Kiefer Sutherland is no stranger to television viewers, having starred on more than 200 episodes of 24 on FOX. Will Designated Survivor be as big a success for ABC? Will it be cancelled after one year or, will it be renewed for a second season? Stay tuned.
A political thriller, Designated Survivor follows Tom Kirkman (Kiefer Sutherland), a lower-level Cabinet member, who ends up becoming the President of the United States. He struggles to keep the country and his own family from falling apart — while navigating the highly-volatile political arena and leading the search to find who is responsible for a horrific attack. The rest of the cast includes Natascha McElhone, Adan Canto, Italia Ricci, LaMonica Garrett, Tanner Buchanan, Kal Penn, and Maggie Q.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available — typically around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.
5/18 update: You can see the rest of the latest night’s ratings.
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Note: These are the Live + Same Day Ratings which include “live” viewing plus delayed DVR viewing, up until 3am local time that same night. Ratings marked with an “*” are the fast affiliate ratings and will be updated with the Live+SD numbers when they are made available. Typically, networks get paid for C+3 ratings which includes DVR viewing within three days of the original airing when commercials are watched. Those numbers are rarely released to the press.
What do you think? Do you like the Designated Survivor TV series on ABC? Do you think it should be cancelled or renewed for a second season?
5/11 update: ABC has renewed Designated Survivor for a second season. Details here.
Love this show, please keep it on the air ❤❤
I really enjoy designated survivor and am anxious to see it every Wednesday. Please don’t cancel it, there are lots of new shows coming along that do not look good at all.
We, the four of us women who plays cards every week, want designated survival renewed. It is one of favorite new shoes. We really like Keifer Sutherland also.
Love this show! Please bring it back! We can’t wait to see what happens. This is a thriller that keeps us at the edge of our seats every episode!
Yes, please renew for another season. Great series with fantastic story line
Please renew! Great suspense, thoughtful insight, wonderful characters/actors, realistic storyline possibilities! Thoroughly enjoyed season 1 and hope to see this program continue.
I absolutely loved this show. It has to come back for a second season. We all need to know what happens. Please don’t leave us hanging like they did with Commander in Chief. KeiferSutherland was excellent in this role. I’m not done rooting for the underdog. Please bring it back. I need to know what happens to President Kirkman.
We love the show we hope it comes back wonderful amazing!
Great show, very entertaining, clean, great family viewing. Would love to see it continue. Will be very disappointed if it is not brought back or left unfinished
My very favorite show of all time. Very well written and great characters. The suspense will keep you on the edge of your seat. Each character is very well suited for his or her part.
My absolute favorite show of all time. Very well written and great characters. vW
Please continue this series. I have missed it since the last episode in December. It is very good and appreciated. The short season is ridiculous. I appreciated Martin Sheen as my president in the 2000’s and was greatly looking forward to Keifer Surherland as my president in 2017 and 201i and ………..
Can’t wait for new season.. Please bring it back……
This is one of the best shows on TV. Great acting and intelligent people. I get so tired of all the airheads and stupidity in so many shows. PLEASE keep it going!!!
My family Loved it!!! Bring in Season 2!!!
If there’s ANY chance of there not being a second series, the first series should have given us an ending! ANY ending would do, leaving it so up in the air leaves you wishing you hadn’t started watching it at all , it was SO frustrating and disappointing it ruins the whole experience. I won’t be recommending to anyone to watch because of this. Very poor show.
At the end of the last December show, it was stated the show is returning in March. These mid-season ‘finales’ are a bit ridiculous though
Any series with Keifer is fantastic… he can make bad writers look great! I am at the 49 year old demographic and I want to see this show continue. 10 pm on Wednesday night is late, but I will continue to watch it on HULU at a better hour/time when convenient.