“Samantha Who?” gets bumped again!
by tess ~ April 21st, 2009. Filed under: Samantha Who?.Bad news, following on from yesterday’s post about ABC bumping the show’s finale in favor of Ugly Betty coming back a week early, both Variety and Michael Ausiello of Entertainment Weekly are reporting that this week’s episode is also a goner (replaced with a rerun of a Grey’s episode).
The news earlier in the day from industry magazine TV Week and show writer/story editor Pamela Ribon was that the second season would end this Thursday, the 23rd. It seems that in the space of a few hours, ABC execs changed their minds and decided no – effectively meaning that last week’s episode “The Debt” was it for this season.
It’s very disappointing news – although it should be noted that Variety has not ruled out a third season and also a summer airing for the seven remaining episodes if the network chooses not to include the show on the Fall schedule.
I would just add that it’s worth keeping an eye on the schedule this week. This story has changed so many times over the last 24 hours that you can’t be sure what’s actually happening anymore.