Remember how FOX took Drive off the air, then put it back on, then took it back off, and so on?  Or how NBC did the same thing to Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

ABC announced last month that it would be bringing back its critically-acclaimed but low-rated drama series, The Nine, and tonight, the first of the show‘s six final episodes will air on the network.

After officially taking The Nine off the air due to poor ratings, ABC has decided to revive the remaining episodes of the crime drama series.  Beginning Wednesday, August 1, the formerly axed show will return to its 10pm niche as it previously occupied last fall.

On Saturday, the powers-that-be at ABC announced that they would be pulling The Nine from their schedule. Much-hyped and critically acclaimed coming into the season,

Recently, Hank Steinberg, creator of The Nine, was kind enough to take time out of his busy schedule to sit down with BuddyTV for an interview and answer some questions about his new show,

The Nine is fast becoming a favorite of many a TV viewer. The interest amongst those who watch is rabid, which bodes well for The Nine‘s future as, at the very least, a cult hit. Troublesome, however, are the ratings for

All Spoilers are direct quotes from Isabelle‘s latest exclusive TVj Sessions.10/17“An episode titled ‘The Inside Man‘ will see additional suspects from the bank robbery be interrogated... could there have been more than the two robbers?”

Lost is the most intellectually taxing program on network television. It takes the full concentration of the viewer, who must recall information from the entire run of the show and actively attempt to figure out what the hell is going at least a couple of times per episode. Even then, the surprises and twists come out of nowhere and punch the viewer in the proverbial stomach. AND EVEN THEN, there are still nagging loose ends and thought-provoking cliffhangers to deal with. After an episode of

Tim Daly isn‘t falling for the hype surrounding the new ABC series The Nine, in which Daly plays Nick Cavanaugh, one of nine former strangers who are taken hostage following a bank robbery gone wrong, and whose lives are forever changed as a result.

Before BravoTV‘s BrilliantButCanceled, there was no reason to root for shows to fail. Well, unless you‘re a terrible, terrible person like me (or, possibly, you). I always root for shows to fail miserably, even when I‘ve never even seen an episode of said show. But, there are fundamental truths to life, and one of them is this: New TV shows will be taken off the air unceremoniously and without remorse, like a court jester banished to the guillotine.