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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seriously?? house is going to be gone and now this?
WE’RE JUST GETTING TO THE GOOD PARTS!
we need to find out whose behind this, how they all came back, and what tommy madsen has to do with all of this. DONT CANCEL. cancel the voice instead.
I sooo hope you don’t cancel Alcatraz! My youngest two kids & I watch it together every week and we love the actors and stories. They have gained such a new excitement for the history of Alcatraz (which they have been to as very young kids)we can share as I used to live in San Francisco. The show is extremely unique in story telling, which makes it so fresh and wonderful. Please don’t cancel out show it made me tune in to Fox for something other than House, which I’m shedding millions of tears for. RENEW PLEASE
You need to keep the show or put it on at a different time or day. I love the simpsons – but this show kicks it’s ass. Right now there is so many possibilities of what could happen on the show. Plus Dr. Diego is AWESOME!.
need to keep alcatraz good show and needss to be up against something other than the voice. it’s a diamond in the rough.
Cancel it. She is hands down the worst detective on TV.
OMG…I love this show..PLEAS DON’T CANCEL IT!!!…I want to see what happened to the inmates an where have they been..this show is awesome
I am so interrested in the show and want to know ……what happens next. Please renew…..I dont usually post so I hope this helps….
Please do not cancel the show Alcatraz. I really like this show !!! Fox may need to change the day, but do not cancel.
Renew Alcatraz now
Please keep it on.. We need to know what happens!!! Fox has canned Terra Nova and House is gone, so at least keep this ONE!!!!!
Just one word…RENEW!!!
Renew! Renew! Renew!! We love this show at our house…but please no more people ripping other people’s eyeballs out – that was a bit much.
I find it pretty crappy that I always love a shoe get interested in it, and then bam. Its cancelled. So I guess the millions that actually watch the show and enjoyed it get screwed because it just wasn’t enough people watching it. No wonder nobody watches new shows anymore because they will just end up cancelling the show anyways. I mean what’s the point, of wasting your time getting interested in a show just to end up never knowing why the heck happened. Im so sick of it!! Screw the tv networks for ******** their audience!
Sadly, FOX has a habit of cancelling shows that I really like: Firefly, John Doe, and possibly now Alcatraz.
They seem to cancel more supposed “low rating” shows that “mysteriously” result in huge fan campaigns to renew the cancelled shows, than any of the other major networks.
Hopefully FOX gives the show a second chance to prove itself; like perhaps showing the repeats on a less busy night, so potential new fans can be made. Them trying that, seems unlikely.
It is a great show. I really enjoy it. I look forward to watching it every week. Please renew it.