• Associated Press, Monday, December 18, 2006 11:45 AM

ABC has pulled the plug on both "Day Break" and "Show Me the Money," a pair of low-rated series that have been airing back-to-back on Wednesday. And the failure of "Day Break," a crime show starring Taye Diggs, messed up the net's plan to fill a slot vacated by "Lost" when that show went on hiatus after just six airings. ABC says that repeats of comedies "George Lopez" and "According to Jim" will air in the slot that "Day Break" briefly held. That show, which premiered Nov. 15, attracted fewer than 4.5 million viewers last week for a ranking of 99. On Jan. 3, sitcoms "Knights of Prosperity" and "In Case of Emergency" will debut in the same time period, and when "Lost" returns Feb. 7 with new episodes, it will move to 10 p.m. Wednesdays. "Show Me the Money," hosted by William Shatner, is getting bounced in the short term by sitcom reruns; ABC had hoped to duplicate the success of NBC's "Deal or No Deal," but the audience for the show had dropped to just 7.1 million.

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