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<blockquote data-quote="AndyB2008" data-source="post: 319920" data-attributes="member: 26097">That revival of Mission Impossible didn&#039;t last long because ABC screwed up on scheduling from the start.The first 8 episodes of S1 were aired on Sundays against Murder She Wrote,&nbsp; a show still popular. ABC switched the show to Saturdays where it held up against the NBC sitcom block for the rest of S1.ABC however decided to launch 2 sitcoms later, Living Dolls (a Who&#039;s The Boss spin off starring Michael Learned and Halle Berry) and Mr Belvedere on Saturdays at 8, so the IMF were packed off to Thursdays at 8 for S2 instead.That move backfired- S2 of Mission Impossible faced the block of The Cosby Show and A Different World and practically collapsed against them. Living Dolls and Mr Belvedere weren&#039;t getting the ratings MI had been and were struggling against NBC.So LD and Mr Belvedere got pulled and MI returned to Saturday, where it had done well.Unfortunately MI had to then face David Jacobs&#039;s critically acclaimed but ratings challenged drama Paradise starring Sigrid Thornton (which would have grabbed some of the MI demos) as well as the NBC sitcom block.ABC shut down the IMF in the end.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AndyB2008, post: 319920, member: 26097"] That revival of Mission Impossible didn't last long because ABC screwed up on scheduling from the start. The first 8 episodes of S1 were aired on Sundays against Murder She Wrote, a show still popular. ABC switched the show to Saturdays where it held up against the NBC sitcom block for the rest of S1. ABC however decided to launch 2 sitcoms later, Living Dolls (a Who's The Boss spin off starring Michael Learned and Halle Berry) and Mr Belvedere on Saturdays at 8, so the IMF were packed off to Thursdays at 8 for S2 instead. That move backfired- S2 of Mission Impossible faced the block of The Cosby Show and A Different World and practically collapsed against them. Living Dolls and Mr Belvedere weren't getting the ratings MI had been and were struggling against NBC. So LD and Mr Belvedere got pulled and MI returned to Saturday, where it had done well. Unfortunately MI had to then face David Jacobs's critically acclaimed but ratings challenged drama Paradise starring Sigrid Thornton (which would have grabbed some of the MI demos) as well as the NBC sitcom block. ABC shut down the IMF in the end. [/QUOTE]

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