CBS - FRIDAY-NIGHT LIGHTS-OUT FOR NUMB3RS ?

FRIDAY-NIGHT LIGHTS-OUT FOR NUMB3RS ?

In a sign that the onetime hit series Numb3rs may soon be 86'ed, CBS on Thursday cut back the number of episodes ordered for the current season to 16 from the previously announced 22. While the series has generally performed better than its rivals in Friday-night competition, all shows aired on Fridays now draw relatively small audiences. Although usually winning its time period at 10 00 p.m., the audience for the veteran crime procedural has fallen to 7.9 million. The series, currently in its sixth season, has already produced enough episodes to allow it to be sold in syndication, and in fact earlier episodes are currently airing on TNT.

05/11/2009