Bear meal

Posted a while back about that lovable cancellation bear from TV by the Numbers. Looks like our ursine friend has found at least one more show to munch. Take Me Out, Fox's Dating Game times ten, appears doomed after a burnoff of its final three eps on Saturday night.

The ratings started out marginal and got worse in a hurry. My review of the show was generous, more or less admitting the overwhelming cheesiness. But what else should you expect from a cheesy kind of show?

Fox's other venture into dating fun and games, The Choice, got somewhat better numbers and may survive to a second go-round somewhere down the road. Did The Choice outrun Take Me Out as the cancellation bear closed in? We'll see.

UPDATE: Wouldn't you know, as soon as Fox announces plans to exile Take Me Out to Saturday night, the show's ratings on Thursday night perk up a little. Still not great numbers but better than before.

UPDATED UPDATE: Well, those okay if not great numbers have made Fox think more kindly of Take Me Out. So the show will stay on Thursday night...for now. But the bear is not hibernating.