Hope you weren't getting too attached to "The Wedding Bells" [0] or "Six Degrees." [0] They were two of the shows axed [1] this week as the networks reshuffled their schedules. Among the other casualties: "The Black Donnellys," [1] which might only get to air two more episodes, and "7th Heaven," [2] which is being canceled (supposedly for real this time). According to Variety, the networks said low ratings were behind all of the decisions.
Here's a summary of the changes:
- "The Wedding Bells" will air this Friday but is unlikely to be back after that.
- "The Black Donnellys" will get bumped from its time slot on April 23 to make way for "The Real Wedding Crashers." [2] It's unclear if NBC intends to pull "Donnellys" completely before the 23rd or air the remaining episodes at another time; it only will have aired eight of its 13 episodes by then.
- "Six Degrees" is done, effective immediately, and — for the moment, at least — it will be replaced by episodes of "Wife Swap" (hey, at least it's not more "George Lopez" [2]).
- "7th Heaven" is scheduled to air its finale on May 13.
There's some good news for fans of "October Road" [2]: The show was only going to get to air four of its six episodes, but it's doing well enough that ABC is planning to let it finish out the season on Thursdays at 10. It will take a one-week break April 12 to make way for the premiere of "Notes from the Underbelly," [3] but then "Notes" will move to Wednesdays at 8:30.
The CW's "Hidden Palms," [4] which sounds like "Desperate Housewives" crossed with "Dawson's Creek," also finally got a time slot, and it will start May 30 at 8 p.m.
Photos courtesy of ABC [5], Fox [6], and NBC [7]