How ‘Hell On Wheels’ Made Saturdays Work; Weekends Can Provide Opportunity For Cable TV Shows

It's a fate that has befallen many a promising TV show: The network moves it to a Friday or Saturday night time slot to live out its last few episodes in front of a dwindling audience before cancellation. Most TV fans know the drill by now and can read between the lines when one of their favorite shows gets that treatment.

But the truth is, weekends don't have to be a death sentence.