Production
Produced by ABC Studios, After Portsmouth and Berlanti Television, the series was officially greenlit and given a thirteen-episode order on May 11, 2007, and it aired as a mid-season replacement in 2008. Eli Stone premiered on Thursday, January 31, 2008 at 22:00 Eastern/21:00 Central, following the return of Lost; its first season finale aired April 17, 2008.
On May 13, 2008, ABC officially announced that the show had been renewed for the 2008–09 season. Moreover, in Canada, CTVglobemedia announced that they would send down the series to CTV's relaunched "A" television system for the 2008–2009 season. Season 2 premiered on Tuesday, October 14 at 22:00 Eastern/21:00 Central.
On November 20, 2008, however, ABC told the show's producers that it had opted not to order any new episodes, signaling that the series would be cancelled once all the episodes were used up.
The last scheduled episode of Eli Stone aired on December 30, 2008. The final four episodes of the series aired on Saturdays at 22:00 Eastern/21:00 Central on ABC starting Saturday, June 20, 2009. The final episode, "Flight Path", aired on July 11, 2009.
The unaired episodes starting with "Sonoma" were broadcast in Ireland by RTÉ starting March 13, 2009. The British Sci-Fi channel aired the final four episodes starting March 16 2009. The episode aired in Israel's yes stars Drama/HD channel and German TV channel Pro7 starting on March 31, 2009. Finally, In Australia, the Seven Network aired the final four episodes in the month of April, on Tuesdays at 22:30.
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