Hope for ‘Back to You’ Fans?
May 12, 2008 by Chandra
Perhaps, loyal viewers, perhaps.
Rumors spread early this weekend that Fox has canceled the broadcast-news sitcom Back to You, reportedly because of the high price tag attached to its big-name stars Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton.
TV Week indicates all is not said and done regarding the show’s future, however. On Sunday, the website reported that Back to You’s production studio, 20th Century Fox TV, is shopping the show to CBS.
The studio has apparently given CBS head Leslie Moonves several episodes of the series to evaluate. If the comedy should move to a new home at the network, the switch wouldn’t be all that shocking — Heaton starred on the Eye Network’s monster sitcom hit Everybody Loves Raymond, and the network once contemplated a spinoff of NBC’s monster sitcom hit Frasier, which starred Grammer.
Fans will know the absolute fate of Back to You sooner rather than later since upfront week, the time when broadcast networks push their fall schedules and recent ratings performance for prospective advertisers, is here. Stay tuned…
In other related Fox news, the rookie dramas Canterbury’s Law and New Amsterdam, both midseason series, have also been given the ax. The major difference is those cancellations seem to be done deals as there’s no talk of shopping either show elsewhere.
