ABC has been searching for a ratings hit to fill the Sundays at 10pm timeslot. Turns out that Betrayal isn’t that show but could it still return for a second season? Has it already been cancelled?
Betrayal revolves around professional photographer Sara (Hannah Ware) and top attorney Jack (Stuart Townsend) who, despite being married to other people, have a torrid affair. Things become even more complicated when Sara’s husband and Jack end up on the opposite sides of a murder trial. The rest of the cast includes Henry Thomas, Chris Johnson, Wendy Moniz, Braeden Lemasters, Elizabeth McLaughlin, and James Cromwell.
The series debuted in September and got off to a slow start with a 1.5 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 5.16 million total viewers. The numbers got even worse in week two, dropping more than 24%. In week three, they dropped another 26%.
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In short, the ratings were awful but the network didn’t pull the series off the air and a rep even said that ABC was sticking with the show. Why? Likely because they’d already cancelled another new drama, Lucky 7, and fellow freshman Once Upon a Time in Wonderland was also tanking.
Though Betrayal’s ratings have leveled off, that doesn’t mean that ABC is any more satisfied with the numbers and there’s just no way that they’re bring it back for a second season. It’s still on the air because they didn’t have anything to take its place.
The network has released their plans for early 2014 and, to no surprise, Betrayal isn’t part of them. That’s not an outright cancellation but, realistically, there’s as much hope of this show coming back as there being a second season of Pan Am or GCB.
ABC has taken to calling Betrayal a limited series which wouldn’t have stopped them from making a second season had the ratings been stronger. Hopefully for the fans who have stuck with it, the show will end in a satisfying way and won’t not leave a bunch of unresolved storylines.
What do you think? Do you like Betrayal? Would you like to see a second season or does the show deserve to be cancelled? Why didn’t it catch on?
Please do not take Betrayal off the air! this is one of the shows I cant wait to watch! The story line is awesome, and the characters are wonderful! The actors are some of the best!
I love love that show I wanna know who she picks,I hope it’s Jack
WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE WANT SARA TO PICK JACK?HE IS A RAT, A CROOK.ALL ROUND SCUMBAG.DREW IS A STRAIGHT STAND UP GUY
to Kathy,why do most people want her to pick jack?he is a rat ,a crook,who should be in jail.he has no redeemable qualities that i have seen.poor Drew,married to a gangsters floozy,who appealed to his sense of justice to help her lover ,what a cheek!maybe he and Oliver,remember him?ARE BETTER OFF WITHOUT HER.
I love Betrayal,they need to keep it running!
I hope Betrayal will continue. It has a great story line and the acting is surperb.
LOVE LOVE The show…..
Would love to see another season. But if it had to end I think they did a nice job of ending the first season.
I guess her smile and ordering the wine leaves it up to you as the way YOU would like it end.
LOVE the show, bring it back . I want to know if she picked Jack?
Betrayal is the only show I really look forward to watching. I think the story line is fabulous and I hope ABC would consider possibly moving it to another night than dump it.
Did you watch the finale?? I want a season 2 as well but it was very clear that Jacks son shot Sarah! He was caught and arrested for it.. They had a long discussion about it! I want to know who she met for dinner at the end. I have a feeling she went back to her husband. That’s why she was all dressed up as a congressmans wife. I just don’t feel it’s our place to make these decisions. I mean that’s what they pay ABC writers for, right?!
I love Betrayal and really hope there is a season 2. In the beginning of the 1st episode, there was a scene where Sara was shot and then it all went back to 6 months before. Ok, who shot her? The wife, her own husband, or the father in law?? When that question is answered, then ok the show can end. I think a season 2 should be the end because great shows can’t always last forever. The storyline was what made the show. I do think a few people may have fell off from it because of Sara’s acting.… Read more »
I loved the show. I hope it stays on the air, it has a great storyline!
Betrayal was one of the best new shows of the season and I loved the captivating storyline & characters. It is very discouraging that it will not be back for a second season. Perhaps they could try airing it on another night or time slot before giving up altogether.
I suppose the network is more concerned about the people that Don’t watch it, rather than the ones that Do …. now that’s Betrayal to the real fans!!
I think it was a great show. But I’m glad to see it end. I can’t see how they could continue without destroying what it was. I’m glad it ended the way it did and I wish the cast all good luck.
The one show I thought was fabulous has been cancelled. So sick of cop shows and a bunch of sick comedy and cop shows. Hope with enough comments it will return.
I love the show. I think I got off to a slow start but I am watching it like a marathon. I think that helps a lot. By about episode four I was really into it. I love it because it is just so full of everybody betraying absolutely everybody else. I am not quite sure who is betraying whom at any given minute. It keeps me coming back. If there is an certainty in the first two or three episodes as to whether the show will continue, I like it when they wrap the show up nicely at the… Read more »
Betrayal is a great show…love the storyline and am always holding my breath until the next episode. Great characters, fantastic actors. Please…this show just has to be renewed.
Please don’t cancel!!! It’s a great Sunday night show for us moms after the kids go to bed and I love the characters!!! Please don’t ruin a good thing!!