Last Thursday was the 8th episode, and the last one NBC decided to air, opting for Law and Order repeats instead. They did, however, release the remaining five online. I thought it was gonna be one by one, but looks like all are now available to stream. So, go to NBC’s ‘the Listener’ Videos Page and watch the remaining five eps (109-113), or the whole thing if you haven’t checked it out yet. The show has a [somewhat] slow start, but stick with it, and you’ll crave more.

BTW, I recommend trying to stream the episodes one by one online at the Thursday 10PM slot, to show NBC that that is the program we want to watch, not more Law and Order. Similar to the save Chuck campaigns after the finale, when fans streamed a select episode on NBC.com on Monday 8PM (its normal timeslot). Whether that played a small part, not sure, but I think it’s worth the try. I myself plan to watch the next episode sooner (I really want to see it [edit 7-27-09: okay, can't help myself, I've already watched through the 10th episode now, and can't help but keep going]), but still go for the Thursday 10:01 PM time as well, and stay with that from then on (it’s tempting to watch them all now, but I’ll try).

Hopefully, since this is a CTV production (Canada) and that Fox International is happy with its, well, international premiere back in March (apparently it was received well) and its ratings in Canada aren’t that bad, a second season could still be possible. Basically, its well off everywhere except here in the US. Big surprise.

Oh, and they are available at NBC and Hulu up until September 20th.

And here’s a good reading on the US-Canadian partnership of The Listener and other shows, such as Flashpoint (CBS) and the first Canadian show to come to the US, Due South, which did survive a few more years after CBS canned it back in the mid-90s, because of good ratings in Canada, as well as the UK. TV partnerships are great – until they’re not — The Globe and Mail