'Guardian' still endangered

From:Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Date:March 04, 2004
By Rob Owen

CBS's "The Guardian" won its time slot in the overnight household ratings twice last month, so I thought maybe CBS chairman and CEO Leslie Moonves would be ready to revise his January comments that the Pittsburgh-set show is "on the bubble" for renewal for next season. I was wrong.

"The status is really the same," Moonves said in a teleconference Tuesday. "It's still doing decently. Three years ago there would have been no question about 'The Guardian' being on our schedule, [since it's] winning in viewers and households. But we're paying more attention to the 25-54 [demographic] and, dirty word, even the 18-49 [demographic]."

"The Guardian" ranked fourth in the 18-49 demo this week.

My gut says the show will be back, but with "CSI: New York" in development, I could easily see "The Guardian" shunted to low-rated Saturday night.