Ah well.

ABC has pulled "The Nine" from its schedule again. Because, as in the case of "Veronica Mars," the sad-but-true fact is that not enough people wanted to watch it:

"The Nine," a drama about the survivors of a hostage ordeal at a bank, drew a shade under 3 million viewers in its return on Aug. 1. That number dropped to 1.9 million last week,

That's barely better than a show on The CW. It's a shame, but that's the way it is. So I can't bring myself to get too crazy about this now-you-see-it-now-you-don't summer return. After all, nothing lasts forever.

But I wish that it had been otherwise.