Fans of the Motive TV show won’t find the series on the ABC schedule this summer. The US network has decided to drop the Canadian police drama after two seasons.
Motive revolves around a strong-willed Vancouver detective (Kristin Lehman) who’s also a single mom. At the start of each episode, viewers are shown the killer and victims. As the criminal investigation progresses, details of what led to the crime are revealed via flashbacks. The rest of the cast includes Louis Ferreira, Lauren Holly, Roger Cross, Brendan Penny, and Cameron Bright.
Produced in Canada, ABC licensed the show to air in the US during the summer months. Though it has some devout fans, the series’ ratings were pretty poor. The first season attracted an average of a 0.9 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 4.96 million viewers. Last summer’s second season drew a 0.8 rating with 4.07 million.
While ABC has “cancelled” the series here in the States, the show will continue to air in Canada. It was renewed for a third season in May 2014 and those episodes are currently running on CTV. The network has just announced that Motive has been picked up for a fourth season and will resume production in the fall.
It is possible that another US channel could pick up the series since licensing a show costs much less than producing original programming of their own. Cable channel ION picked up imports The Listener and Flashpoint after they were dropped by NBC and CBS respectively.
What do you think? Do you like the Motive TV show? Should ABC have dropped it? Would you watch seasons three and four on another channel?
Motive has the MOST original concept of any. “Who-done-it” crime show I have ever seen- those who cancelled it are stuck in a Rut of
” canned format shows” pathetic R those who don’t like it !
I read about 10 comments and I agree I don’t want it to go! (I didn’t know it was on USA or ION channels… Sad I missed those). Very good show, and I looked forward it, as I was in my top 5 list. It looks like people are still thinking about it if was canceled in 15/16(?), and still 2 comments (and now 3 with mine) this yr in 2017!
Loved the show, hope it will come back.
Liked the show. Would watch it if brought back.
One of my favorite shows. I love the characters and the theme of the show. Please keep it airing.
Great show. Bring it back on US TV
One of the best shows on TV!
I loved this show!! Always looked forward to it.. a very different premise.. loved the characters.. I”ll try to find it elsewhere…
I love this show. I think it is neat that they show the killer and the victim and you have to figure out what the connection is. I hope they keep this up for a long time. Is Oscar leaving the show because on the last episode he had put in his papers to leave. I hope he and Angie both stay.
Brilliant show……there is nothing out there like it. I am such a fan and will surely be sad to see it go.
The show Motive is awesome. It ran just a few episodes this year then disappeared. Will defiantly watch it on another network. It seems like all the good shows are canceled while all the reality shows are kept on.
USA has brought Motive back on Sunday nights starting with Season 4 – will have to figure out how to watch Season 3 now!