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CBS Turns Back on "Brotherhood"
There's no room in the CBS family for The Brotherhood of Poland, NH.
The Eye network has yanked the David E. Kelley drama from its November sweeps schedule in favor of a mix of newsmags and specials.
Nor is the series likely to return. Kelley shut down production on the show on Thursday afternoon, after receiving the order from the network. Shooting had begun on the ninth episode; five episodes have aired since the Sept. 24 premiere. It's unknown if CBS will broadcast the remaining episodes.
Despite the show's stellar pedigree--with Kelley at the helm and vet actors on board, including Randy Quaid, Chris Penn, Mare Winningham and Elizabeth McGovern--it failed to spark with critics or viewers.
Brotherhood averaged a disappointing 6.9 million viewers over its five-episde span, facing stiff competition from NBC's Law & Order.
Instead, CBS plans to use the Wednesday time slot for a special 48 Hours Investigates interview with Robert Blake, the 37th Annual Country Music Association Awards and the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show next month.
Thus ends Brotherhood's troubled existence. From the get-go the show had obstacles to overcome, including a last-minute cast change, which introduced Penn, and Kelley's decision to scrap the pilot in favor of the show's second episode.
Then producers had to contend with a lawsuit filed by a New Hampshire-based filmmaker, who laid claim to the title Brotherhood.
Ultimately, a U.S. District Court judge ruled against Michael MacLeod's request to bar the show's September premiere and the show went on. (Maybe the judge has some pull with CBS programming execs?)
Other freshman series that will be missing from next month's sweeps include UPN's The Mullets (which is still in production) and NBC's Boomtown and Coupling.
Despite ranking as UPN's worst-rated series, The Mullets may find another time slot for its remaining seven episodes, though the network is unlikely to extend the show's original 13-episode order.
And in a twist on the slicing and dicing executed by programming execs, Crossing Jordan star Jill Hennessy has asked NBC to postpone production, which was to have begun on Wednesday, so she can spend more time with her newborn baby, per the Hollywood Reporter.
The debut of Crossing Jordan's third season had already been pushed to midseason to accommodate Hennessy's mom-to-be status. The actress gave birth this fall.
NBC already has six episodes in the can from last spring and, as such, it maintains it can meet the January deadline. "As we announced in May, Crossing Jordan will return to NBC's schedule in January," said a network spokesperson.
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