It’s the end of the competition for Make It or Break It. ABC Family has cancelled the TV show after three seasons on the air.
Make It or Break It revolves around top young gymnasts who are training for the Olympics. The series debuted in mid-June 2009 to a 0.8 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 2.5 million total viewers. The ratings fell as low as a 0.6 in the demo with 1.9 million but that was still enough for the cable channel to renew it for a second season of 20 episodes.
The ratings got worse in season two but ABC Family still renewed Make It or Break It for a third season. This time however, they only ordered eight episodes. According to network president Michael Riley, it was “in time to ignite Olympic fever.”
If there were a possibility of ABC Family ordering a fourth season, those chances were pretty quickly dashed. Season three debuted to a 0.7 in the demo and 1.57 million. By week two, viewership had dropped off more than 25% and the numbers fell further in week three.
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The five episodes of season three that have aired thus far have averaged a 0.5 in the demo with 1.23 million total viewers.
At least part of the decline may have been due to the losses of Chelsea Hobbs and Josh Bowman (who’s now on Revenge). Coach Sasha (Neil Jackson) also hasn’t been seen much this season.
Of the cancellation, series creator Holly Sorenson tweeted, “MIOBI nation. We all love you so much. And we are, very sadly, three weeks away from the series finale of #miobi.”
The final episode of Make It or Break It airs on May 14th.
What do you think? Were you still watching? Are you sad that the show is ending?
Image courtesy ABC Family.
I love this show. It is something to look forward to on Monday nights. You should end it the right way, where it is able to be ended and not right in the middle of it not being a closure. When one tree hill ended there was an ended that made it a closure. Should just make sure there is an ending for the show and not for your own terms. Fans may stop watching shows on your channel because you might end another show for not having enough views.
Seriously pissed that this show is canceled! i like most of the ABC Family shows and this one was one of the originals i began to watch. I have been watching this show faithfully since the beginning and am so upset that i am not going to see who wins and how it really ends the way i thought i would. They should just have one more season to put a real ending to the show the way it was supposed to be!!!!!!!
Im really really pissed. When I found out there was a season 3 I got so happy. This is my favorite show and now they are canceling. I bet ABC family will lose a lot of viewers. Why don’t you stop showing old shows and stop creating stupid ones. Leave the ones that people actually watch!!!!
seriously pissed off right now reading this. all i wanted to know was why anthony starke(steve tanner) hasn’t been on the show, i probably missed something while watching. but i did not expect to come across this thread. WHAT IS THIS NONSENSE josh bowman was BARELY on the showww~ emily was amazing and all, but she wasn’t THAT crucial yah, i guess i wouldn’t mind and it wouldn’t hurt for sasha and his hotness to come back but i seriously felt like MIOBI took a turn for a better during season 3, it is like amazing. seriously loving the plot… Read more »
ABC Family has a habit of cancelling shows. I understand the ratings issues but on a series like this there is an end goal and they should as a network see it through to the end. The Olympic goal to get there and see who wins is how they should end it. Many shows don’t have such an obvious end to them, they were almost there and just left their viewers hanging. This isn’t the first on this Network. It makes ppl not want to watch new series on this network because they will probably cancel them too. I think… Read more »
dont let end just goo one more season and see how it does cuase alot of my friends are like catching up on netflex and hulu soo they will start watching it live please i <3 make it or break it
Make It Or Brake It should NOT be canceled because it is an amazing show!
Bummed out. This is my favorite TV show on air!
i am more than upset to hear this show is ending! at first i didn’t like the new season but i have refell in love with this show as i do every season! this show has made me fall in love with the sport of gymnastics! maybe the writer should have brought Sasha back for the hard training days and let Emily come back to see the girls and let them hang out; she wouldn’t be apart of competition but i love her anyway!
what season are you on?
Well, it has fan base even in Bulgaria and I’m one of them – sadly, only few episodes left, so far I guess that was my favorite season – no more drama with Chelsea Hobbs, just the training for the olympic gold!
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Sad to see a good show taken off the air. This was much better than Secret Life. They should have promoted it better.
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I would really like to see who wins the gold… I watch MIOBI online because i dont have cable! I love it! Why end a show without a true end? The gold medal should be the end! Not where ever it is you have decided to leave off.
i like it i mean i like make it or break it it was fun for the whole family to watch together i enjoyed it