Over the weekend, Brothers & Sisters star Rachel Griffiths was in Australia and joked that her show was going to be cancelled. “I’m soon to be unemployed so I checked in with [welfare office] Centrelink and said, ‘Looks like I’m out of a job and wanna sign up.'” she shared.
A representative for ABC says that no decision about the TV show’s fate has been made yet but, quite honestly, it’s very rare for a network to admit a show’s been cancelled.
There has been talk for some time that the series won’t be renewed for a sixth season. Brothers & Sisters is quite expensive to produce and the ratings are a far cry from what they once were. Recently, they’ve gotten downright terrible.
There was a lot of talk that the show would be cancelled last season when the show was averaging a 2.9 in the 18-49 demographic and 8.99 million viewers but ABC ended up giving it another chance. The future was looking okay at the start of this season but the ratings have been inching downward for much of the season.
A few weeks ago, Brothers & Sisters hit a new series low with a terrible 1.7 rating in the 18-49 demo graphic and 6.32 million viewers.
The one thing that could save Brothers & Sisters is the fact that ABC’s had such terrible luck with new dramas. The network execs have been searching for new dramas to replace their aging ones for some time.
Unfortunately, with the exception of Body of Proof, they’ve struck out with about every new one this season. My Generation, The Whole Truth, Detroit 1-8-7, and No Ordinary Family have all been cancelled or will be cancelled soon.
These failures might give Brothers & Sisters a reprise but the numbers will have to start turning around for that to be a serious consideration. Last night’s 2.1 rating is a step in the right direction but it may already be too late.
ABC announces its new season on May 16th so there are just two original episodes left before a decision about season six is made.
What do you think? Do you think Brothers & Sisters will be renewed or cancelled? Is it time for the series to go?
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Please don’t cancel the Brothers and Sisters show. It is a wonderful show.
Brothers and Sisters is THE BEST night-time show on the air!!!
Please, please, PLEASE do not cancel it!!!
Please do not cancel. This is one of the best shows and the most caring show I have ever seen. I am not alone on this. My friends and colleagues all feel this way.
Please do not cancel this show!!!
PLEASE don’t cancel this show! I watch it every week. I am currently out of the country for health reasons and shows like this are my link to home. PLEASE DON”T CANCEL!!
frankly, the main problem with the viewer rate plunging low is because they give little focus to them. i mean, how would you expect people to wait out for the new episode to come on again when suddenly they put out the next episode for 3 -4 weeks. enlighten me please? why and what is the reason for doing so? I’m pretty a big fan of bro and sis but when it decide to stop airing for 3-4 weeks i completely forgotten them and when will it be back on despite the advert notice. this is so much of ABC’s… Read more »
I cannot believe Brother and Sister is being cancelled…ABC has got to have their head examined..This was a great show. It had everything laughter, crying, emotion, drama, open mindedness…everything!!! I am so sick of getting interested in a series and then having them removed..I would rather see shows like this than blood guts and gore and survival reality shows!! I am done with ABC..I swear I could care less if this show goes I and many friends of mine are gone!!!
I can’t believe B&S has been cancelled. I have ALL 4 season so far on DVD. I must have watched them at least 3 times each. ABC could have given B&S a 6th season. There are plenty of watchers out there who are very hurt like me. I guess we don’t have much to say about what the big boys do.
B & S is a great show. I never missing it. The Demographic? Who cares what those under 50 think? Are they the ones to set what us Babyboomers can watch. How is that fair? Aren’t there more babyboomers now than ever? And we want this show to stay on the air!!!!!!!!!
DON’T cancel this show…..Look forward to Sunday night….
BROTHERS AND SISTERS!!!!!
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Did the ratings fall when the guys started making out together? Not saying i agree with it or not just wondering what the majority of population wants to watch in the middle of Prime time?
I love this show, but I think the beginning of the season was very flat. The 2nd half of the season was much better, and I think it ended on a better note than the beginning. Pls don’t cancel, its the one show I really look forward to watching with my husband, even he cries during this program!!
If you have a large family this show resembles all the different personalities that make up the dramas that can occur in every day life; past, present and future. Don’t cancel the Walkers could live next door to any of us.
Please don’t cancel this show. I just love it. Love seeing the Walker women getting in trouble together. I never miss watching this show. Better than NBC endless Law and Order shows. They should be canceled.