The TV Journal

Dear Diary,

NBC is ordering 3 more episodes of ‘Trauma.’ Um, like, that show they already canceled. According to THR’s Live Feed blog, is plugging some holes in the HMS Peacock with a few more episodes of a show they have no faith in. So let me get this straight – you drop five hours of programming from your weekly schedule and you still don’t have enough shows to air? No wonder GE is selling your a**.

Looking back at their pickups for the 2009-10 season, what jumps out at you that NBC didn’t leave themselves much room for error. They only announced five new dramas, and three of them were mid-season replacements. Only ‘Mercy’* and ‘Trauma,’ both medical dramas, premiered in the fall. With only 10 hours of programming, not counting Sundays, they really need every show to be a hit. ‘Trauma’ was a miss.

These are sad days for the network that brought us ‘Star Trek,’ ‘Hill Street Blues,’ and ‘The West Wing.’ This decision is just further indication that the network that had completely lost it’s way. Who knows what the heck NBC is going to look like next fall but as far as I’m concerned, they’ve got nowhere to go but up.

Still a fan (of TV, not NBC),
C.C.

P.S. ‘Mercy’ was originally a mid-season series but ended up swapping places with fall series ‘Parenthood.’

Posted in Uncategorized fall 2009, nbc, trauma

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