ABC Family has decided to pass on ordering a second season of its freshman sitcom, Ruby & the Rockits.
In Ruby & the Rockits, former teen icon Patrick Gallagher (Patrick Cassidy) has been living quietly with his wife (Katie A. Keane) and their two sons, teenage Jordan (Austin Butler) and sarcastic preteen Ben (Kurt Doss).
Things change when Patrick’s former band-mate brother, David (David Cassidy), shows up with David’s previously unknown teenage daughter, Ruby (Alexa Vega). David doesn’t want to give up his show-biz life and leans on his brother to help raise his daughter, who’s a rising star on her own.
The show debuted on July 21st to 1.6 million viewers and 654,000 in the 18-49 demographic, making Ruby the second best sitcom launch in the network’s history. It even built out of the audience of fellow freshman comedy 10 Things I Hate About You.
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Unfortunately, those numbers didn’t hold up and the sitcom lost steam in the following weeks. While the network has renewed 10 Things for another 10 episodes, ABC Family has decided to dump Ruby after one short season.
The final episode is scheduled to air on Tuesday, September 22nd. In the episode, titled “Smells like Teen Drama,” Jordan and Ruby compete for the attention of the same girl. Privileged’s Lucy Hale guest stars as Ruby’s best friend and Jordan’s new girlfriend. Meanwhile, Ben is being bullied at school. David and Patrick want him to fight back while his mother has a very different point of view.
What do you think? Should the show have been cancelled or did ABC Family make a mistake?
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NOOOOOO!!!!!! ABC Family, if u r reading this, PLEEEEEAAASEEEE order 10 more episodes or more of R&TR!
Plz put back ruby and the rockits me and my kidz luv it so much we all think and noe they are verry funny.can’t wait to see them again soooooon ty..
Aww no!!! I luved Ruby & the Rockits dont cancel it… I was in and out most of the time beceause I was in school while it was on the air… But I watch every show on Hulu and want to see more… This show is awsome and a great cast… SO PLEASE THINK IT OVER and BRING IT BACK!!!
PLEASE DON’T CANCEL RUBY AND THE ROCKITS!!!!!!!!!! I love the show. I kept wondering when the new season was going to start and then when i was searching it said it has been canceled. It was mad. I’m also mad about 10 Things I Hate About You. It says they’re canceling that too. I love that show too. Ruby And The Rockits and 10 Things I Hate About You are my favorite shows. SO PLEASE DON’T CANCEL RUBY AND THE ROCKITS!!!!!!!!!!!! O:-)
@Karisha: 10 Things hasn’t been cancelled. It’ll be back in early 2010.
Please don’t cancel this show. There are SOOOo many talented people on it!!! Huge mistake!!!
This was the only show I watched on ABC Family. Now back to ignoring that channel. It was developing into a really great show. As usual those at the top are out of touch with real life and what people really want. This show crossed generational lines. They didn’t give it enough time.
This was a great show! I’m headed back to FOX without it! I want more!
pleaasseeee dont canel Ruby and the Rockits!!!!!! that was my favoritee show and i watched it every time it came on and recorded each episode so i could watch it again!!!!! i was searching on the computer to see when it would come on again and i found out that it was cancelled and got really mad and now im sad
… so PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DONT CANCEL RUBY AND THE ROCKITS!!!! ABCFAMILY IS MAKING A BIG MISTAKE!!! RUBY AND THE ROCKITS IS BETTER THAN SECRET LIFEE!!!!! (i like secret life but deffinitly not as much as Ruby and the Rockits!!!!!) IF ABCFAMILY IS READING THESE COMMENTS; PLEASE TAKE IT INTO CONSIDERATION TO KEEP THE SHOW! <3 I thought it was a perfect match with 10 Things I Hate About You.. it was comedy drama; and then just plain comedy afterwards!!! 
Bring back this show it really is great. Cancel some other crap on the air
Dear ABC, Please put RUBY AND THE ROCKITS back on. It has a great cast and great plots. I think it wasn’t advertised enough and therefore many people including myself who loves the Cassidy family and Shirley JOnes, weren’t even aware of it until recently. Thanks so much. Sincerely Sarah
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