Big Shots is an
American television drama created and executive produced by
Jon Harmon Feldman. The
pilot was directed by
Charles McDougall.
[The Futon Critic]
History
Produced by
Warner Bros. Television, the series was officially approved for broadcast and thirteen episodes were commissioned on
May 11,
2007.
The show was added to the schedule on Thursday nights at 10:02 p.m.
EST (9:02PM
CT). It premiered on
September 27,
2007 on
ABC, following
Grey's Anatomy.
[TV Guide] It also premiered on
CTV in Canada on the same date,
but was shifted to CTV's secondary
A-Channel effective October 25, 2007.
[CHANNEL CANADA :: Big Shots and Dirty Sexy Money Move from CTV to A-Channel]
ABC pulled
Big Shots from the schedule in December 2007, and filled its slot with repeats of
Private Practice.
["Big Shots" Downsized at ABC, Yahoo!, December 11, 2007]["Big Shots": ABC Pulls Struggling Drama Yet Again, TV Series Finale, December 11, 2007][ABC Shoots Down "Big Shots", Zap2It.com, December 11, 2007] On
December 15,
2007 ABC announced its mid-season schedule, and
Big Shots was back on the schedule. Despite the original commission of thirteen episodes, as a result of the
Writers Guild of America strike in Hollywood, only eleven were made. The final one aired on
January 24,
2008. On
May 13,
2008, ABC officially
cancelled the series.
[ABC Announces Their 2008-09 Schedule. Who's Been Cancelled?]
