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"LAX" Departs...For Good
Holiday travel or no, LAX will be shut down for Thanksgiving. And Christmas...And New Year's...
The middling-rated NBC airport drama has had its wings clipped after 13 episodes, the network has confirmed.
Ten of LAX's unlucky 13 have made it to air so far, averaging 8.1 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research. The series, of late an 8 p.m., Wednesday show, was already scheduled to sit out the next few weeks to make way for specials. NBC says the final three episodes will run, it just can't say when.
Familiar faces Heather Locklear and Blair Underwood starred in LAX, a soaped-up take on the workings of Los Angeles International Airport.
The show took off Sept. 13 before 13 million, but could not maintain altitude. Last month, it was rerouted to Wednesdays from Mondays to sub for another new NBC failed drama, Hawaii. But LAX did no better than the cop show, and, in fact, did a little worse. Hawaii was averaging 8.3 million viewers when it was declared a paradise lost.
LAX marks Locklear's briefest prime-time run since the 1990-91 ABC sitcom Going Places. She has enjoyed greater success on T.J. Hooker, Dynasty, Melrose Place and Spin City.
Underwood made his name on L.A. Law in the 1980s, but, outside of a recurring stint on Sex and the City, hasn't matched that prime-time success again. Among his short-lived series: CBS' City of Angels and ABC's High Incident.
NBC knows of short-lived series. The freshman failures of Hawaii, LAX and Father of the Pride (technically still alive) underscore a failed fall for the Peacock. Through last week, it was down 8 percent in viewers from last season--the biggest loss posted by any broadcast network.
In a show of pluck, NBC has awarded season-long commitments to Joey and Medical Investigation and, most recently, ordered a second edition of weight-loss reality show The Biggest Loser. Still, none of those new shows is making the network forget about the old shows it doesn't have anymore: Friends, Frasier, Will & Grace (the version that people watched).
In January, NBC will be back in the ring with The Contender, the boxing-themed reality show from producer Mark Burnett (Survivor, The Apprentice). A similar show launched by Fox in September, The Next Great Champ, ended its low-rated run on cable.
For those keeping score at home, LAX is the sixth new show of the 2004-05 season to be sent to the showers (or cable TV, whichever the case may be). The others: Fox's Champ, NBC's Hawaii, CBS' Clubhouse and dr. vegas, and the WB's never-aired Commando Nanny.
The ABC sitcoms Rodney and Complete Savages, meanwhile, are among the latest members of the freshman class to get full-season pickups. The ratings of Fox reality show Nanny 911 likewise have encouraged its network to purchase more of that show's parental-nightmare footage.
Soon to reenter this harsh numbers game: Jennifer Love Hewitt (Party of Five) and Ed O'Neill (Married...With Children). Both are set to star in a new, as-yet untitled ABC midseason comedy about TV sports reporters.
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