Just to say, I planned to write a completely different piece about Whitney's chances. Anyway, Whitney premiered to a 3.3 rating last September. It dropped to about a 2.1 by late fall, and because of poor reviews, NBC tried to make it die by burning it off on Wednesdays at 8. However, the show was resilient, and maintained decent ratings for NBC. Sure, it would score about a 1.6, but that would frequently be good for the #3 scripted show (#2 comedy) on NBC. However, NBC put a cheap offering, Off Their Rockers, into Whitney's time slot, and Rockers has preformed just as well as Whitney did.
Yesterday, I prepared to give Whitney about an 80% chance of renewal. However, Deadline is claiming that Whitney is essentially dead, but that cannot be taken as pure fact. I still think that NBC will need one returning multi-cam to put in a block. If they renew a multi-cam, it would definitely be Whitney, but it is not looking so good. Suddenly, Whitney has a 50% chance of renewal.
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