Over the summer, rumors were flying that Brothers & Sisters would be finished at the end of season five.
Much of that speculation stemmed from the fact that series regulars Rob Lowe and Emily VanCamp were leaving, Calista Flockhart was cutting back her appearances, and ABC only committed to 18 episodes for year five. The ratings also hit some all-time lows towards the end of last season with a 2.3 in the all-important 18-49 demographic.
Despite those negatives, executive producer David Marshall Grant maintained, “No one has told me that it’s the last season.” As a result, he wasn’t making any plans to steer the storylines to a series finale. He noted, “I don’t want to do that. It’s sort of a self-fulfilling prophecy.”
If there were any plans by the network to bring Brothers & Sisters to a close, they seem to have been sidelined. ABC recently ordered four additional episodes, bringing the season five total to 22 installments. What’s more, the ratings have come back up.
This season, the Sunday night drama is averaging a 2.8 rating in the demo and 9.09 million viewers. That’s the show’s lowest season average to date but Brothers & Sisters is the network’s sixth best performing scripted series in the demo, coming in just below Private Practice. While they’d surely like the numbers to be better, ABC has lots of weaker shows to deal with.
For now at least, Brothers & Sisters looks to be on track for a sixth season renewal.
What do you think? Do you want Brothers & Sisters to keep going? Should it be renewed for season six or is it time for the show to be cancelled?
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I am completely floored after just watching an episode of Brothers and Sister to learn that this extroadinary show is about to come to an end. This show with it’s creators, producers, writers and talented cast are being dealt an injustice from the TV Industry. This show watched by millions of viewers gives an emotional and real experience of different things that happen in peoples lives. It touches on all aspects of life that we may have all experienced ourselves. The writers of this show have touched on alot of life experiences that some of us can relate to. The… Read more »
Please bring back brothers and sisters. We look so forward to watching it on Sunday nights. We will be lost without it. Sally Fields does such an amazing job and the family members are casted so well. Please don’t take it away from us.
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Talk about a great show that so many families can and do relate to – The Walkers of Brother’s and Sisters. I didn’t spend much time watching TV, but there were two shows each week I watched – one being Brothers & Sisters. It is a disgrace that in order for ratings to have been higher, the show would have to include crap, killings and blood. Its too bad most people could not understand the story of this show which in most cases is the American Family. For those that watched it I would venture to say that we each… Read more »
i love this show!!!!!!! pleasse dont cancel it ….it inspires me and makes me laugh when i need it!
When I found out that they canceled ” Brother and Sisters ” I was shocked. Everything must come to an end, but unfortunately it was them. I will miss that show very much. I will especially miss Sally Fields. This show had a family that everyone could relate to and you don’t see that on tv much anymore.
I am so disappointed that Brothers and Sisters has been cancelled. It is my favorite show.
Compared to all the other shows, it is clean and it’s all about family , which we all need in our world. It has a mixture of everything and Sally Fields is Classic, beautiful, amazing.
It’s too bad that it wasn’t aired earlier in the evening so more people could enjoy this wonderful show. It’s refreshing and shows that although no family is perfect, you eventually all come together when the going gets tough.
Bring it back!!!
I LOVE Brothers & Sisters… What an all star cast .. with all of the irrelevant stuff on TV…. It is nice to have a family drama to watch… I only watch Brothers & Sisters and Desperate Housewives at night…
Please continue to make more Brothers and Sisters. I cannot get enough of it!!!
Please don’t cancel Brothers and Sisters it is my favorite show!!!!!!! It is such an awsome show with such a great cast, terrific writers and spectacular directing. If this show gets cacelled I will be extremely upset!!!!!!!!!
Please dont let the 5th series be the last! I am not prepared for it to end of good yet!!!
I love “Brothers and Sisters”!!! It is one of my favorite shows! I am hoping that there will be a season six!
I cannot Believe abc canceled Brothers and Sisters and Better with You, That is such Crap, It seems like every time I get invested in a good show some t.v. executive gets a dumb idea to pull the plug…this is why I do not like TV.. So whats next abc why don’t you just ruin tv for everyone and cancel all your shows. I am gonna stop watching tv altogether and read more books at least you tv executive idiots cant cancel a book
Please don’t cancel Brothers and Sisters, this show is one of the best ever family shows on tv. They have so many other stupid shows on tv it’s not funny. The Brothers and Sisters show families how to come together in a crisis and come together when one family member is not having such a great day or just being there for each other when they need to be. It’s about knowing you can count on your family it you need to. So please don’t cancel the show.
I was extremely disappointed when I heard that “Brothers and Sisters” was possibly being cancelled. PLEASE, DON’T CANCEL BROTHERS AND SISTERS!!! I looked forward to it every week. The diversity in the theme of the show and the supurb acting by the actors certainly surpasses the “reality” trash shows on television and provides some real life idenity to the characters!
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PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL BROTHER’S AND SISTERS! This is absolutely one of my family and extended families FAVORITE show! I would be heart broken if it ended this soon…
Please keep Brothers and Sisters on the air. It is a great series and far better than a lot of the shows on the air these days. The writing and story lines are fantastic. All the actors do an amazing job. Sally Fields is one of my favorite all time actresses. This show is far better than all the reality trash that seems to pull in the higher ratings.