No Fireworks: FOX Bumps 'Drive' Burn-Off

Zap2It.com | July 2, 2007

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FOX airs 'Anger Management' instead

If you'd planned to spend the Fourth of July watching the last two episodes of "Drive" on FOX, you'd better make alternate plans.

FOX has pulled the scheduled "Drive" burn-off from this Wednesday's (July 4) line-up, replacing the swiftly cancelled racing series with a presentation of "Anger Management," the first film to pair Adam Sandler with Oscar winner Jack Nicholson.

Since barbeques and fireworks render Independence Day one of the year's least watched TV nights, FOX had already preempted "So You Think You Can Dance," making it seemingly the perfect night to fill out the "Drive" run as six episodes.

Instead, FOX has rescheduled those two episodes of "Drive" for nine days later, appropriately Friday the 13th.

FOX pulled "Drive" from its schedule on April 25, after only three airings and four programming hours. The series averaged only 5.6 million viewers overall and a 2.3 rating in the key 18-49 demographic.