She considered the commitment: if the show succeeds and is renewed beyond its initial season of 13 episodes, it will crowd out other opportunities.
Though canceled after its initial season, The Merv Griffin Show returned in 1965 as a syndicated program.
That drama averaged two million viewers for its first play in its initial season and grew to 3.7 million in its second season.
The show averaged about 4.5 million viewers for its 12-week run, beaten only by the 5.4 million that "Six Feet Under" attracted in its first season, and more than the 3.4 million that "The Sopranos" averaged in its initial season.
HOW SHAKESPEARE WON THE WEST The Huntington Theater Company, in its initial season under a new artistic director, Peter DuBois (see "Becky Shaw," below), offers a first glimpse of Richard Nelson's new comedy about a troupe of New York actors who trek west seeking fame and fortune.
Littlefield, who was also the president of NBC Entertainment during the time of "Friends," "Seinfeld," "ER" and the height of '90s "must-see TV," spoke to the cable series' aim to live on creatively past its initial season run and the cultural forces driving this round's cast of characters.
Tisch was technically the team's co-chief executive at first, however given his lack of football knowledge he chose to defer to Wellington Mara on football decisions in his initial seasons with the club.
The major change that emerged was broadening the rule from prohibiting only blindside hits, as it did in its initial 2010-11 season, to prohibiting any hit that makes the head the principal point of contact, regardless of direction.
And it's noticeable that, when Dominic Cooke took over the Royal Court, his initial season at the Theatre Upstairs was composed entirely of work by women writers including Lucy Caldwell, Polly Stenham and Bola Agbaje.
Over a year after its initial release, Season 4 was later re-issued in Region 4 without The Final Break included.
