The fall season hasn’t even officially started yet, and already a show has been canceled.
The WB has pulled the plug on its unscripted/game-show hybrid “Studio 7” after, appropriately enough, seven episodes.
“Studio 7” debuted to a miniscule 1.65 million viewers in late July, and its ratings in the 8 p.m. Thursday spot didn’t budge. Although it’s unlikely that any WB show would make a big splash in that time slot in the coming season–opposite two top-10 shows in “CSI” and “The Apprentice”–keeping “Studio 7” on the air makes no sense.
Instead, the network will show encores of second-year drama “One Tree Hill” in the time slot, beginning Sept. 30. A stand-up comedy special from “Blue Collar TV” star Bill Engvall (Sept. 9) and encores of new dramas “Jack & Bobby” (Sept. 16) and “The Mountain” (Sept. 23) will occupy the intervening weeks.
The WB also says it’s moving the premiere of “Drew Carey’s Green Screen Show” back a few weeks to Oct. 7 so it won’t debut against the premiere of “Survivor: Vanuatu.”
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Edited by Cara DiPasquale (cdipasquale@tribune.com) and Kris Karnopp (kkarnopp@tribune.com)
