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The Secret Life of the American Teenager: Cancelled, No Season Six

Published:October 10, 2012

secret life of the american teenager canceled by ABC FamilyABC Family has decided to cancel their long-running TV series, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, after five seasons on the air. While there won’t be a sixth season, there’s still more to come.

Created by Brenda Hampton, Secret Life revolves around the relationships between families and friends and how they deal with unexpected pregnancies. Castmembers include Shailene Woodley, Kenny Baumann, Francia Raisa, Daren Kagasoff, Greg Finley, Megan Park, India Eisley, Molly Ringwald, Mark Derwin, Michael Grant, and Cierra Ramirez.

Debuting in 2008, Secret Life became ABC Family’s first hit scripted series and paved the way for future successes like Pretty Little Liars.

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The ratings have come down over the years. To date, the fifth season has averaged a 0.7 rating in the 18-49 demgraphic with 1.38 million viewers. Still, it remains one of ABC Family’s highest-rated series.

While the show is ending, there are still 13 installments to come. A holiday episode is slated for November 19th and the dozen final installments will start airing next March. By the end, there will be 121 episodes of Secret Life.

Hampton called the series regulars to break the news. It’s unknown if the final episode will give the show some closure, end on a cliffhanger, or simply be open-ended.

What do you think? Are you sorry to hear that The Secret Life of the American Teenager has been cancelled? How would you like to see the show end?

 

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Nana April 6, 2013 at 11:37 am

I absolutely adore this show and I wish that there would be a season 6. The ending was too open. I think that it should end once all the main characters are in college. This is my fav show, great work Brenda !

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Toni January 29, 2013 at 6:49 pm

This show started off really good but the story and point soon became lost in all the technical errors. The dialogue became sloppy and redundant, the acting stiff and detactched, & the relationships just insincere. The story/plot lost its way. I’m truly sad to see the show end since I was wishing they would just fix the problems. I know from personal experience that being in this industry is hard but despite all the negativity Brenda still kept audiences captivated and intrigued. No matter how many times I said I would never watch this show again, (Its literally painful for me to watch bc of technical things), I’ve always come back and tune in to satisfy my curiousity of the characters. So, all I ask, is that there be no open endings, clear accepting closure on all characters that’s been apart of the show, & most importantly for Amy to act/become sane for the few remaining episodes. Ricky deserves that…and so do we.

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Tessa December 28, 2012 at 10:31 am

this show was terrible. there was too much dialogue and terrible acting all around. I stopped watching after the second season because Amy became unbearably self-centered. I’m glad it’s canceled so I don’t have to suffer through anymore commercials of it.

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