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'McEnroe' Canceled
Topic Started: Dec 4 2004, 06:38 PM (41 Views)
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http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?t...storyID=6993840

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - CNBC said Friday it canceled its heavily promoted talk show "McEnroe," which occasionally registered a zero rating.

The show, which debuted on the business channel in July, marked tennis great John McEnroe's first foray into the talk arena. But his fans did not follow: A few times it garnered a 0.0 rating in households, according to Nielsen Media Research.

Two months ago, CNBC pledged to keep the faith after a change of executive producers. But the ratings didn't come.

A memo sent to CNBC employees Friday by primetime chief Bob Meyers said nothing about the bad ratings.

"John and the show consistently had top guests and people from all over the world waiting on line to be part of our in-studio audience," Meyers said.

"McEnroe" will be seen in originals and repeats until the end of the year. It will be replaced by "The Big Idea" with ad exec Donny Deutsch, a show that will go from a once-a-week airing to five days a week beginning sometime in late January.






lol, I didn't even know it was still on. I stopped watching it after it's first week of airing.
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That sucks. Even though I didn't watch it. :P

But the show replacing it is pretty good. I've seen that a few times.
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