Joan of Arcadia (April 22)
Sinking to an average of 8.1 million viewers after a season 1 high of
10.1 million, CBS' God-is-my-co-pilot drama could use a prayer circle.
Instead, it's employing a more mortal tactic — opening up a can of
whupass. In the finale, Joan (Amber Tamblyn) faces a sinister figure,
and ''her mission is to restrain him,'' explains exec producer Stephen
Nathan. ''It's Joan meets Buffy.''
Kevin Hill (May 18)
Hunky Taye Diggs attracted 4 million people to the debut of his
single-dad legal drama on UPN, but his megawatt smile has lost some of
its luster, and now lures only 2.8 million viewers. So Hill producers
have reached out to more pretty people: Toni Braxton, Wayne Brady, and
Diggs' real-life wife, Idina Menzel, will star in the final two episodes
''to tee off as potential guests for next year,'' says exec producer
Samantha Corbin-Miller. ''We're trying to make the show a little more
Practice and a little less Ally McBeal,'' she adds.
Smallville (May 18)
After four seasons, The WB's teenage Superman drama, which pulls in an
average of 4.4 million viewers (compared with 5.9 million in 2002), is
losing Nielsen strength. Exec producer Al Gough's plan: ''Our biggest
finale yet. A catastrophe strikes in the middle of high school
graduation, propelling everyone into different directions.'' Also
propelled is that sluggish kryptonian-crystal story, plus an explanation
for Lana's (Kristin Kreuk) tattoo. Hint: It doesn't involve a drunken
night in Tijuana.
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