Time of death: Wednesday, November 28.
According to TVLine, the CW has cancelled freshman medical drama
Emily Owens, M.D.
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The show, starring Mamie Gummer, received mediocre ratings over its first six episodes, barely topping 1 million viewers. The network will apparently be continuing to air the show through the first 13 episodes that have been filmed.
The cancellation is a very rare instance of the CW cutting a show in the middle of the season. Nearly every CW show gets to run for an entire season before getting cancelled, like
Ringer,
The Secret Circle,
Hellcats, etc. Since the CW began, the only other scripted shows to get axed before airing a full season are
The Beautiful Life,
Life is Wild and
Runaway.
It was a bad day all around for medical shows as FOX also cancelled
The Mob Doctor. Those shows join
Made in Jersey,
Partners,
Animal Practice,
Last Resort and
666 Park Avenue on the list of new shows cancelled from the fall season.
The end of
Emily Owens, M.D. is bittersweet. It wasn't a great show, but it was mildly charming. The cancellation frees up the actors to pursue other projects. In my personal wish list, that would include co-star Justin Hartley getting a guest role as a villain on the CW's
Arrow, which would be amusing for
Smallville fans since he also played Green Arrow. Or he could return to
Hart of Dixie as Wade's brother. And Mamie Gummer is free to show up in court once again opposite Alicia on
The Good Wife.
The cancellation also means the CW will have an open slot in the spring. We already know that
The Carrie Diaries will join
90210 on Monday nights. It's likely that Wednesdays and Thursdays will remain untouched, and
Hart of Dixie will stay on Tuesdays while
Nikita stays on Fridays. The network has yet to schedule mid-season drama
Cult, but that still leaves one open hour of programming. Will the network just continue to air repeats, like it's doing with
Arrow Friday nights? Or will it fill in the hole with various unscripted shows it's been developing? Only time will tell.
Emily Owens, M.D. airs Tuesdays at 9pm on the CW.
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