At least temporarily anyway. Fox has cancelled Nashville but says it will return in October, when it probably won’t do any better, though at that time it will have a more suitable lead in with Next Great American Band, the show debuting in October from the producers of American Idol.
The move comes after just two weeks with ratings not even good enough for a Friday night show. Following a weak start of 2.72 million viewers, episode 2 was down to 2.19 million, way down from its lead-in (Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?) and good enough for last place among the 5 major networks by a large margin (the next lowest ratings were double this amount).
If nothing else, Nashville’s producers can take comfort in the fact that it lasted longer than Anchorwoman.
That’s too bad! I really liked that show.