CANCELLATION ALERT: The Whole Truth

We have our fourth cancellation of the season (and second by ABC) and it is legal drama The Whole Truth. Starring Maura Tierney and Rob Morrow, the show got off to a very low start in ABC's seemingly cursed Wednesday 10pm slot. It's highest rating ever was just 4.9 million viewers and a 1.5 in the demo. Through four episodes, it has averaged 4.6 million viewers and a very low 1.3 in the demo. It was not expected to be a success and received poor reviews even though Tierney was praised for doing her best with bad material.

I watched the first episode and was thoroughly unimpressed. It was a good concept that was not carried out well. It was in a wide open time slot but was easily eclipsed by two other (better) new legal dramas - The Defenders on CBS and Law & Order: Los Angeles on NBC. It is unclear at this time how many more episodes will air. Co-Executive Producer KirstieAnne Reed tweeted that ABC will only have them make 13 episodes which makes it seem like they will let it run out its original order. I could see it airing a new episode Wednesday and maybe one or two during sweeps and then burning the rest off in December/early January.

With this news, the only shows that have not been cancelled or given a full season order are ABC's Detroit 1-8-7, NBC's Undercovers and School Pride, and FOX's Running Wilde. Wilde and Pride are likely to be axed soon (although Pride may run out the full 7 episodes made) while the other two have a better shot at a full season as they've already had additional episodes (Detroit) or scripts (Undercovers) ordered.