NBC Takes 'Saving Hope' Off Schedule, Final Episodes to Air Online

12:07 PM PDT 9/5/2012 by Philiana Ng

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The medical drama starring Erica Durance was slated to end its season on Sept. 15.

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NBC is taking medical drama Saving Hope off the schedule.

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Instead, the network will make the final two episodes of season one available online, The Hollywood Reporter confirms. The two episodes were originally scheduled to air Sept. 8 and 15 and will be replaced by encores of America's Got Talent and The Voice.

Led by Smallville alum Erica Durance, the hourlong drama has struggled to make a splash in the ratings. It launched to 3.1 million total viewers and a 0.7 rating among adults 18-49 in June. The news comes one month after scheduling veteran Jeff Bader jumped from ABC to NBC.

Series co-star Michael Shanks voiced his unhappiness with NBC's decision to take Saving Hope off the air. "Wow NBC......way to cheat 3 million people out of a resolution to the story #Disappointed#HardlySurprised," he wrote Wednesday on Twitter.

Saving Hope will live on, however, just not on U.S. television. Canada's CTV renewed the show for a second season.

E-mail: Philiana.Ng@thr.com