The cancellation had nothing to do with reality tv, but greed. The show was getting decent, but not spectacular ratings. Normally what happens is advertisers say they don't to spend thier money on the show. No advertisers, no show; that's the way the game works. What happened was, advertisers heard the show was on the verge of cancellation, and offered to sponsor individual episodes, just to keep it on air. It may not have had a ton of viewers, but those who were tuning in were the exact market the advertisers wanted to reach.
NBC thought they could find something better to put in it's place. Something that would get them better ratings and let them charge more for advertisements. I can't tell you what they replaced "American Dreams" with. I loved that show. I'd watch it every week. I couldn't wait to see which songs were going to be played, and what would happen week to week. At least there's a chance of it coming to DVD.
"Forget reality, give me a picture"-Remington Steele
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KatoCollins
15 years ago
I know what replaced AD. After it was moved to wensday, its replacement was MARTHA STEWART's APPRENTICE. When that was cancelled I seriously screamed "Now they'll bring back American Dreams." I was so naive.
"It was the fiddler on the roof. He just jumped."-SNL
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