Things aren’t looking good for Time After Time. ABC has announced they’re replacing the low-rated series with episodes of Match Game on Sunday nights.
The drama follows a young H.G. Wells (Freddie Stroma) as he travels to the present in pursuit of of the brilliant and engaging surgeon, Dr. John Stevenson (Josh Bowman) a.k.a. “Jack the Ripper.” The cast also includes Génesis Rodríguez, Nicole Ari Parker, Will Chase, Jordan Sparks, and Jennifer Ferrin.
Time After Time premiered on March 5th to very low ratings. The show’s debut received a 0.65 rating in the 18-49 demo and only 2.54 million viewers. The series’ numbers have only declined from there. Only five episodes in, the drama is averaging a 0.54 rating in the 18-49 demo and 2.20 million viewers, making it one of the network’s lowest-rated series for the 2016-2017 season.
While ABC has not officially announced a cancellation (networks rarely do), it seems certain that it’s cancelled, given the terrible ratings and the show being pulled from the schedule. Match Game will air in place of Time After Time beginning April 2nd. There are currently no plans to air the remaining installments.
What do you think? Have you seen Time After Time? Do you think it should have been cancelled?
I think ABC should give this show a chance. It is better than watching strangers vie to marry someone they just met just to be famous. This has fiction, romance, and a story line you want to see every week. There are worst shows on TV that aren’t cancelled. Sometimes, a show needs to find its audience.
Really loved this show. What a shock!
They put the two leads together to fast. This show could have been much better if more “time”(pun intended) had been put into the storytelling!
I loved the series. It is one of the best series to air. The acting is great, the writing also well done. I looked foward to seeing each episode. At the very least please put it on On Demand. So those of us at least see the rest of the season. I believe it may have been a bad time slot. There are so many terrible programs that people continue to watch it is unbelievable.
RIght now there are like 10 great shows on Sun night. Time after TIme was always the second or third show I watched, though which is saying a lot! But it was competing with OUAT, Homeland, Big Little LIes, The Good Fight, Shades of Blue, Billions, American Crime, The Arrangement, Anne, Making History, The Feud, Saving Hope.. and those are just the ones I like!! But really sad to see a time travel show go. I loved Continuum and Travelers. I did not like Timeless. But this was a good mix of Continuum plus some of what Timeless had.
half dozen time ave shows this year and the network’s messed up every single one of them
another good idea horribly done
The networks never give a show a fair chance. Sunday night is a terrible time to air a new series. I personally love the show and wish it would continue. They’ll probably put out another stupid sitcom or some animated junk like the Simpons. Go figure!
you never really advertise the show correctly so what do you expect So there were a lot of people out there that didn’t know it existed just like this series forever which was a great show but was not advertised well enough
Please don’t cancel love the show.
I love the show and so did a few millions others who cares about another match game not everyone likes game shows especially this One
I agree UNBELIEVABLE….SAME HERE EVERYTIME I START LIKING A NEW SHOW THEY CANCEL…. MATCH GAME are you serious, Alec Baldwin, better, no way. I don’t think it was given a chance with only 5 episodes…..
UNBELIEVABLE….Every time I start liking a new show they cancel it….GRRRRRRRRRRR. And putting on the MATCH GAME????? Seriously????
I like this show better than Timeless! I hate to see it cancelled. I’m sure as hell not watching the match game!! Guess I’ll be watching CBS instead.
I really don’t think 5 episodes is giving it a chance. Sometimes it takes people a little time to find new programs.
I loved the original film, but thought the series weak. It isn’t a premise that lends itself to an episodic format.
Another show I liked is cancelled. Really liked it and really liked the cast. Boo Hoo!