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Originally posted by kddani
Veronica Mars seems to have a really big cult following, and there were a lot of people being very vocal about it on the internet and in the media.
One Tree Hill seems to appeal to the younger crowd, which is always a good thing when it comes to advertisers.
Everwood didn't necessarily have a strong target audience that stands out for me. Perhaps one or more of the characters didn't want to stay with the show. Perhaps it just wasn't going to get the demographics CW will be aiming for. It probably did enjoy the number 9 rating b/c it was on directly after 7th Heaven and had the spillover (now I know why I didn't watch it, I would put on the Apprentice at 9). Maybe Everwood outran its storyline and there wasn't much left to do with it.
We'll probably never know. They couldn't possibly keep all of the shows, so I guess something's gotta go, and someone somewhere will be ticked about it no matter what they choose.
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Ostroff actually came out and said that they decided to keep 7th Heaven because they wanted the big ratings to be a lead in for the new Donnie Walhberg show. 7th Heaven got Everwoods spot in the lineup.
VM has a huge cult following that has put together huge fan efforts to get the show renewed. The whole "Look to the Skies" Campaign was the biggest thing I'd ever heard of as far as that type of stuff goes.
OTH is probably cheap as hell to produce because of all the blatent product placements it has. Supposedly the creator signed huge deals which would definitely knock the cost of production down. Plus OTH has a huge tween/teen following that advertisers like.