THE EX-LIST Cancelled

“I just have to wonder, when is CBS going to realize that the audience they got with Moonlight was probably one of the most they will ever get on Friday night in that time slot. I mean how many shows do they have to cancel before they just give up.”

This statement is amazingly erroneous… Close To Home, the show that aired on Fridays earned as much as 2-3 million more than ML in that slot. Also, a recent REPEAT of NCIS drew 11.2 million in that slot. ML could only manage an average of 7.5M in that slot.

TEL was obviously a dud from the first episode but it’s failure doesn’t make ML any more of a success.

People should cut CBS some slack for even trying a vampire show on mainstream television and giving it the multiple chances it had. The real blame should lay on the american audience that simply doesn’t tune into good genre, scripted series very reliably.

What the failure of ML and TEL indicate to me is not that Friday is a wasteland of viewers but rather simply that something else is needed to fill that spot. NCIS and a recent repeat of The Mentalist on Friday both show that there is an audience out there if CBS programs for it.

ML and TEL (and Swingtown) are all shows that probably would have done better on cable nets.

The Ex-List was a bold move on the part of CBS into what I call “ABC territory” – female cetric dama. However, the show itself was plagued by low quality writing, among other things.
If there’s anything the ratings from last Friday proved, is that BOTH tEL and Moonlight were wrong for CBS, as both failed to bring in the viewers that CBS wanted. NCIS rerun proved that the 9p time slot is not “dead”, as Moonlight fans have claimed countless times, but that the network really needed a winner to fit into the schedule and its audience’s taste. Moonlight was wrong on many levels: it catered to a limited audience, its writing was deeply flawed and amateurish, and most characters and cast members were unpersuasive and non-engaging. tEL was just another mistake, though on the creative level rather than the conceptual one. CBS is never going to bring back Moonlight, campaigns notwithstanding. It’s time the show’s fans realize it and move on.

I loved Moonlight and was pissed when it was cancelled. When The Ex list replaced I was so happy because I loved the Ex list. I have been dissapointed all over again. I hate CBS.

i think the ex list was one of the funniest shows on tv. I was very disappointed to see it cancelled. I thnk you shoud reconsider and give more of a chance. Thanks!!

I loved moonlight and I really was getting into the ex list ….thanks a lot cbs

Clearly CBS doesn’t know real women? Most of us over the age of 30 are sitting at home Friday nights because husbands and long time boyfriends don’t take us out on dates anymore! I loved the Ex list and CANNOT believe they have already cancelled it. Matter of fact each episode caused me to secretly wish that I could go back through my Ex-list! I never respond on any of these boards, but this really ticked me off. 4 episodes…that is not an effort. I even had it set for my dvr just in case I happened not to be on the couch Friday nights.

I never watched Moonlight because I never even knew about it, but I started watching The Ex List because I saw commercials for it and wanted to see how they would make an entire series out of a premise like that and I have nothing better to do on a Friday night than watch my husband play on his computer. I actually really liked it, thought it was cute and funny and like most shows I end up liking, it got pulled. Just a little hint to the networks out there, nothing makes me NOT want to watch a new show like figuring it will just get cancelled a few weeks in. At least this time I didn’t get a chance to get too attached only to be left hanging like with Men in Trees on ABC. Now that REALLY ticked me off.

Why do u have to keep cancelling shows.. ??? i loved the Ex list.. !!!
i even started the Lipstick jungle.. and heard it was also cancelled!!
seriously people, cant u atleast finish one season or give a good ending to the last episode.. Why do we have to keep watching if we have a doubt that one day this show will just be cancelled??

I too am bummed that the Ex List got cancelled. I never used to watch TV on Friday nights butI looked forward to making sure I was home to watch this show. It was a great show that kept me laughing and wondering what was going to be happening the next week. I can’t believe that they took it off! It had just barely gotten started.