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?
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We love Alcatraz. Move it to another night/time. Just give it one more season. We watch it every week. Most weeks we watch it twice and go back and rewatch previous episodes to see what hints they may have given that start to make sense after the new one. It really engages your brain to see if you can see where they are going next. It deserves another season. Please don’t leave us hanging out in the cold with no answers.
Seeing as its looking likely to be cancelled does anyone know know the actual plot?
I love this show! Don’t cancel it!
Don’t cancel Alcatraz! It’s a great show and I want to know more…
Keep Alcatraz! Its a great show! What did the network think when they put it against The Voice. It needs its own time slot and maybe night. It would do a lot better
Love this show it was just getting good plz.don’t cancel it I beg u . All this mindless face drama that is on tv now makes me sick
My household loves Alcatraz. We do NOT want to see it cancelled!! It is a very unusal concept for a show. It would be ashame to see it go.
Please don’t cancel Alcatraz! My whole family loves this show! It’s so interesting and so intense to watch! We have to find out what happens! I will be VERY upset if it gets cancelled! KEEP IT!
This is a wonderful show! My husband, kids and I loved watching it together each week. That was our show for that night. We’ll be hugely disappointed if it gets cancelled. We don’t care for the other shows that are aired on that night at that time. We’d still watch it, though, on whatever day it was aired. Maybe that’s an idea they should try first before cancelling it. Move it to a different day/time, and more people might watch. JUST DON’T CANCEL IT WITHOUT AN ACTUAL ENDING TO THE STORY!!!
please don’t cancel alcatraz.. i want to know what happen to rebecca and the next.. keep alcatraz..
It’s hard to invest in a show like Alcatraz when you are constantly worried that they are going to cancel it and you will never find out how it ends so then you don’t watch and the ratings dip and it gets canceled. Maybe shows like this would do better if we were promised to never be left hanging. That even if they canceled it, there would be a wrap-up and an answer.
Did this show really get canceled? i love this show me n my fiance n a group of friends get together every week to watch the new episode. all to keep stupid shows like keeping up with the kardashins (n many others) on TV. i am really upset now was looking forward to the new season
I love this show just because the ratings where not crash hot due to a crappy reality show does not mean that it should be axed it deserves at least another season where there are no reality shows airing then it will get the ratings,the people of the networks should look at the ratings from other countries that aired the series of Alcatraz not just the U.S
I think Lost ruined it all with its crappy ending…..people watching season after season for an ending that didn’t make sense!
Don’t cancell Alcatraz! It’s a great show and I want to know more… I hate it when they show us all the episodes knowing that they are going to end it! WHY!!! It happened to Earth 2, Dark Shadows, Firefly and many others! KEEP ALCATRAZ!
It’s flashforward all over again. They can’t come up with good content anymore (as opposed to what they want you to believe). So instead, they make these 6-13 eps “trial” shows to see what people will like, then mix them together to make other shows. Terra Nova: Lost meets Jurassic Park Alcatraz: Prison break meets Person of Interest etc. And they wonder why people turn to online streaming and “illegal content”. I’d much rather wait for a show with good ratings and a second season now than start any new show on TV, not knowing if I’ll even get to… Read more »