an end", but do they continue to live in Eden while the show is on hiatus?

I'm sure they've been sent home!

Chris

Hell, I'm still mad about Freakylinks.