LOS ANGELES, Jan. 17 (UPI) — After only six episodes, ABC has halted production on Heather Graham’s midseason comedy “Emily’s Reasons Why Not.”

The show opened to disappointing ratings Jan. 9 and even lost a huge chunk of viewers from its “Wife Swap” lead-in, Daily Variety reported.

The production shutdown leaves only five more episodes to air, but the network could decide to just trash those and replace the replacement show, Variety said.

“It is a shame,” executive producer Gavin Poline told Variety. “A lot of people were working really hard and the show kept improving.”

However, he added: “I can’t fault ABC, though: they promoted it like crazy and when the audience stays away, in this super-competitive environment, quick decisions are made. That’s the television business.”

Source: United Press International

Even a year ago, Heather Graham never really looked at weekly television as an option.

However, “I got really inspired by some of the really good television on right now,” says the 35-year-old actress, whose film credits include “Boogie Nights” and “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.”

“Emily’s Reasons Why Not” (9 p.m. EST Mondays, ABC) has Graham playing a single career woman trying to navigate office politics and her harried love life. It’s based on the book of the same name.

“I always loved ‘Sex and the City,’ ‘Scrubs’ and ‘Arrested Development.’ I think there are TV shows out there that are better than a lot of movies,” she says. “I go to a lot of movies now that have nothing going for them. I see a lot happening in television right now. It’s a good time to get into it.”

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Heather Graham is looking for love on ABC’s brand new comedy “Emily’s Reasons Why Not,” airing Mondays at 9 p.m.

In the mid-season comedy, Emily Sanders (Graham) is a successful career woman who has great instincts in every aspect of her life but one — relationships! After a series of mistakes, the 30-something is determined to make better life choices, something Graham says everyone can understand.

“I think as you’ve dated a little bit, you definitely try not to make the same mistakes you’ve made,” she says. “So I can relate to that.”

Graham, who’s famous for her big screen roles in movies like ‘Boogie Nights’ and ‘Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me,’ chose to head to the small screen because she believes this show fills a void left open when “Sex and the City” ended its six-year run in 2004.

“I just felt there was nothing out there where women were talking so frankly about their lives,” she says. “I felt that it was really the only thing that I was relating to in that way, and I wasn’t relating to movies like that.”

Graham was also excited to take on a show because of its ever-rare woman’s point of view. “I felt it was a great thing for women to watch and feel like their struggles were recorded,” she says. “It was empowering.”

Source: ET Online

Heather will be appearing on David Letterman tomorrow night and on Regis and Kelly on the 9th, so be sure and tune in.