Your fall season scorecard, so far
We've had enough time now to grasp how the 2008-09 season and its new shows are faring (or failing), so let's tally up the results, shall we?
Full-season pick-ups
"The Mentalist" (CBS)
"Fringe" (Fox)
"Knight Rider" (NBC)
"90210" (The CW)
Yanked off the air
"Do Not Disturb" (Fox)
"Opportunity Knocks" (ABC)
"The Ex List" (CBS)
Other new shows' fortunes
"Eleventh Hour" (CBS): Wan start; gaining momentum
"Gary Unmarried" (CBS): See "Eleventh Hour;" it did better than "Worst Week" last night in a trial run behind "Two and a Half Men"
"Worst Week" (CBS): Will get worse
"My Own Worst Enemy" (NBC): Worse ratings than "Journeyman" in the timeslot, and that was cancelled
"Kath & Kim" (NBC): Tanking
"Crusoe" (NBC): Ehhh
"Life on Mars" (ABC): Hemorrhaging viewers after decent start
"Privileged" (The CW): Scraping by; a couple of more scripts have been ordered
"Stylista" (The CW): Pretty awful debut
"Hole in the Wall" (Fox): Not long for this world
Sophomore shows re-upped for the season
"Chuck" (NBC, despite struggling ratings)
"Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" (Fox, despite struggling ratings)
"Private Practice" (ABC, despite underwhelming ratings)
How other sophomore shows are faring
"Life" (NBC): On life-support, but NBC's trying to rescue it by moving it to Wednesday before "Law & Order"
"Lipstick Jungle" (NBC): Dumped, to Fridays
"Pushing Daisies" (ABC): May soon be its fate
"Dirty Sexy Money" (ABC): Ratings more dirty than sexy
Cable shows renewed
"Mad Men" (AMC)
"Dexter" (Showtime, for two more seasons)
"Sons of Anarchy" (FX)
"Raising the Bar" (TNT)
"True Blood" (HBO)

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