ABC cancels "The One"

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ABC Dumps The One
By Ben Grossman

ABC has pulled the plug on music-talent competition show The One after
two weeks of low-rated airings.

The show debuted July 11 with a 1.1 average rating in the adult 18-49
demo, before recording a 1.0 for its results show the following night.
This week the numbers were no better, with Tuesday’s show averaging a
0.9 and Wednesday’s results show coming in at a 1.0.

Troy.Heagy...

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(1) What was so terrible about the show?

(2) What happens to the contestants? They get told, "Sorry no singing
contract for you"? That would be a huge disappointment for them.

akjack...

seerialmom...

1. It had a premise that tried to combine all the "successful"
talent/reality shows into one and turned off potential viewers by
highlighting the backstage drama in the commercials rather than the
talent. Count me in as one of those who said "uh...no".

2. What happens to the contestants? Probably the same thing that
happened to those who were in other reality shows that got cancelled
before they completed. They got some kind of pay; I'm thinking they
may have a clause in their contract related to the possibility of the
show either being cancelled or never airing to begin with.

Look at the bright side, they can go audition for American Idol next
year :)

I didn't think you were watching anything this Summer.
From this week...

Me:

akjack...

You:

ABC is currently finalizing plans to fill the two one-hour holes next
week and beyond.

Earlier this week, Fox Entertainment President Peter Liguori used the
low ratings of ABC’s The One to fire a shot back at ABC Entertainment
President Steve McPherson and others who have accused Fox of mimicking
show ideas in the past.

“McPherson probably owes [Fox reality chief] Mike [Darnell] an
apology,” he said Monday. “He spends a lot of time dumping on Mike
for copycatting, and I think he got a big stiff one there.”

Liguori, who admitted that even he was surprised by how low those
numbers were, says they were a product of the over-saturation of shows
this summer trying to catch the American Idol success.

microsoap...

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation) now sports an OBVIOUS and WELL DESERVED black eye over
this. Tsk (terrible).

“There have been a ton of copycats this year,” he said. “Everyone has
had some variation of a talent show in hopes of catching this wave.”