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V: ABC Cancels Sci-Fi TV Series; No Season Three

Published:May 13, 2011

V season three canceledSadly, the Visitors aren’t among us any longer. After two short seasons, ABC has cancelled their V TV series.

A reimagining of the original V, this series tells the tale of what happens when an advanced alien race arrives of Earth professing their desire to help mankind. Fortunately, not everyone trusts them. The second season features the talents of Charles Mesure, Elizabeth Mitchell as Erica Evans, Joel Gretsch, Laura Vandervoort, Logan Huffman, Morena Baccarin, Morris Chestnut, and Scott Wolf.

For season one, V ended up averaging a 2.25 rating in the coveted 18-49 demographic and 5.7 million average viewers. It was “on the bubble” but ended up being renewed for a 13 episode second season. The network was hoping that the show would catch on and the ratings would improve.

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ABC later reduced the episode order to just 10 installments and debuted them mid-season. Unfortunately, ABC’s gamble didn’t pay off. Season two of V ended up averaging only a 1.9 in the demo and 5.49 million viewers.

Though the network and producers maintained that the show was still in contention for next season, it was clear that there would only be a third season of V if ABC was willing to gamble once again. In the end, they weren’t.

ABC confirmed today that V has been cancelled after two seasons and 22 episodes. The series finale aired on March 15th and, unfortunately, there were lots of unresolved cliffhangers. Hopefully the producers will someday share what they had in mind for season three.

What do you think? Are you sad that V won’t be returning next season? Why do you think the series didn’t catch on?

Wondering where the rest of your shows stand? Check our ABC cancel/renew page.


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JP February 18, 2012 at 9:55 pm

ABC cancels all their good shows even the new ones. First it was the soaps AMC and OLTL then it is V and No Ordinary Family. I loved One Life To Live and I finally liked V an No ordinar Family and I would like to see the answers to the cliffhangers. ALl. ABC does is cancels shows. This network sucks.

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Lydia February 22, 2012 at 5:05 am

I guess I’m a little late but wanted to express my disappointment that V was cancelled. I really like that show, there is a complete lack of Sci-Fi nowadays :( It’s too bad everyone is still reality tv crazed! This is like the 4 series I’ve started to watch that eventually ends with any resolution!

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