Has news of Eastwick‘s cancellation left you wanting to saw the president of ABC in half? You’re not alone. “I’m pretty furious, too,” vents executive producer Maggie Friedman. “We have such an amazing group of writers and actors — best people I’ve ever worked with. None of us can believe this is really happening.”
Adding insult to injury, the network pulled the plug so abruptly that Friedman won’t have a chance to tweak the 13th episode to give fans any of that magical closure stuff. “We’re smack in the middle of several insanely juicy stories,” Friedman sighs. “And so we do not get a chance to wrap things up in a bow. Which is killing me.”
If there’s a silver lining, it’s that the remaining episodes are expected to air as planned. “I believe [ABC] is going to air the rest of our run,” says Friedman, “and I think people should tune in anyway because our best episodes are in there. We were really hitting our stride.
“The magic was getting crazy, the storylines were getting really exciting and sexy and dangerous,” the exec elaborates. “I [just] wish we could’ve given the fans — and ourselves — real closure.”
PHOTO CREDIT: Kevin Foley/ABC
I’m cursed..almost every new show I watch get axed.. It was cheesey but I liked it.
I liked it, too. There are so many bad dramas this season. This show had some flavor to it. I am sad to see it go.
Umm what was this show about?? The 1990 movie that Jack N. starred in?? Who cares if it is canceled…this show blows
Obviously the people who commented ahead of you cared. I never got why people say negative things about a show when they havent even seen it. I never watched eastwick but i feel bad for the people who did and now dont get any ending at all.
Thank you Steve. You are nice
. I am sad to see this show not get the ending it deserves. Maybe in its last episodes more people will watch it and then we can get closure
I’m SO bummed.. this is my fav show!
I enjoyed this show as well. I finally found a show I could get excited about and did mind staying up later to watch it.I felt I had found a show for me similar to people who follow shows like greys anatomy, house, that are good, but not my thing .
I love this show! Too bad it is getting cancelled! Maybe if they had put it in a better time slot, but I guess they are just brainless wonders at ABC!
I watched it for Matt Dallas. But, now that they killed him off I won’t be watching the show anymore.
Agreed. I stopped watching when they killed off Kyle XY.
I CAN’T BELEIVE THEY ARE GETTING RID OF THAT SHOW! I HOPE FOX PICKS IT UP!!!!
HAHAHAH FOX??? Yea right!! They are just as bad as ABC in the ‘Cancel every good show’ category!
DANG!
I could envision the show on Lifetime or the CW. Lifetime because of the strong female leads + Cybil Sheppard and Veronica Cartwright In addition Paul Gross was great as Daryl Van Horne. These strong leads would be a perfect fit for Lifetime. It would also be a good fit for the CW (because of the supernatural aspects of the show) bad move ABC!
I know what you mean MP–if I like a tv show it’s almost guaranteed to be canceled!! It was cheesy–but good cheesy,like pizza!
i love Eastwick ABC is stupid bring it back or at least let it finish give us what we want East wick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am right there with you. I have the same problem…and here is a little advice for ABC try a different night genius. You put it on the same night as Bones, Grey’s Anatomy…..big shows..try a night nothing BIG is on for a new show…Sunday is a better night or Friday night… I woul.d watch it no matter what night.
ABC reclaimed Sunday night with Desperate Housewives and Brothers and Sisters. Maybe ABC could reclaim Tuesdays or Fridays by pairing it with “V” at 8, “Eastwick” at 9 and “The Forgotten” at 10.
Maybe if they didn’t air it at 10pm! At least get it started at 9pm the first season, and get us hooked, then we are sure to DVR it if 10 pm is too late. Who runs a brand new show at 10pm and barely advertises for it and doesn’t even try harder or give it a chance. I am so mad at ABC that I don’t even want to watch Grey’s anatomy anymore. What’s on NBC?
So just because ABC didnt want this show anymore doesn’t me that another station shouldnt pick it up I think for as many people like this show, we would watch it on any channel. I think alot of loyal followers would go to wherever the show is….somebody needs to think about that.
I truly feel for the fans. Not much worse than being left hanging. I’d spare some bitterness if I had it, but I’m still stewing over Firefly 7+ years now.
Jen I’m totally with you on Firefly.
the worst was “Soap” way back when..Jessica Tate is still in front of that firing squad!
I’m still peeved about Galen and the astronauts being left floating on a (not very sturdy) raft in the ocean when Planet of the Apes was cancelled. Boy, can I hold a grudge or what?
I loved Soap and have it all on DVDs but ending it like that was a shame.
I am still stewing over Firefly and Terminator….now eastwick.
Both those shows came to mind when I found out about Eastwick. I will be eternally pissed about Firefly. Was it really so impossible to let any of show have decent ending that the fans aren’t begging for more of what they will never get
I’m with you on that. I still miss Firefly.
As for Eastwick, I wasn’t that impressed with it. Had high hopes, but it was just meh. I’m more upset over Dollhouse being cancelled.
I still get a little sad when I break out my Firefly dvds…..gone way too soon.
Dollhouse is being cancelled? What is going on. Are they canceling all the good shows. I dont care if ER and Grey Anatomy are there. Same thing different sotry lines. Take some of those shows off. Get rid of one or 2 CSIs. All my shows are going. Eastwick, Dollhouse, Lost, and I think Heroes will get the ax too.
I cant belive you remember firefly!! I love sifi and fun TV! Not into watching some reality show, I want MAGIC AND FUN!!!!
I loved this show and was shocked to see it end…too bad some other network couldn’t pick it up – I think it had potential!
Firefly? Don’t remind me! I still don’t see how a show with such a large fan base, one capable of spawning a hit movie, could be left on the sidelines to rot. The people that make these calls are woefully out of touch with what real Americans want to watch and what they find worth coming back to.
WTF, ABC! Why not let them film the last episode? This sucks. Why bother watching the rest of the season if we won’t see the most important episode of all–the finale?!
I think you misunderstand. You will still see the 13th episode, but since they didn’t know the show was going to be canceled, the story wasn’t given a chance to finish. What will be the final episode was not written to be.
I think since she said “film” she does understand.
I love this dang show. It was the perfect kooky show to watch after Modern Family and Cougar Town! UGH!!!
I absolutely agree! I love Modern Family and Cougar Town. Eastwick is the perfect show to go to bed after, I think they could’ve kept it going for a good couple of years. Wednesday is suppose to be my night to relax and have time away from the hubby:) I know so many people in my area that are upset as well:(
I am with u there! I loved the show too! the show was awesome! I will watch it til the end!
I’m still furious!! And we aren’t getting any closure….seriously?! I would boycott abc if I didn’t watch all the other shows
Shayna, just don’t watch any of their NEW shows and don’t watch the replacements when you favorite is cancelled or ends. I am down to DH, GA, B&S, PP and UB…as they are gone, so am I.
are you a Nielsen Viewer. if you don’t know what that means, then you are not. and if you are not then you can watch or not what you wish and it doesn’t matter to anyone.
seriously. the networks need the money from advertisers and those advertisers only care about the Nielsen rating scores. that is the base of all transactions. Eastwick clearly wasn’t making what was promised and didn’t recover their budget and ABC is cutting their losses. sucks but there you go.
Well, they ovbiously have the WRONG people as Nielsen Viewers. =(
To your comment regarding the Nielson viewer. Charlie, nielson is out of date! It does not count all the new tech ways to watch your favorite shows. Clearly this show is a favorite by searching the net, facebook, twitter, IMBD, abc.go and the petitions that are going like crazy. There is no reason to cancel this show. I believe the new CEO is a fanatic reglious man; look him up. Sex is okay but magic is taboo. If Abc drops this show another will pick it up and when it does abc will loose viewers. ABC has been a shuvinistic men anyways. It is ran by just men. The advertisers is who needs to be called. Nielson ratings system is out dated and needs to be fired. They need a new system to keep up with the times.
LMAO isn’t that the truth – 3/4 of shows I watch is on ABC – daytime and nighttime shows. UGHHHHH
Just to clarify about Nielsen being “outdated”…That is COMPLETELY INCORRECT! Nielsen not only conducts surveys with the “old school” TV Diary, but also is partnered with Twitter and Facebook to conduct research. They also monitor TV usage by electronic receiver boxes that are hooked to the TV and downloaded remotely. “Nielsen Families” are a “snapshot” of the country as a whole. If your area is 25% Afric. Amer., 50% white and 25% Hispanic, then that’s the demographic makeup of the sample Nielsen chooses. They even go so far as to match the age demographics of an area as well. Nielsen is anything BUT “outdated.” They are and have always been the leading market research company in the country. That’s not by accident. This company has been changing with the times and getting better at it as they go. Lori, you’ve been so thorough at looking into the inner-workings of ABC. Maybe you should have taken a look at what the Nielsen Media Reasearch (Nielsen Company) really does before you say they’re “outdated and need to be fired”.
Cancelation timing is the worst. The show’s writers should at least be given the chance to end the story how they want.
Eastwick movie? Haha.
ABC sucks….they do this to every show I end up watching on their network. Seriously considering boycotting ABC because I always end up heartbroken. They never give the great shows a chance!
Maybe the CW will pick it up…..I am so sad!! It was a great show! The only reason I watched ABC, I never watch any of their shows…EVER….Now I am back to the other networks I guess!
I agree! ABC always manages to kill really amazing shows either by giving them bad timeslots or moving them around so much the audience can’t find it (ie ALIAS), yet they are surprised when viewership is down! Then without giving it a chance they cancel it without giving the audience a wrap-up episode, leaving the audience disappointed never knowing how everything resolves. Shame on you ABC!
I don’t get why they can’t make viewers happy by allowing the writers/cast to, as Maggie says, “Tweak” the last filmed episode so that the storylines have closure.
It’s not shocker that ABC is pulling the plug. ABC is the worst offender of cancelling shows that shouldn’t be. I watched/loved Eastwick; tuned in because of the cast/storyline and will watch the remaining episodes but once again ABC has disappointed by another bonehead move. There’s a reason I only watch 5 shows (6 if you include Eastwick). I’m sick and tired of networks wanting me to spend my time watching their programs only to cancel them – what ever happend to giving the customers what they want? Seriously?!?!
ABC has given plenty of shows the opportunity to air and gain viewers. If they can’t find viewers, they’re going to be canceled. No one was beating down doors to air Pushing Daisies, Eli Stone, Dirty Sexy Money, etc. ABC is taking a chance with these “different” shows. You have to give them credit for that. It’s better than CBS just showing procedurals.
But they didn’t promote this at all! The Forgotten is much inferior show but I saw advertisements left and right for it, and look it’s getting 5 more eps. I only saw promos for Eastwick during Cougartown. That’s it. ABC screwed Eastwick; they didn’t actually give it a chance. Very few people even knew it was on. I am furious.
While this maybe true, any network that doesn’t give a show a full fighting chance – is wrong. I was disappointed by the cancellation of Pushing Daisies & Eli Stone – those shows had a good run at getting viewers. We’re only 2 months into the new season. Why not wait until the winter break when they’ll bring out new programs. And for the love of television offer their viewers closure – don’t just cut them off at the knees.
I think it’s completely unfair to blame ABC for being the Network That Cancels… the reason they’re doing is this, because they’re the only network that actually produces innovative and different TV shows. And these shows don’t always find an audience and then they get so bad ratings that they just have to be cancelled. Eastwick is another example of that: the ratings were TERRRRIBLE. Worst ratings of any show this fall! There was no way it could go on.
ABC needs to be given credit for trying! CBS never needs to cancel anything, because it never does anything new: it’s shows are all the same, crime procedurals with only a very few expections. There’s an audience for this kind of stuff, so they always bring in decent ratings and don’t get cancelled. ABC tries different and original things and they just don’t always work out.
Cancellations are a part of the TV, biz, yes. But I just wish networks would give shows enough notice to film one more “wrap up” episode. I’m talking about shows in general – cancellations without warning are a bummer. That’s what makes we worried for Ugly Betty (it’s also on ABC).
Actually I was totally aware that this show was on and watched it once but didn’t draw me away from Top Chef that’s for sure! I do however miss Pushing Daisies and Eli Stone. But as for ABC they let many shows stay. Pushing Daisies was cancelled for excessive cost which if you had seen it you would know why, sets not actors. I won’t miss this show, I couldn’t get over the idea of taking one of my favorite movies with A level actresses and Jack Nicholson and try and reinvent it. All I could say was why? Why, would you reinvent my favorite movie? I will not miss. Just sad that no resolution will come to the loyal viewers. I know that stinks, been there before…!
I understand that money is always the bottom line for a network, but Eli Stone was not as expensive to produce as Pushing Daisies and it averaged around 7 million viewers which just isn’t that bad for a new show. There are a lot of other shows that remain on other networks year after year that don’t even have that many viewers. It just feels like ABC is trigger happy and they don’t stand behind their own products, unlike some other networks.
I strongly disagree. ABC has one of the highest cancel rates and is not the only network to produce new shows – 30 Rock, Chuck, Heroes, The Office, The Philantrhopist on NBC. Yes, CBS is great at procedurals, but they work even if they are all the same basic idea. There’s a reason people tune into them.
And it maybe unfair to say that ABC is the Network that Cancels, but how fair is it to cancel a show that’s barely had a go. Even the procedurals on CBS need a warm up period.
I agree not all shows will work out, however if you’re going to put the money into producing the program at least give it an ending – that goes on any of the networks. Is it really worth it to leave their customers hanging – what ever happened to building loyalty -again not just for ABC.
i am very sick about the show being canceled and i am done with abc
Unless you are in their prized demographic, they really don’t care what you want to watch. It’s not about numbers, it’s about ratings and share in 18-34 and 18-49…mostly the former.
I agree that things were just getting interesting. It took a while to warm up, kinda like a book with slow early chapters and you keep putting it down. But around chapter 4 you realize you’ve been reading half the night and don’t want to stop reading to go to bed. We’re just getting to chapter 4 and I’m very disappointed that we won’t get any closure.
to be honest , they knew the show wasn’t getting good ratings and they also knew that episode 13 could be the last episode so…Anyway i’m sorry for the fans , i know how they feel
You have a point. I always wondered how far in advance scripts are written… and, in a case like this, where something COULD be canceled before back nine is ordered, if writers ever think of Plan B as far as episode 13 being The End. Closure would have been nice!
Hollywood, long out of original ideas, takes a movie made 20+ years ago and “re-imagines” it for television. Did we NOT see this getting canceled before it ever aired? It could have been the best thing since twinkies, but no one was gonna watch it because it aged itself with THAT title. Sucks, but its true.
Mr. Wu, hate to burst your bubble, but Eastwick was *actually* made from The Witches of Eastwick, a novel by John Updike. There have been various adaptations because Updike’s novel was fantastic, but this wasn’t a “reimagining” of a movie.
Visual media made from books tends to do well. It’s too bad this one didn’t.
Bailey, hate to burst YOUR bubble, but so what if the show was *actually* made from the book…all most people remember is the cheesy movie from the 80′s. I agree with Mr. Wu that this was bound to get canceled. I watched one full episode & even gave it a 2nd chance with another ep but it never held my interest. Sorry but the show was super lame.
Actually nunya according to an iterview with John Updike prior to his passing, the series was adapted from the book Witches of Easwick as well as its sequal “The Widows of Eastwick” and also takes elements of the musical play Witches of Eastwick. Updike was not as thrilled with the movie although he was honored that Hollywood was interested in the story enough to adapt it for television.
Maybe for you…I knew there was a movie, but I’d never seen it (I was 10 when it came out), so that was pretty much a non-issue. That said, I didn’t know anyone else who watched it, and that’s never a good sign. Too bad, because the cast was enjoyable and the writers seemed to be figuring things out.
I’m sorry to see the show go. The characters were really beginning to grow. I hope another network is smart enough to pick up the series. I would gladly watch on another network if ABC is so short sighted.
Not surprised… It was only an expensively made Charmed… This show was not original and the writing sucked the most.
Denise, did you even watch the show? Frankly, it is better than Charmed! A lot better.
Are you serious? This show was not based on Charmed but rather a book and a movie that predated Charmed by decades. Even though I wasn’t into the show, I know that it was done before Charmed. Based on your comment, you would be saying Charmed was not original. That it took after this book or this movie. And, Charmed was an awesome show by the way! Loved it!
Michael,
I don’t mean this harshly, but it’s hard to convery tone in written form, but it’s not as if you supported the show. You barely ever talked about it even though Rina Mimoun wrote 2 eps and I know you are a fan of hers. The ratings were really bad and it had a compatible female lead in with Cougar Town that it was fumbling badly. Leno was beating it 18-49. So while I am a fan of the shwo and do wish ABC maybe gave it a one time slot after DH (Although that didn’t work for CASHMERE MAFIA) I can’t really fault ABC. I think it’s uncool to fan the flames at ABC. Of course she’s pissed what showrunner isn’t when their show is cancelled. I feel for her and cast and crew, but unfortunately it’s teh nature of teh biz. Every media writer expected it to be canned. Now if they order more HANK, I am right there with ya.
Well, it didn’t help that Cashmere Mafia was a horrible show with horrible characters. I only watched 2 episodes, during which I kept hoping all the characters, especially the redhead, would get hit by a car.
I wish the CW would pick up this show. It goes with quite a bit of their programming (Supernatural, Vampire Diaries, Smallville for the occult angle) (Gossip Girl, Life Unexpected and Top Model for the appeals to female viewers side). I think it would be a good fit over there and I’m sure could capture the 2-3 ratings that most of the CW lineup gets now.
Good point! I hope they do!
That’s actually a great idea…too bad the numnuts at the CW can’t come up with the idea themselves.
I actually thought the same thing like 3 weeks ago…i think it would be a great fit…it has a really loyal fan base…i think it would do well at Cw
WELL I’M IN THE UK AND I LOVE THIS SHOW TO I THINK THAT LIVING SHOULD PICK IT UP AS ALL THE SHOWS ON THAT CHANNEL ARE HIT AND THEN I CAN WATCH IT TO,OR ITV2 THEY JUST PICK UP VAMPIRE DIARIES. I ALL SO LOVE SUPERNATURAL WHICH START THIS FEB ON LIVING TV
Me too! I would gladly switch to watching it on The CW. I already watch Vampire Diaries there and it seems like such a great fit!
cw please pick up eastwick, it will fit well with your other great shows i tune in to
Your comment on 11/11/09 mentioned “Life Unexpected.” I thought this (great) show opened in January 2010.