ABC won’t be making its official announcement until tomorrow but the axe has already fallen for midseason’s The Unusuals.
The dramady revolves around a dysfunctional but effective group of New York City cops. The series features the talents of Amber Tamblyn, Jeremy Renner, Harold Perrineau, Joshua Close, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Kai Lennox, Terry Kinney, Adam Goldberg, Ryan O’Nan, Ian Kahn, Kat Foster, Heather Burns, Robert Funaro, and George Aloi.
The ABC show debuted on April 8th to a disappointing 6.83 million viewers and a 2.1/6 rating/share of the 18-49 demographic. The following week, the numbers fell to 6.01 million and a 1.8/5. The network tried a different timeslot but the numbers were worse and subsequently fell to a terrible 4.74 million and a 1.4/4.
Though ABC really wanted to find a new cop drama, it became pretty clear that this one wasn’t going to be it. The network has opted to cancel The Unusuals rather than order a second year.
Their official schedule will be announced tomorrow but show creator Noah Hawley has already been informed that the show is dead.
He twittered, “Friends, just heard The Unusuals will not be back for a second season. Thanks for all your amazing support.” He later wrote, “It’s a tough loss.”
There are four episodes left in season one and ABC will begin airing them next week, on May 27th.
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This makes me ANGRY! Why do these TV. Networks keep bringing new series out, and then cancel it after the first season..We get all involved then this happens..I am tired of this..I wish they would leave the series alone..I really enjoyed this series…very sad
to bad, i guess it was to good for the network to consider, maybe they do not consider the tv watcher intelligent and witty enough to enjoy such a program, not enough of us to invest, i guess crap sells better…………….
I am very mad that they are not bringing this show back for another season. I went out of my to watch this show…finding it on TV or watching it on the website when I missed it. It was a great cop show!
I am VERY sad, I finally found a show I liked and you guys cancel it. The Unusuals was a clever and funny cop show! What are you guys thinking canceling the show.
Dis-apointed and angry at the ABC network.
I loved this show! It was smart, funny and different! I am tired of shows coming out and only a few episodes being shown and the viewer is left hanging.
Man…I don’t know whether to laugh in disbelief or cry that this show was cut! This was a GREAT show! I don’t even watch ABC save for this show, so I guess I’m back at square one! Sorry ABC…oh wait! Darn…there is still hope for you yet as I do enjoy Ugly Betty! Maybe you guys could reconsider a shorter season for the Unusuals. I really enjoyed the morning dispatcher’s voice in the background!
ABC did it again! What the hell are they thinking? Such a refreshing new show with all sorts of story lines on different levels and they pulled a “Kevorkian” on it! Dancing with the Stars again??? Really??? I don’t get it. I just wish one of the Cable Channels are reading and listening to us!! TNT, FX, USA??? PLEASE HELP US!!
Shame on you ABC your ratings are slipping!
Was so looking forward to a new season. Checked to see when and learned about the cancellation. Too bad. The characters had so much potential. Just loved watching the development.
Quality network television. How many times do you get to use those three words in the same sentence? The Unusuals is quality network television. Terrific writing, excellent directing, and strong, compelling actors.
PLEASE, OTHER NETWORKS, PLEASE PICK UP THIS GREAT SHOW.
I miss this show.
I just found out this show was cancelled. It is such a shame it was a good show. I loved it, as well as a lot of others. Now I was thinking about ABC, and I then got out my guide, and started searching for shows on ABC. I can not find anything else that I want to watch on this channel. I can see that I can block ABC and will not miss anything.
t is such a shame, this was a good program, I looked forward to it to come on. Now all I can see that ABC has to offer is, Dancing With The Stars (actually Dancing with the Fallen Stars is more appropriate I think) and Greys Anatomy (This one got old after two seasons in my book).
I really think it should be rethought about cancelling Unusuals. It is much better than you think.
Thank you for your time,
This is typical network programming nonsense at ABC. By some fluke, they get a show that’s too smart for the room or something that requires some time to grow. Thank you ABC for hunting down creative television and killing it.
What a bunch of losers. I never watch abc and they finally put something interesting on and then decide to cancel it. Brilliant. Almost as good as your Monty Python fiasco in the 70s. Who runs this station anyway? May as well have chimps running the business, even they could do a better job. (No offense to the chimps – just to the chumps!)
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