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It appears that FOX is finished with the network’s current Wednesday night series — Almost Family and Flirty Dancing. While the shows haven’t been officially cancelled (few shows are), their ratings have been very low and now, both series are being pulled from the schedule.
A scripted drama, Almost Family stars Brittany Snow, Tim Hutton, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Emily Osment, Mo McRae, Mustafa Elzein, and Victoria Cartagena. In the series, Julia Bechley (Snow) is an adult only child who has her world turned upside down. She learns that her father, Doctor Leon Benchley (Hutton), a pioneer in fertility, secretly used his own sperm to father over a hundred children. While still reeling from this revelation, Julia discovers that she has two new half-sisters — her former best friend, Edie Palmer (Echikunwoke), and ex-Olympic athlete Roxy Doyle (Osment).
A dating series, Flirty Dancing is hosted by actress and dancer Jenna Dewan. In the show, complete strangers are each taught half of a dance routine. They then meet for the first time on a blind date at a breathtaking location, where they dance together without saying a word. Will there be an unspoken connection and chemistry?
Almost Family launched in October 2019 while Flirty Dancing just began airing in late December. Both have struggled in the ratings. Almost Family’s been averaging a 0.49 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 1.71 million viewers. The most recent installment drew a 0.30 in the demo with just over a million viewers. Meanwhile, Flirty Dancing debuted on a Sunday night and received a nice ratings boost from the preceding NFL game. The ratings saw a big tumble in subsequent episodes however and this week’s installment drew a 0.30 demo with 1.38 million.
FOX has decided to pull both programs after next Wednesday’s episodes. On January 22nd, they’ll be replaced by a rerun of the two-hour premiere of new drama 9-1-1: Lone Star (it launches January 19th). On January 29th, FOX will fill the timeslots with reruns of Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back, Last Man Standing, and new sitcom Outmatched (it debuts January 23rd).
The network will wrap up Flirty Dancing with the final two episodes of the season (or series) airing on Saturday, January 25th. Here’s the description:
WILL IT BE LOVE AT FIRST DANCE? ON THE ALL-NEW TWO-HOUR SEASON FINALE OF “FLIRTY DANCING” SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, ON FOX
Hosted by Jenna Dewan, FLIRTY DANCING is the innovative new series that is part performance, part blind date, and all about chemistry. In this romantic approach to dating, eligible singles will push themselves out of their comfort zones in the hope of being swept off their feet, rather than swept to the left or right on a phone. Two singles will perform a different choreographed dance with each of two potential love interests, before choosing the one with whom he/she has the strongest connection in the all-new “Episode 5: Alex & Navi / Episode 6: Khairi & Ashlee” two-hour season finale episode of FLIRTY DANCING airing Saturday, Jan. 25 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (FLD-105/FLD-106) (TV-PG D, L)
Fans of Almost Family will have to wait even longer for the season (likely series) finale episodes of that show. FOX won’t be airing the two episodes until Saturday, February 22nd.
What do you think? Have you been watching either Almost Family or Flirty Dancing on FOX? Do you think that they should be pulled and/or cancelled? Would you have watched a second season of either of them?
I loved flirty dancing….please bring it back. At first I thought it sounded so cheesy, but after watching half of my first episode, I was hooked. I’ve been looking forward to watching it each week and have been saddened to learn they yanked it.
Love love love flirty dancing!! Please don’t cancel. It is such a great clean show! We watch it as a family every week!!
Please don’t cancel Flirty Dancing…we need a little more romance show on that don’t include a lot of negative drama.
More Flirty Dancing PLEASE!!!!!!
I absolutely LOVED flirty dancing! I thought it was such a cute concept and I am EXTREMELY saddened that its bring cancelled! I was looking forward to so many more episodes and seasons!
cannot believe Flirty Dancing is cancelled. Everyone I talked to loved the show. So much fun to watch. Enjoyed the dancing. Jenna was a great announcer of the show. SAD SAD SAD
I enjoyed flirty dancing and am sad cancelled. We had groups that watcbed this. Geez what is the matter with romance and feelings. Meeting with dance it works in other settings. Why not this way. Bring it back.
I love Flirty Dancing and would keep watching it!! So sad that it’s been cancelled 🙁
Please don’t cancel!!!!! I love Flirting Dancing and would love to see another season…
Don’t cancel flirty dancing it was a great family show that I watched with my kids! We love it! Love Jenna and all the choreographers. Please keep it on!!!
We really enjoyed Flirty Dancing, it was a nice wholesome show. We hope FOX will re-consider and air the second season!
We loved Flirty Dancing and watched all the episodes!! It was clean wholesome and fun!! Hope they will keep it around!
I’m so saddened to hear Flirty Dancing will be cancelled. I loved that show so very much. It is real, funny, romantic and a beautiful way to begin a relationship. Please reconsider. The world needs more shows like this. It gives people hope. Nowadays everyone wants to meet through apps and online. I met my dear late husband on a blind date where we went dancing. I know it can work as I am living proof.
Please don’t cancel Flirty Dancing! It is clever, cute and romantic.
I just finished the last episode of Almost Family last night off of my DVR and I really enjoy the show and hope it is not cancelled. I recorded all of the episodes and watched them all in a 1.5 week time span bc I couldn’t wait to see the next one once I saw one.