ABC’s mid-season medical drama, Off the Map, recently concluded its first season on the air. The alphabet network’s been looking for a new hit drama and this one was produced by veteran producers of Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice. How does Off the Map stack up? Will it be cancelled or renewed for season two?
Off the Map revolves around six doctors who have “lost their way” and travel to a remote South American jungle to help those in need and to try to rediscover the reasons why they wanted to become physicians. The series features the talents of Caroline Dhavernas, Jason George, Jonathan Castellanos, Mamie Gummer, Martin Henderson, Rachelle Lefevre, Valerie Cruz, and Zach Gilford.
The medical drama premiered with a mediocre 2.3 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 7.57 million viewers. The TV series won its timeslot but was disrupted in some parts of the country by coverage of the Tucson Memorial. ABC decided to give Off the Map another chance to attract viewers by rerunning the first episode the following night, in place of a Private Practice rerun, and it retained much of the Grey’s Anatomy lead-in audience.
Unfortunately, that’s still not a great start and subsequent episodes of Off the Map essentially drew fewer and fewer viewers each week. The final episode of the season hit a series low and attracted a very poor 1.3 rating in the demo with only 3.80 million viewers.
Off the Map is the second-lowest scripted series on ABC that hasn’t already been officially cancelled, averaging a 1.7 in the demo and 4.96 million viewers. It ranks below doomed No Ordinary Family and just above doomed Detroit 1-8-7. In short, unless ABC really needs to keep Shonda Rhimes happy, there is no reason why the network would bring Off the Map back next year for season two.
What do you think? Do you think there’s any hope for Off the Map? Do you think it will be cancelled or renewed? Are you okay with the way the TV series ended?
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omg. i loved the show, i was like in love with jonathan castellanos, i want an other seasoooon <3<3
please dont cancel off the map i really love this show and i have been waiting for it to come back on and i hope they put season one on dvd
Our whole family watched and loved Off the Map. What gives? Please return it for another season. This is undoubtably the BEST SHOW on television. We will be really let down if it is cancelled. Cancel the trashy reality shows before Off the Map!
I loved this show and was awaiting its return this fall.
wow………another good show thrown away………i was looking forward to season two…. sucks
There is very overrated drama in the medical part. They act as heroes, etc. But the story and the actors do it insanely well. Looking forward to season 2, now the show is canceled I don’t understand. 🙁 I think that ABC should remember that there is a market outside the U.S. and here it will sell well. So why should not we have a 2 season in Europe?
off the map was my favorite show. i loved watching it every week, i would record them and watch them again thats how good the show was. i really want to see what happens next , i have got so many people to watch the show and they loved it. this show is so good beacause it not like the rest other shows bore me because there all the same at least off the map gives you excitement and always a different cenery. This show makes me want to travel just because all the beautiful cenery. off the map is… Read more »
I loved this show, even more than Private Practice, which I also love. Please give it another chance.
My husband and I love this show, it is better than all those reality shows out there. Please dont cancel!!!!!!
Nola
I am getting tired of getting into shows and then them canceling. I am about to stop watching all new shows…
my husband and I looked forward to watching off the map. We are both over 60 and found the show to be entertaining, funny and well written. We tried to tell our tv watching friends to watch. please do not cancell the show.
I love Off The Map and I would be so disappointed if it were canceled. I hope they give it another chance. I’m so tired of the lame sitcoms and reality shows. I like the good old fashioned show with a story line and a little drama. Grey’s is my favorite and Off the Map is my second favorite.
I’m really annoyed they cancelled this show- I LOVED this show, more than Grey’s Anatomy and a HECK of a lot more than Private Practice…. In fact, even though I am a Grey’s veteran, I prefer to wait until the dvd comes out to even bother with it. I couldn’t WAIT to watch Off the Map every week…
What a disappointment! The only thing I enjoyed watching was this show, even though it came on so late. It was just so interesting and the scenery was beautiful. And I really HATE reality tv shows… please turn THOSE ones off FIRST!
My husband and I loved the show! We are so disapointed!!
We loved the actors and where it was! The scenery was so splendide!!
Carole Roy
My husband and I loved this show. I hate all the reality shows; they are so fake and who cares. Please do not cancel this show. All the good shows are back to back with some other good show. We have to record favorites like Castle, Off the Map and Harry’s Law. I don’t like The Office, Modern Family etc. It is taking great actors in what looks like adlib scripts. Take them off.