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Let’s not fool ourselves. The Deception TV show has been cancelled by ABC after just one season. The mid-season replacement made its debut on March 11, 2018, but even smoke and mirrors couldn’t disguise its lackluster Nielsen ratings performance.
An ABC crime drama from creator Chris Fedak, Deception stars Jack Cutmore-Scott as illusionist Cameron Black, with Ilfenesh Hadera, Lenora Crichlow, Amaury Nolasco, Justin Chon, Laila Robins, and Vinnie Jones. Cameron is rocketing to the top, when scandal derails his show and his twin’s life. Now, this magician uses his tradecraft to help the Feds apprehend some of the most elusive criminals in the world and hopes to prove his brother, Jonathan (Cutmore-Scott), is an innocent man.
Jack Cutmore-Scott is an appealing actor. So far though, it seems he hasn’t found just the right vehicle. This is his second series in as many years not to survive past its freshman outing. Fox cancelled his comedy, Cooper Barrett’s Guide to Surviving Life after just one season in 2016.
Deception: A Look at the Ratings
The first season of Deception is averaging a 0.79 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 3.84 million viewers. Find out how Deception stacks up against other ABC TV shows.
In total, there were four single-season dramas on the Alphabet’s chopping block today: Marvel’s Inhumans, Kevin (Probably) Saves the World, The Crossing, and Deception.
Variety has confirmed the Deception cancellation.
What do you think? Did you enjoy season one of the Deception TV series. Should ABC have cancelled or renewed this TV show for season two?
I agree mostly with the comments been made here, it even had a lost background stories to follow. Like in Spanish “mucha tela para cortar” [a lot of cloth to cut]
I really enjoyed this series and was looking forward to a season 2. Disappointed. Interesting characters. Great acting.
I am hooked. I really wish they would make more. I could not watch it when it aired because of my schedule. This is sad
I love this show it has great storylines and it is inventive and very good acting and ABC seems to cancel all the good programming and keeps all the garbage stuff so bring back deception do not cancel this is a really good program with lots of thought intrigued and great deception,
I thought that Deception was a really good show and would love to see it come back on!
I really like this show and again find it sad that any show that isn’t a reality show and displays some intelligence is cancelled. Really wish you would bring this back. Do these ratings take into consideration programming being recorded and watched later on? these days how can you get accurate numbers when so many of us catch things at our own time and date. Before you look straight at ratings. unless they include all viewings, please consider people’s response to your cancelling this show.
Although it’s like Mission Impossible meets Castle, I found it entertaining than M. I. and more unpredictable than Castle. I would love to see more development of the relationship between the two brothers especially now that Jonathon is on the run. If it can’t be brought back as a series at least a two-hour episode to resolve the cliff hanger ending. remember how popular the “Firefly” got after it was canceled.
i think deception is my fav serie and i the seno seasons shouldn’t be cancelled
Deception is an amazing show and it shouldn’t be c cancelled. Give it a chance and you will see just how great it will be. Look at the show castle, it didn’t start out super loved but it has had many seasons because of how the fan base grew over the seasons. This show is worth renewing, ABC is making a big mistake. Hopefully they see it or another network sees the beauty of it and is willing to take the chance.
I love this show.It is the first crime show that I have actually liked and watched.I am super upset that they have cancelled it.
please don’t cancel the show . I’m obsessed with Deception now …
So loved this show was a really cool concept with a great cast. Frustrated they cancelled
Deception was so good, one of my favorite shows! Wish they’d rethink their decision to cancel. I so wanted to see what would happen in season 2!
We loved this show! Where is the petition to bring it back?
This is/was a great show- so sad that ABC has cancelled this show. I guess ABC just wants to be known as the network with the ridiculous reality shows. Deception is/was very entertaining – I love magic.
My whole family love this show. In a society where people can just record their shows or watch it streaming on their own time, it’s hard to justify one tv show popularity based on ratings during its air time. I hope that the people making those justification, of what will be axe and what will stay took thatbonoe