After two seasons on the air, TNT has cancelled Dark Blue. No season three for Carter Shaw and his LAPD team.
Dark Blue stars Dylan McDermott as the leader of an undercover unit whose members are so covert that some of the members of the department don’t even know they’re involved. The rest of the cast includes Omari Hardwick, Logan Marshall-Green, Nicki Aycox, and Tricia Helfer.
The cancellation of the cop drama doesn’t come as much of a surprise. Despite a decline in ratings, the series was renewed for a second season last December. The second round of 10 episodes began airing in August and the numbers were worse than they’d been in year one.
Season two averaged a 0.6 rating in the key 18-49 demographic and 2.25 million total viewers. Those figures make the series the worst performer of TNT’s summer season and ripe for cancellation.
Dark Blue ended its run with two episodes on September 15th.
What do you think? Are you sorry to hear that the TV show has been cancelled? How would you have ended the series?
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This sucks this was the best cop show since Miami Vice big mistake please re-think and go back to the first year without the new female partner to Dylan.
I LOVED THAT SHOW!!!! Sorry it’s been caned……
I hadn’t even heard of the show (during first season) and then before Season 2, found all the shows-OnDemand. I watched them all within a couple days and was hooked. I don’t think there was enough “promo” for the series because once someone did watch – they would be hooked!!!
I am very disappointed. That was one of my favorite shows. It was on my dvr every week. I don’t think it was the show itself, I believe it was the channel. That show should have been on prime time local channels. The cast of characters were good and the story line was totaly different from any of the cop show that I watch. Sorry to hear that. I hope that it comes back some day. Well if the reruns come back on, I will be watching and taping those as well.
TNT… Wow! I was looking forward to season 3 of this awesome show, with the exception of the FBI lady. I really did NOT like her….maybe I wasn’t the only one. She changed Carter too much, made him less bad a** so that could have something to do with the ratings, but if the network gave it another chance and got rid of Carter’s girlfriend I think it might do better. Also, how does one become a ‘nielsen family’? Can my family volunteer, register, or put our names on a waiting list? Not that a single family could prevent GOOD… Read more »
TNT, I liked Dark Blue better than some of the reality(garbage)tv show that are on. may you should try another time slot.
Dark Blue was one of the BEST on tv period. Why not try another time slot?
TNT… you blew it… Dark Blue was the greatest!!! Who are you polling anyway?
ARE YOU SERIOUS!!!! THAT SHOW WAS OFF THE CHAIN, I DIDN’T MISS AN EPISODE NOT ONE, I’M PISSED!!! ALL FOUR CHARACTERS WERE GREAT…
SOMEBODY NEEDS TO CHECK THEIR STATS……
Im disapointed that the show has been cancelled. It was something different than all these other cop shows. These guys were infiltrating, undercover to the core. What an upset. They should definitely bring it back.
this was a great show i watched because im a fan of dylans but that brother omari hardwick stole the show in the scenes he was involved in.the new female boss was unnessary for season 2
I am so disappointed. I love the line up TNT had going….. but this show…. well, I haven’t owned a TV for 6+ years. I caught an episode of this show at a friends house and I was hooked.
It was well written, complicated story lines, great tension, full of surprises. Wow – it’s too bad they took it off and left on some of the more lacking shows.
I am shocked and soooo disappointed in this cancellation……I’m 70 years old and NEVER missed this show. Best thing I’ve seen on TV in a long time. I agree we didn’t need the new female character – it did change the dynamics. BUT, the stories were amazing and this was one show you could NOT predict the ending…….It makes no sense that the ratings were so low. So much JUNK on TV right now and they remove a riveting drama showing the “dark” side of “good”. I sure hope it reappears – Dark Blue does not deserve being axed. I… Read more »
I love this show! So original and unpredictable. Besides 24 this was my next top show! I am so sad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I would like to purchase both seasons!
Aw…come on. This show as the bomb. I was so looking forward to it. Shame on you TNT!