where people speak with Southern accents, doesn’t have moments as much as microseconds suspended from any attempt at narrative." Other critics were more forgiving: Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Dorothy Rabinowitz said that the show "has its charms... The chief source of that charm is the unmistakable hint of wit in the writing. Only a hint – but it's steady, which is enough to seduce." In 2010, TV Guide Network listed the show at #22 on their list of 25 Biggest TV Blunders, arguing that basing a TV show on a commercial was a bad idea from the beginning. Broadcast Produced by ABC Studios and Management 360, the series originally aired alongside Carpoolers on Tuesday nights at 8:00 pm Eastern/7:00 pm Central. The series was placed on hiatus during the Writers Guild of America strike, and canceled before the strike ended. A total of 13 episodes were produced. The final six episodes never aired in US markets but did however air in Australia. Post-cancellation After the show's cancellation, a Geico commercial was aired during Super Bowl XLII in which two cavemen watched television, switched it off, and had an exchange about Cavemen: (blows a raspberry) "Huh. A TV show. About us." (disbelievingly) "What was the deal with that makeup?" "Exactly! Why not just use real cavemen?" "Well, I thought their diction was good. You could hear everything they were saying. At least they didn't say 'It's so easy a...'" "Yeah. Yeah. At least there's that." All 13 episodes were originally supposed to be released on DVD in 2008; however, plans were put on hold. List of episodes Weekly ratings In the following summary, rating is the percentage of all households with televisions that tuned to the show, and "share" is the percentage of all televisions in use at that time that are tuned in. Unless otherwise cited, the overnight rating and share information comes from Zap2It The following week, the Nielsen numbers from TVWeek.com. Additional ratings information, including the 18–49 rating, comes from BroadcastingCable and finally weekly overall ratings come from ABC Medianet Seasonal ratings Seasonal ratings based on average total viewers per episode of Cavemen on ABC: + Information is current as of January 7, 2008. Worldwide premieres 2007: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand 2008: France, Germany, Sweden, Mexico, Italy, Greece, India, Japan, Thailand and Dominican Republic Overseas distribution Aired on Channel Seven in Australia in 2008.