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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Please bring it back!!! I just went online to see when we would finally get to see who Abby picked!!
PLEASE BRING BACK THIS SHOW IT WAS GREAT AND REFRESHING. MY GOODNESS A WOMAN COP THAT WANTS TO HAVE SEX AND THIS SHOW HAS A GREAT STORY LINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i am so tired of these television/cable stations canceling shows just because they feel they don’t hane enough viewers. They should take a poll via the neilson surveys. Or at
the very least, schedule a final show to sum up the cliff hangers. Shows such as prime suspect, drop dead diva, against the wall, pillars of the earth, camelot, and play boys club. All canceled!
I was really looking forward to seeing who Abby was going to choose for her man.
I was so looking forward to Season 2 of Against The Wall, I am in shock of the show being cancelled. There was so much more to happen. I would rather watch Against The Wall than The Client List. Please bring it back!!!!!
Very sad, I just found out “against the wall” was cancelled, I would have started a campaign tO save it !!!!!!!!!!
me too!
Very sad I loved the show.
I am sad to see that show go. Army wives is better? I was a Army wife & life for most of us were not anything like what that show tries to portray. STUPID! Most of us were too busy taking care of our husbands or holding down the fort while they were deployed some where in the world to be creating drama. Busy worrying over whether or not our husbands would come home safely or if they would come home in a box. Take that show off the air and put Against the Wall back on.
My husband and I loved this show. How sad it has been canceled.
Can’t believe they are going to leave us hanging about which man Abby chose. I thought the show was good and entertaining.
Other shows could of hit the chopping block. But not this one.
I LOVED Against the Wall and am totally bummed that it was cancelled.
It was a great series. How can we get Lifetime to reconsider and bring it back???
I thought that it was a great show and am sorry to see it cancelled. If Lifetime had promoted it the show could have become awesome. So much better than most of the crap on TV now.
I Agree 100%
I can’t believe Lifetime cancelled Against the Wall. I have been waiting for months to see who Abby picked. I just looked online to see when season 2 was going to start and it showed they didn’t pick up another season, instead started The Client List, which is horrible. You need to bring Against the Wall back.
This is ridiculous! This was a great new show with awesome characters and we were just starting to get to know them with this first season. Only one other show to watch on this channel, way to go Lifetime.
I CAN NOT BELIEVE AGAINST THE WALL is CANCELLED?!!!! WTH is wrong with everyone?! Everytime I get into a new show it friggin gets cancelled?! I dont understand?! Its like the majority of people like stupid shows with atupid story lines, but the ones you can really relate to get cancelled! Do the networks even care what we think, I mean seriously?! How many shows does there need to be about rich people in hollywood or new york & all there drama? There’s enough of those shows! Quit cancelling the good shows that the rest of us can relate to!!!
I enjoyed this show. I cannot believe Army Wives out did this show. The plot and the characters were great! They seriously need to reconsider this, the show needs to be taken up by another tv network. please!