FALL TELEVISION The WB cancels 'Studio 7' after seven episodes

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The fall season hasn't even officially started yet, and already a show has been canceled.
The WB has pulled the plug on its unscripted/game-show hybrid "Studio 7" after, appropriately enough, seven episodes. Thursday's episode was to be the show's last.
"Studio 7" debuted to a miniscule 1.65 million viewers in late July, and its ratings in the 9 p.m. Thursday spot haven't budged since. While it's unlikely that any WB show would make a big splash in that timeslot in the coming season -- opposite two Top 10 shows in "CSI" and "The Apprentice" -- keeping "Studio 7" on the air makes no sense.
Instead, the network will show encores of second-year drama "One Tree Hill" in the timeslot, beginning Sept. 30. A stand-up comedy special from "Blue Collar TV" star Bill Engvall (Sept. 9) and encores of new dramas "Jack & amp; Bobby" (Sept. 16) and "The Mountain" (Sept. 23) will occupy the intervening weeks.
The WB also says it's moving the premiere of "Drew Carey's Green Screen Show" back a few weeks, to Oct. 7. The show, which combines improv comedy with computer animation, had been scheduled to debut Sept. 16, but would have faced the premiere of "Survivor: Vanuatu" on that night. New episodes of "Blue Collar TV" will also resume on Oct. 7.
In the meantime, a one-hour "Blue Collar" special, scheduled for Sept. 9, and repeats of the sketch-comedy show will fill The WB's 8 p.m. Thursday hour.