Off topic - cancellation of Commander in Chief

[hoosier]

I’ve been a fan of “The West Wing” ever since it first came on the air. I was disappointed to hear that this would be its final season, but with the debut of “Commander in Chief,” I figured I could look forward to continuing to watch a show with a White House-based theme for years to come.

ABC has done a pretty thorough job of jerking around those of us who tried to follow the latter show, putting it on hiatus and then shifting its time slot to Thursday at 10 PM.

Given the time I have to get up in the morning, I ordinarily don’t watch shows starting at 10 PM on weeknights, but in this case, I was willing to make an exception. I faithfully watched at 10 PM Thursdays. Earlier this week, ABC announced that the final episode of the season would air on May 18, so I figured I would get to watch three more shows before season’s end.

Then I picked up yesterday’s paper and found that ABC had announced that, effective immediately, they were replacing “Commander in Chief” with “Primetime” at 10 PM Thursdays.

If ABC gave any reason for its decision, my newspaper did not print it. I suppose it was based on Nielsen ratings.

Which leads me to the question - how do we know those Nielsen ratings are accurate?

Are they really any more accurate than those exit polls the networks are so fond of using in their desperate desire to scoop the other networks by being the first to call the result of a particular election, whether their call eventually turns out to be correct or not?

[samgrant]

I am also a fan of "The West Wing" and regret it's demise.

I tried the 'C in C' and found it much inferior in comparison, both in characters and in stories.

Won't miss it.

[Fifth Iowa]

Sorry, but don't count me as a fan of shows with such biased political agendas...