When Alcatraz debuted, it looked like the show had a very good chance at being renewed for a second season. But how do things look now? Will the TV series be cancelled after all?
Alcatraz follows police detective Rebecca Madsen (Sarah Jones) and Dr. Diego Soto (Jorge Garcia) as they try to solve the mystery of how 340 prison inmates and guards disappeared in 1963 and are now reappearing in modern day. The cast also includes Jonny Coyne, Parminder Nagra, Jason Butler Harner, and Sam Neill.
The TV show debuted with a solid 3.3 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 10.05 million total viewers. In week two, the demo slipped 9% to a still respectable 3.0 rating with 9.03 million. New shows typically fall 15-20% in their second week so this was a good sign. Week three dropped another 7%. That wasn’t positive but not horrible either.
Unfortunately, the ratings have just kept falling. In February, NBC kicked off the second season of The Voice and Alcaraz took a big hit, dropping 18% on February 6th and then another 17% on the 13th. And the numbers just keep going down. Last week’s episode was a series low with a 2.1 in the demo.
For the first time in many years, the big networks all have really strong programming on Monday nights and FOX has ended up on the bottom. House, which is in its final season, keeps dropping and so does Alcatraz.
Alcatraz’s season average is currently a 2.3 in the demo with 7.1 million. On our FOX report card — which ranks the network’s shows based on demo averages — Alcatraz has a “C.” Terra Nova, which has already been cancelled, had a better demo average and has a “C+”. When a show that was performing better than yours has been cancelled, that’s not a good sign.
Alcatraz is definitely on the bubble but, in light of the downward ratings trend, I expect it to be cancelled by May. There’s just no reason to expect that the series will do any better if given a second season.
But, what do you think? Do you think Alcatraz will beat the odds and be renewed for a second season? Should it be cancelled?
Image courtesy FOX.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!! Let Alcatraz come back! I LOVED it, it was so addicting, i at least want to know what happens or make something up if it’s going to be cancelled, where is it going to go after all that happened?? I bet it will come back full force, no one knows what they are missing!!!
I love the show Alcatraz as does my whole household and our extended family and friends. We are all really tired i must say of shows coming out, we give them a shot and watch them.; get hooked on them only to have them ripped away from us (cancelled). This is happening more and more much to our chagrin! We would love to give these various networks OUR OWN feedback, but have no idea how to get any type of message to them. So, if by chance if any network is reading this they will give me, all of us… Read more »
I love Alcatraz. Not much on TV I enjoy watching but Alcatraz had me hooked. Hopefully it will come back.
Someone at the networks needs to figure out how to commit to their new shows long enough to bring the to a conclusion. I love Alcatraz and want to see a second season. They can’t leave it like that. I am tired to commiting to new shows only to have the not do well enough in the ratings the get cancelled before the loose ends are tied up for the viewers. In the end, viewers are not going to watch the shows because they get tired of being strung along with no ending. Its like having someone take your book… Read more »
I love this show. But, unfortunately I don’t think it will be returning . . . It took too hard of a hit from The Voice. 🙁
Comparing it to Terra Nova is silly. While the ratings be lower than Terra Nova, TN was incredibly expensive. Alcatraz should be relatively cheap to make.
The show is very well written, very well acted, and will surely build a following given time and support.
KEEP IT!! Our whole family looks forward to watching it!
Fox does always the same. They use to cancel series without any care on the people who is watching it. That’s why I don’t see Fox anymore. I prefer to watch their shows later (while on season 2 or season 3) on internet.
I should have known better than to get hooked on a new show. Every time I start watching something new, it never lasts. TV never produces anything I find worth watching. I think reality TV is for morons who are voyeurs. Game shows are for daytime to kill time. Cartoons are for kids – todays kids, anyway, with all the vulgarity that seems to be fed to them on a daily basis and they eat it up. There is never anything decent and entertaining anymore. I usually won’t even watch TV for lack of something worth watching – I turn… Read more »
I really hope they make a second season 😀 The first season was epic, so well done and it catched my interest directly 😀 I must have more, I must know the answers 😀 It would specially be interesting to know why they are making the “jumps” 😀
Cheers 😀
I love this program (Alcatraz). I also loved Terra Nova. It always seems that TV networks continue to cancel shows that I like. The TV networks do not give shows a chance. If they don’t bring in the $ on the first season they are cancelled. I do not like reality shows, sitcoms or singing shows. It makes it hard to watch TV when nothing good is on. I’m glad I have a big selection of books.
would hate to see this get cancelled. it was one of the shows we looked forward to. 🙁
Само Алкатраз! Нема да го спирате!!! И в България го гледаме и му се кефим.
I love Alcatraz. I’m so tired of new shows coming on and getting the axe so fast. This is an excellent show and I wasn’t sure I would even watch anything by the creator of Lost again but I got hooked on this one. There is still so much to learn.
Shame on networks. If this show gets cancelled I think I might to the same with cable. Much better to wait for shows to get renewed a second season and catch up on them when they come out on DVD.
Love the show and would love to see a second season!!