Say Goodnight, Eric

In what has to be one of the more pathetic stories of this or any other recent television season, UPN has shut down production on its new Sex, Love, and Secrets… after airing only ONE episode. Yes, you read that correctly: one episode. Ratings for the premiere episode of Secrets were so low that the series actually placed EIGHTH in its time slot. Eighth! For those of you doing the math at home, this means that Secrets not only finished dead-last among the six broadcast networks in the time slot, but it also finished a couple of places behind two CABLE networks. When’s the last time you heard of that happening?

Secrets has about eight or nine episodes already in the can, so UPN may air a few more before sending in the replacements. Hey - is that South Beach I see swinging a bat in the on-deck circle?

Sleep tight, Eric Balfour. Your reputation as a show-killer lives on in infamy for yet another year.