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Old 11-30-06 | 08:18 AM
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CBS Cancels 3 Lbs.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - CBS has canceled its Stanley Tucci medical drama "3 Lbs." after three low-rated airings. The show most recently drew 8 million viewers. It marks the second new CBS drama to crash in the Tuesday 10 p.m. slot this fall, following the Ray Liotta crime saga "Smith."
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Old 11-30-06 | 08:24 AM
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While I agree, it's better than another cop/lawyer show.
Old 11-30-06 | 08:29 AM
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This was the one new show (aside from Shark) that the wife liked. She will definately be annoyed. I didn't care for it too much (but miss Smith quite a bit).
Old 11-30-06 | 08:32 AM
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Old 11-30-06 | 08:38 AM
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My Dad was telling me how good this show was, I watched it hated it, and predicted it's near-immediate demise. I win this round.
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While I agree, it's better than another cop/lawyer show.
I agree. But what we do need more of is WWIII/end of the world/mayors son cheating on his wife shows.
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I liked the 1st 3 episodes, but I wasn't optimistic on it's long term survival. I'll miss seeing Indira Varma....I hope she lands another TV role.
Old 11-30-06 | 09:07 AM
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I think the 5 remaining unaired episodes will probably be posted on CBS' Innertube site at some point as they did with Smith.
Old 11-30-06 | 09:08 AM
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CBS Tuesday at 10pm is the new Fox Friday. I think CBS is just too spoiled. The ratings both Smith and 3 Lbs. delivered were not terrible by any means, just terrible when put on par with their own shows. Those sorts of numbers would be considered a minor hit on Fox, and would at least get time to breath on NBC and ABC if not a second season.
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Fucking hell...I was really liking this show - had a great cast. I also really liked Smith too... fuck you CBS.
Old 11-30-06 | 09:12 AM
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I guess if CBS doesn't see double digits, they will pull the plug.
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Speaking of cancellations, has the shows The Nine and Six Degrees of Seperation (I think both shows were ABC shows) been cancelled? It seems like I have not seen new episodes of either in quite some time.
Old 11-30-06 | 09:40 AM
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Speaking of cancellations, has the shows The Nine and Six Degrees of Seperation (I think both shows were ABC shows) been cancelled? It seems like I have not seen new episodes of either in quite some time.
Both shows are off the air, but neither have been officially canceled.
Old 11-30-06 | 09:47 AM
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and would at least get time to breath on NBC and ABC if not a second season.
That says very little about NBC with their ratings track record (bottom). And have you SEEN their mid season line-up?!
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It still makes me chuckle that House (17.16m viewers this past Tuesday, without the aid of a strong lead-in), Fox's biggest scripted hit, is produced by NBC/Universal.

Coincidentally, if House were on CBS, it would have been canceled after its 3rd episode (Actually, probably its second, since it only managed 6.7 million viewers a week until its post-American Idol spot.)

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One of the worst titles for a network tv show .... ever.

What genius' thought that one up.
Old 11-30-06 | 09:54 AM
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I didn't think it'd last long from the start...so not real surprised.
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What the hell is "3 lbs?"

...is what I would be saying if I had not watched the Cowboys/Colts game the other day and seen the ad for it.

Thats the last I've seen of CBS since then.
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Since it's a show about brain surgeons, the human brain supposedly weighs 3 lbs.

Even when I saw the title of the show, I didn't get it right away. I don't think most Americans even know that stat.
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I watched one episode, I guess the last one? that was on this week, and was bored. I tried to like it, but I fell asleep during a commercial. There just wasn't anything about it that made me like it and want to tune in again.
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Originally Posted by DRG
CBS Tuesday at 10pm is the new Fox Friday. I think CBS is just too spoiled. The ratings both Smith and 3 Lbs. delivered were not terrible by any means, just terrible when put on par with their own shows. Those sorts of numbers would be considered a minor hit on Fox, and would at least get time to breath on NBC and ABC if not a second season.
I was going to say the same thing. CBS is very quick to pull the plug on anything that doesn't get like 10 million viewers or something. They don't seem to have any patience to grow a show. I do think they are very spoiled by the huge ratings their other big procedurals pull in.
Old 11-30-06 | 11:38 AM
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I think there are times when it's not just being spoiled about performance -- it's about having no faith in the direction a show is going. While it's hard to claim that about Smith, I can see how that might be the issue with a midseason launch like this one.
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No surprise here...One of the worst shows I watched this year. When the lady was told she had a brain tumor and was basically going to die, she and her husband were nice and calm especially when the supposed greatest neurologists ever decided to be all willy nilly with the brain surgery. Hell Jericho is a more believable story than this was.
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