Hollywood Reporter: "Medium has a 65% Chance of being Renewed."

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This could be Jack Bauer’s final day. Fox’s “24” is on The Hollywood Reporter’s list of endangered shows this year, along with fan faves “Heroes,” “Chuck,” “Smallville” and “FlashForward.”

With networks issuing pilot orders for next season, executives are looking at their current lineups and estimating how many time slots they’ll have to fill. Their decisions rest on a few factors, including how these “bubble shows” perform over the next few months. THR spoke to broadcast net insiders to compile a list of TV’s most prominent shows on shaky ground — and calculated the odds they’ll stick around.

“Numbers” & “Medium” — It’s the Case of the Missing Friday Night Viewers. CBS’ crime-drama lineup on Fridays might continue to top the ratings, but the night has weakened to the point where veteran scripted dramas are getting tougher to justify. Of the two, “Medium” pulls the higher number;, plus “Numbers” got its episode order reduced and star David Krumholtz is cast in another pilot. “Medium” 65%, “Numbers” 20%

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[eviljr.livejournal.com]

*chews nails*

[memorysdaughter.livejournal.com]

I think we all know this is crap. (I spelled that "carp" first.)

CBS did the right thing by picking up "Medium," because as everyone except everyone at NBC knew, the Jay Leno thing was going to bomb. So far "Medium" has outlived expectations at CBS and it's pulling in GREAT numbers, especially when paired with "Ghost Whisperer."

CBS would have to pull an epic, NBC-level failurepants to cancel "Medium." "Medium" is a solid, well-received, critically-acclaimed hour of television and it's doing well for them. What, are they going to put in "NCIS: Buttcrack, Iowa"? These shows, especially OUR show, are important to people, and I have a feeling that if CBS cancels "Medium" they're going to be hearing about it as a dumbass mistake for quite awhile.