Lifetime has given Lizzie Borden the ax. The cable channel has cancelled The Lizzie Borden Chronicles after one season of eight episodes.
A continuation of the story started in the TV movie Lizzie Borden Took an Ax, The Lizzie Borden Chronicles unveils a fictionalized account of actual events and people surrounding her life after her controversial acquittal of the horrific double murder of her father and stepmother in 1892. The show stars Christina Ricci, Clea DuVall, and Cole Hauser. Other characters are played by Olivia Llewellyn, John Ralston, Dylan Taylor, Bradley Stryker, Jeff Wincott, Jessy Schram, Rhys Coiro, Adrian G. Griffiths, Chris Bauer, and Matthew Le Nevez.
The limited series debuted in April and ran for eight episodes. They averaged a 0.27 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 820,000 viewers. The season (now series) finale aired on May 24th.
What do you think? Do you like this series? Should it have been cancelled? Would you have watched a second season?
They could’ve at least tried to push it over to Netflix bcuz lord knows they need to add some more decent series, more series for Americans not saying anything bad about most of the British series( or whatever country they started in). They have some really great series but this would be a great addition for Netflix so maybe they could start competing with hulu and amazon prime!!
Every network always ends up canceling the shows that I really enjoy I really liked this show. I would actually watch it as soon as it came on instead of dvring it and watching later. I’d dvr other shows and watch this one. They cancel shows that are actually interesting to alot of people before they even give other people to get into it. I didn’t like breaking bad at first with only watching a couple episodes& then not watching it for a couple years but then I got into it and watched or all the way to the series… Read more »
Why cancel a good show – who makes these stupid decisions – Christina was wonderful in the role. Another good show bites the dust! Wrong decision.
Why cancel a good show – who makes these stuipid decisions – Christina was wonderful in the role. Another good show bites the dust! Wrong decision.
i really liked this show ,i never missed a episode.i am very disappointed in lifetimes decision to cancel it.i hope they will at least put it on blu-ray very soon,i especially liked the music ,i would love to have the soundtrack also.
What a disappointment, I went online today to see when the Lizzie Borden Chronicles would be returning, only to learn it has been canceled. Your give us a cliff hanger ending then you just leave us hang. At least give us a movie that wraps everything up.
you can rent this at Netflix there should have been a season 2 .Love Christina as Lizzie miss the show so much stupid move by lifetime
loved the show. My daughter in law and I watched every episode together. Bad move by lifetime.
Me to, and you are so right it was a very bad move by Lifetime I never missed an episode and I miss it so much
I think lifetime need the plug pull on lifetime station. The real life show are not real its bull . We all love lizzle. . Lifetime just went flatline.————————————————————-‘-”
I love your posts and I agree there real life shows stink .I don’t think they even wanted to give the Lizzie Borden Chronicles a chance .If Lizzie was alive herself today and please excuse the pun ,she would give Lifetime the ax.I guess you could say Lifetime just couldn’t HacK It ,
Agreed. I hate that they cancel decent series like this one, witches of eastend, the client list, etc but they keep preachers daughters reality show, Tara off of little women LA and her new show. Not hating towards anyone who watches them personally I hate hate hate mostly all reality series. They are so boring and stupid to me I’m not sure why they keep those bit then cancel shows before it even really gets out there before it even had a chance to get popular. Alot of people didn’t even know about it.
HOW COULD YOU!!! This was one of about 3 shows I would actually sit and watch on a regular basis. We should all sign a petition to get it back on the air.
Great idea! Make the petition & i will sign it
Lifetime you draw a vacuum you go and cancel the best show you had and leave those crappy life shows on ,they are so very boring at least with the Lizzie Borden Chronicles it left me sitting at the edge of my seat and i think that Christina makes a perfect Lizzie .What have you been smoking lifetime ??
Right!!
I hate when you put on a series then cancel them!!! Its not fair to the veiwers. I watched the show faithfully every week.Then i see its cancelled its a bummer.
BEST show on this network I will never get hooked on a show again to have it just dropped!
The Lizzie Borden Chronicles was the best show on tv,I watched this show every week and never ever missed an episode ,want to know how hooked I was on this show sometimes I would watch it again just right after you already showed it ,I miss it so much and Christina made a wonderful Lizzie. I hated the way you ended it .
I really love the show.
Very disappointed! It was a great show that I looked forward to watching each week. It was a very good show.