Monday November 14, 2005

AD Dead

Arrested Development is on the rocks again, probably for good. After drawing just 4 million viewers last week, Fox has pulled it from the rest of November sweeps—starting tonight, when the network will air a double shot of Prison Break. Fox has also cut its order to 13 episodes, which means there are 10 left.

But to give you an idea of just how profoundly unsuccessful AD has been, here are five stink bombs that drew more viewers last week. As you can see, the list—compiled from data reported by The Programming Insider—includes Pam Anderson/bookstore mashup Stacked, Martha Stewart’s rendition of The Apprentice, and Rodney. I don’t even know what Rodney is.

According to Jim	7.80M
The Office	7.66M
Rodney	7.49M
The Apprentice: Martha Stewart	6.51M
Stacked	5.09M

Posted by jim at 02:01 PM ||