From: CherryCokes | #015
Only once worth noting, which was Season 4. The back nine tanked, and it got an abbreviated S5 to close the show.
Yeah, pretty much.
For another very recent example of 13 episodes closing a show (just for fun, no real relevance here) Fringe just got an abbreviated 13-episode final season to close itself out. That show's ratings have been absolutely dreadful for the last couple of years, with one recent episode getting 2.85 million total viewers and a whopping 0.9 18-49. Its continued survival past the magic 88 and into 101 territory this Fall is kind of amazing.
ETA: It is definitely worth noting that Fringe has been airing on Friday nights, where ratings have been much lower for a very long time with regards to network television. But a 0.9 for Fox is still... lol.
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