Lifetime has decided that neither of its freshman dramas are worthy of a second season. The cable channel cancelled The Protector in September and they’ve now canned Against the Wall as well.
Against the Wall stars Rachael Carpani as Abby Kowalski, a single cop who joins the Chicago department’s internal affairs division. The series’ co-stars include Andrew Walker, Brandon Quinn, Chris Johnson, Daniel Kash, James Thomas, Kathy Baker, Marisa Ramirez, Mayko Nguyen, Steve Byers, and Treat Williams.
Debuting on July 31st, the show attracted a mediocre 1.8 million viewers with a 0.5 rating in the 18-49 demographic, about on par with The Protector. Unfortunately, the numbers didn’t improve throughout the season. The 12th and 13th episodes (now the show’s last) aired on October 23rd. They each drew 1.4 million viewers and 0.4 demo ratings.
Lifetime recently ordered 10 more episodes of successful (and likely ending) Army Wives and also has Drop Dead Diva to help launch new shows. The cable channel has ordered The Client List, with Jennifer Love Hewitt reprising her role from the successful movie. Lifetime also has a few pilots on tap like Modern Love starring Eric Stoltz, American Housewife with Melanie Griffith, and Sworn To Secrecy, a movie and back-door pilot that stars Neve Campbell.
What do you think? Are you sorry that Against the Wall won’t be back for a second season? Why do you think the drama didn’t catch on?
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A number of us really liked this show and looked forward to viewing it each week.
Forget your reality shows and put it back on!
I’m so bummed!!! I thought it was a great show and was looking forward to the next season and finding out which guy Abby was going to end up with. 🙁
I thought it was a great show! Maybe if it weren’t on Lifetime and at 10 pm on Sunday’s it would have more viewers.
Very unhappy about the decision to canel the show. Extremely disappointed.
I liked the show very much. It got better as it went along. Networks seem to be quick to cancel.
Loved the show, gee thanks for nothing Lietime. Why dont you give a show more than a season before you jerk it!!!!!!!!!!
Bring it back!
I’m pissed its not coming back on. I love that show and its needs to come back on
I’m pissed as well its the only show that investigates all crimes within the department and not outside it. plus you can’t have a series ending and not tell who she picked thats a good way to turn people away from the channel instead of tuning in to it the only thing i’ll probably watch on the channel now are movies and that still depends on if there good or not. PUT THE SHOW BACK ON PLEASE>
Please bring back this show I loved it!!!
I’m so disappointed this show wont be returning. This was the first series I’ve watched in a long time and enjoyed every episode.I don’t think it was advertised enough for people to know about it.That’s to bad it could have gone far. I hope they reconsidered running it.
Loved this show sooooooooo much! So pissed i watch like 2 shows and ive been waiting for it to come back on am sooooo mad it got cancelled!
im so pissed i LOVE this show!!!!!!!!
plz just make an episode and tell us who she picks…im dying here and it better be brody
bummer ******* i wanna see who she picks they have dumber shows on lifetime anyway
I cannot believe lifetime is canceling this show, I have been waiting for it to come back on. But go figure!!! I don’t even watch lifwtime or really know of anyone thays does anymore, its all full of old re-runa, never anything new!!!!