As it stands right now, President Tom Kirkman is stepping down tonight. ABC has cancelled the Designated Survivor TV show so there won’t be a third season on the alphabet network. However, there are efforts afoot to find the series a new home. Would you watch Designated Survivor on another channel?
A political thriller, Designated Survivor stars Kiefer Sutherland, Natascha McElhone, Adan Canto, LaMonica Garrett, Kal Penn, Maggie Q, Malik Yoba, Paulo Costanzo, Zoe McLellan, Ben Lawson, Tanner Buchanan, and Mckenna Grace. The conspiracy drama series centers on Tom Kirkman (Sutherland). After an attack on Capitol Hill wipes out the line of succession, this HUD Secretary becomes President of the United States. In Designated Survivor, season two, President Kirkman is on the hunt for the terrorists who destroyed the Capitol, even as he handles the daily Oval Office crises.
The Designated Survivor series debuted in September 2016 to very strong ratings but the numbers fell over the course of the first season. It ended up averaging a 1.25 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 5.84 million viewers — about half the ratings of the series premiere. The series could have been cancelled but ABC gave it another chance and ordered a second season.
Season two got off to a decent start but the ratings quickly dropped and have kept on falling. The second season is currently averaging a 0.71 demo rating with 3.95 million. To no surprise, ABC cancelled Designated Survivor last week.
There has been talk that the show’s producer, eOne, is shopping the series to other outlets. Netflix is considering picking up the series but that option is not without its challenges.
Moving a show to a new outlet is an expensive and risky prospect since there’s no guarantee that fans of a cancelled show will follow the series to its new home.
What do you think? Would you follow Designated Survivor to a new channel or streaming service? Would you watch season three elsewhere?
I really loved watching this series. It left a lot of things unanswered, like why was Emily giving an envelope to valeria?????. I love the roll of Hannah wells. Hope they Bring it back.
YES, please please bring DesignatedSurvivor to a new network
Just finished watching Designated Survivor series 2 on Sky Box Sets in England. Please don’t tell me that there won’t be a series 3! My family and I love it to pieces. Come on Kiefer. Fight back! We love you and the series! With lots of love and thanks for the wonderful entertainment!!!xxxx
Loved the show. Look forward to it every week. Don’t care what station it is on
Loved the show. I would watch it on any channel. Looked forward it the show eveyweek.
My family loved and looked forward to every episode, I actually purchased Season One and plan to purchase Season Two, I would love to see it continued even if it meant watching on another station !
I love Designated Survivor. Best show ABC put out in a long time. They leave on foolish shows and cancel a action packed show like this. NBC CBS FOX or CW . One of these should pick it up. Not all people get Netflix I would rather see it on a network. Gain ratings and make ABC look like idiots for letting go a good show.
Only show I watched on ABC so would gladly follow it to a different channel.
This was the only show I watched on ABC, so I would gladly watch season 3 on another channel. ABC is foolish not to renew this show !
I would love to more season, I think it is a really great show
I would love to have a couple more seasons
Would love to have a couple more seasons