Well, not yet…but the plucky survivors of that 52-hour hostage ordeal are being subjected to yet another trauma: a hiatus of indeterminate length.
Originally scheduled to air this Wednesday night as usual, the ratings-challenged serial drama has been bumped by a special episode of “20/20”…apparently because the executives at ABC are looking to raise the median age of their average viewer by a good decade or so.
Wednesday November 29 marks the last night of the current sweeps period; thus, the last-minute replacement suggests a vote of “no confidence” in Scott Wolf and his dimples by ABC management. However, the network insists the program will return “later in the season.”
If it doesn’t, does this mean the three unwatched episodes sitting in my DVR queue will officially become collector’s items? And will we ever get to find out exactly what that lovable loser Egan Foote-with-an-e did to become a hero?
