Bones has been a quiet hit for FOX but the same can’t be said for its spin-off, The Finder. FOX has now cancelled the low-rated series after one season.
The Finder is a procedural series that revolves around a man (Geoff Stults) with the extraordinary ability to help people find the unfindable. Other castmembers include Maddie Hasson, Mercedes Masohn, and Michael Clarke Duncan.
The spin-off debuted on January 12th to a disappointing 1.7 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 5.50 million total viewers. It was fourth in its Thursday night timeslot right out of the gate and lost nearly 30% of the all-important demo from its compatible lead-in, Bones. This was not a good start.
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Things picked up a bit in the following weeks, thanks in large part to the show having FOX’s blockbuster American Idol as a lead-in. Still, the numbers weren’t as high as they should have been.
After seven weeks on the air, FOX put Finder on hiatus and then moved it to Friday nights, giving its Thursday timeslot to Touch. If The Finder could maintain a healthy percentage of its viewers after the switch, it would likely garner a renewal.
But that didn’t happen and Finder’s numbers dropped like a rock. In its first Friday airing, the freshman series attracted a 1.1 demo rating — an episode-to-episode loss of 53% — with just 4.03 million viewers. The numbers for future episodes fluctuated a bit but didn’t really get any more encouraging. The network could do just as well or better by running cheaper reality programming.
The season finale of The Finder is set to air this Friday night and there won’t be any episodes after that. Hopefully the producers saw the writing on the wall early enough and won’t leave viewers hanging with any major unresolved storylines.
What do you think? What went wrong with this show? Why do you think The Finder failed to attract a bigger audience? Was cancelling the series the right decision? How would you have fixed it?
We found this show on Netflix and never knew it was even on Fox. I think it failed in the ratings because not enough people knew about it. I wish there were more episodes, we love it!!! I wish they would bring it back we need more shows like this that show people trying and doing the right thing…………….. MORE SEASONS!!!!
Sadly this isn’t the reason it was cancelled … Michael Clarke Duncan died of a heart attack in 2012. I loved the show but it can’t continue without Leo Knox.
Maybe they could write in a “relative” of his to take over The Ends of the Earth and be Walter’s foil? Who might be a good fit? Ideas?
fox needs to bring this show back
Was intrigued with ‘The Finder’ after watching the characters on Bones and finally got around to buying and watching the DVD. It is a brilliant show and I totally loved all the characters immediately and the humour is excellent. This show definitely needs a second chance.
I am with so many others, I watched this on a whim on netflix and LOVED it. The actors were fantastic and it ended on such a cliff hanger with nothing explained I NEED more.
Please I want more of this show. I loved it. I cannot believe the last episode was that.
I agree with the other comments. This is clean and quirky entertainment. I would love another season or so. I believe because of the time lapse, there could be a replacement found for Mr. Duncan that would allow more episodes.
I would love it if Netflix made a second season.
Just finished watching the series. An interesting idea well written and acted. At the end they still had over 4 million viewers. Isn’t this a large enough audience for Netflix? I wish they would pick it up like they did Longmier. They freed up the writers and improved it. I bet they could get a few more seasons out of The Finder too. Tricky after 4 years getting the same actors and writers. Bet they could put it together again.
Unfortunately the a for that played Leo died of a heart attack k at the end of the first season … 🙁
They could get Bob Sapp to play him or a relative
I want to see the second season of finder, is one of the better series I saw.
For the rating? fox is a …
we want season two!!!
You don’t need to worry people, Fox like the rest are so stupid, when they have a great show that shows good clean, decent situtations they pull it for some stupid reality show that anyone with a brain knows is fake. Example Moonshiners, let’s put our face on national tv and show everyone where I make my shine. Or any of the other dumb reality shows. So we can add this to the list of total blunders of pulling a great show before it gets a good chance.
Please, please, please do more shows in this series! Geoff Stults is so quirky as Walter, and even though Michael Clark Duncan would be impossible to replace, the other characters would undoubtedly rise to the challenge of closing the gap left in his absence. This was a fantastic show! I cut off my cable years ago and watch mostly Netflix, so they could pick it up and continue the series! PLEASE!
Just finished The Finder on Netflix and it was great! I would have loved to see more episodes of this show. To many cliffhangers. I need to know what happens to next. Replacing Michael Clark Duncan will be hard. He was such a great person and actor. Would love for Netflix to bring this series back.
my cousin and I finished it today and I can’t believe it. it’s been almost 4 years and they’re gonna leave us with this cliff hanger? I blame Fox.
They should have had the decency to end it with a TV movie rather then that dramatic ending leaving us hanging. Just like THE GLADES abrupt ending at the point every one was waiting for so many stupid shows on and they cancel two good shows with humor, drama and great chartacters
Wow. Caught this series on Netflix and couldn’t stop watching it. Binge watched the entire series. Again Fox has their heads up their butt! Damn good show and cluld easily go another 2 to 4 series. Unique stories lines, good balance of drama and comic relief, and sost important cast excellent and great chemistry. Netflex would be well advised to pick up and run with this series ASAP. Don’t screw around for 2 years before production and loss vital cast members.
I like the actors very much. Yes it is not great but I think it is quite good. Please bring it bsck. Leo Knox gone will be hard but please bring it back!