What looked to be one of the biggest hits of the new season, FlashForward, isn’t looking like such a hit any longer. Will the series make it to year two?
FlashForward begins as the world’s population blacks out for 137 seconds and they “flash forward” to see visions of their lives six months in the future. The series’ ensemble cast includes Joseph Fiennes, John Cho, Jack Davenport, Zachary Knighton, Peyton List, Dominic Monaghan, Brian F. O’Byrne, Courtney B. Vance, Sonya Walger, and Christine Woods.
The series debuted on September 24th on ABC. The premiere attracted a 4.0 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 12.47 million viewers. The following week, the number dropped to a very respectable 3.7 and 10.73 million.
For week three, the ratings dropped again to a 3.0 and nine million. Total viewership rose for weeks four and five but the demo remained essentially the same with a 3.1 rating.
On October 29th, FlashForward dropped to a series low of a 2.7 rating and 8.92 million viewers. The sudden drop was understandable because it aired opposite the World Series on FOX. Unfortunately, baseball fans didn’t return last Thursday when there wasn’t a big game. FlashForward’s ratings sunk even further to a 2.6 and 8.47 million, barely beating FOX’s Bones for second place.
ABC has already committed to a full season of FlashForward so it’s relatively safe for now. However, if these numbers don’t start going up, the series is far from guaranteed a second season.
What do you think? Do you think the ratings will go back up or will the show burn out in one season? Are you still watching? If so, what could be done better?
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One of the biggest problems with the networks is that with shows like this they aren’t doing full seasons. They give 4-8 shows then take it off the aire for months at a time then expect us to be there when it comes back on. I personally am sick of this, I want a full season and several during the year. The second Biggest problem is they have a show like this they do this stupid flip season crap then the ones of us that do come back and watch they just end up cancelling the show. You can almost bet that if it is a split season (gotten so used to this by now) that they are planning on cancelling. So why bother to come back and get interested?
I agree with Stacy… I did not even know about the show until I stumbled onto it online… I watched the first 10 episodes and waited with baited breath for the season to start back up again so I could watch it… I even told some other friends of my discovery and they went out to find the DVDs of first season so they could catch up… couldn’t find them… but I guess it would be a waist of money now if show gets canceled… Just start the show.. play a FULL SEASON… and if you need to go into reruns, play in order so new comers and get caught up… not everyone is a baseball fan, or whatever… you could not only refresh current fans, but pick some new ones up… personally, I hate the yo-yo thing with split seasons… give it up… people get bored and find something else, and then they don’t come back!!!
I personally love the show, was very happy to see that it came back on when they said it would. This is one show I really enjoy watching, would hate for it to be cancelled.
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