The Writers Guild of America strike halted production of network programs for much of the 2007–08 season and affected network programming into 2009, as various ABC shows that premiered in 2007, such as "Dirty Sexy Money", "Pushing Daisies", "Eli Stone" and "Samantha Who?", did not continue to a third season; other series such as "Boston Legal" and the U.S. version of "Life on Mars" suffered from low viewership. One of the network's strike-replacement programs during that time was the game show "Duel", which premiered in December 2007 and became a minor success in its initial six-episode run, but failed to recapture its audience as a regular series in April 2008. On August 15, 2008, Disney denied rumors that it would be selling the ten ABC owned-and-operated stations.