JamesG
10-19-2012, 09:21 PM
"Private Practice" to End After 13-Episode Sixth Season
10/19/2012
by Lesley Goldberg
ABC is not moving forward with "Private Practice".
The California-set medical drama from showrunner Shonda Rhimes will end this season after its 13-episode run, with the network opting to not pick up the back-nine episodes, she announced via Twitter.
The Kate Walsh starrer was renewed for a sixth season at the eleventh hour in May after experiencing a mixed run when it was relocated from its post "Grey's Anatomy" home on Thursdays to Tuesdays following "Dancing With the Stars" to make room for Rhimes' D.C.-set Kerry Washington drama "Scandal".
ABC picked up "Scandal" -- after its seven-episode freshman run -- for an extended second season in May, giving the showrunner three dramas at the network.
Returning to Tuesdays this year, "Private" is averaging a 1.6 rating in the advertiser-coveted adults 18-49 demographic, down considerably from its fifth-season average of 2.3. Total viewership for the drama, meanwhile, has slid from its first-season average of 11.5 million to an average of 6.1 million so far this season.
Star Walsh, meanwhile, announced in June that she would be leaving the "Grey's Anatomy" spinoff after 13 episodes, putting the future of the drama co-starring KaDee Strickland, Taye Diggs and Benjamin Bratt in doubt. Walsh has played Dr. Addison Montgomery since the character first appeared on "Grey's Anatomy".
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/private-practice-ending-season-six-canceled-381336
10/19/2012
by Lesley Goldberg
ABC is not moving forward with "Private Practice".
The California-set medical drama from showrunner Shonda Rhimes will end this season after its 13-episode run, with the network opting to not pick up the back-nine episodes, she announced via Twitter.
The Kate Walsh starrer was renewed for a sixth season at the eleventh hour in May after experiencing a mixed run when it was relocated from its post "Grey's Anatomy" home on Thursdays to Tuesdays following "Dancing With the Stars" to make room for Rhimes' D.C.-set Kerry Washington drama "Scandal".
ABC picked up "Scandal" -- after its seven-episode freshman run -- for an extended second season in May, giving the showrunner three dramas at the network.
Returning to Tuesdays this year, "Private" is averaging a 1.6 rating in the advertiser-coveted adults 18-49 demographic, down considerably from its fifth-season average of 2.3. Total viewership for the drama, meanwhile, has slid from its first-season average of 11.5 million to an average of 6.1 million so far this season.
Star Walsh, meanwhile, announced in June that she would be leaving the "Grey's Anatomy" spinoff after 13 episodes, putting the future of the drama co-starring KaDee Strickland, Taye Diggs and Benjamin Bratt in doubt. Walsh has played Dr. Addison Montgomery since the character first appeared on "Grey's Anatomy".
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/private-practice-ending-season-six-canceled-381336