Petition 'em

Improv-a-Ganza's well-known ratings woes have sparked an online petition to GSN for a second season.



These things almost never work. Nielsen speaks far louder, especially when the petition only gathers a couple thousand signatures. Some of the comments on the petition site talk about the show's genuine issues. Improv-a-Ganza is a misfit for a game show network, sketches wander on too long, some favorite Whose Line skits have gone missing, etc. But then there's the comment about an angry mob burning down GSN headquarters if the show is cancelled. Somehow I doubt we'll have to call the fire department.



And sorry for the grim news, but the ship has probably sailed on this one. Improv-a-Ganza has been booted from weekday prime time and appears to have lost all its weekend slots as well. Some reruns might hang around for a while as GSN amortizes the cost of the large cast over a little ad revenue.



But a second season? Not unless the numbers miraculously recover.



UPDATE: Speaking of the numbers, the latest published day was the worst yet. Improv-a-Ganza crashed to an average of 79K viewers (not a misprint) for the three runs on Monday, August 1. I don't think that petition's gonna get it done.