What the hell...
There really was no reason to cancel it - sure, ratings weren't great but it was a brand new show, give it some time. After all, it won a Writers Guild Award and earned Dreyfuss a SAG nomination. Also, it co-starred Oscar-winner Marcia Gay Harden (Pollock) and Tony-nominee Jayne Atkinson (Broadway's "The Rainmaker") and featured guest appearances by...
Oscar-winner Kim Hunter (A Streetcar Named Desire)
Oscar-winner Peter O'Toole (Becket)
Oscar-nominee Marsha Mason (Dreyfuss' "The Goodbye Girl" co-star)
Tony-winner/Emmy nominee Roger Rees (Broadway's/TV's "The Life & Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby")
Emmy-nominee David McCallum (TV's "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.")
Tony-winner James Naughton (Broadway's "Chicago")
Tony-winner Stephen Spinella (Broadway's "Angels in America")
Tony-nominee/Emmy nominee Tovah Feldshuh (TV's "Holocaust", Broadway's "Yentl")
Tony-nominee and Eli Wallach's wife Anne Jackson (Broadway's "Middle of the Night")
Emmy-winner and Tony-Winner Eli Wallach (Baby Doll, Broadway's "The Rose Tattoo")
Emmy-winner Michael Emerson (TV's "The Practice")
Tony-nominated director Austin Pendleton (A Beautiful Mind, Broadway's "The Little Foxes")
Oscar-nominated producer/Tony-nodded actor Bob Balaban (Gosford Park, Broadway's "The Inspector General")
Emmy-winner Jay Thomas (TV's "Murphy Brown" and Dreyfuss' "Mister Holland's Opus" co-star)