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I already had that one at an “Elevated” Cancellation Alert, but it will be jumping up to the next notch shortly and it better turn its attrition around immediately if it does not want to wind up as a Summer burn-off show.
Ratings Results for the Week of March 14th: Blame it on Daylight Savings? 2010
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I already had that one at an “Elevated” Cancellation Alert, but it will be jumping up to the next notch shortly and it better turn its attrition around immediately if it does not want to wind up as a Summer burn-off show.
March « 2010 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2010
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Then it could get cast into the Summer months as a burn-off show.
26 « March « 2010 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2010
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And on Saturday, the Kings and Eli Stone burn-off episodes continued to languish.
Weekly Update – Fuller Leaves Heroes Again; The Eleven Doctors; Digital Comics 2009
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Basically, it needs to improve its numbers right away otherwise it will get cast into the Summer months to burn-off its remaining episodes.
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•Sadly, we've reached the final three new episodes of ABC's technicolored delight Pushing Daisies (Saturday, 10 ET/PT), a lovely, humane comic-fantasy that deserved better than a summer burn-off.
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Happy Endings had all the ingredients for a quick midseason burn-off show: It premiered in April in a 10 p.m. time slot with back-to-back episodes that aired out of order.
Eliza Coupe on Egg Babies and Her Black Swan Moment That Might've Saved Happy Endings 2011
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•Guests old and new dominate the night, starting with Duran Duran's John Taylor, who plays (naturally enough) a longtime rock star on the summer burn-off return of the canceled Samantha Who?
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This season, CBS is bucking the trend by airing new episodes of longtime utility player Rules of Engagement on Saturdays, but that's more of a burn-off to build up the show's inventory of episodes for syndication.
Ask Matt: Entourage, Ringer, Closer, Torchwood and More! 2011
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Then it could get cast into the Summer months as a burn-off show.
March « 2010 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2010
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