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?
Don’t cancel Designated Survivor. One of the best shows and should be saved.
Don’t cancel Designated Survivor. One of the best shows and should be saved.
Cancelling this show was a faux pas beyond description. Save this show.
I don’t care where it’s shown; I’ll watch it.
I would follow Designated Survivor wherever it was resurrected. This was a wonderful show that I DVR’d and watched again and again. I sure hope that Netflix or another network will continue this show.
Save Designated Survivor
Great show that should be continued.
I will follow Session 3 of Designated Survivor where ever it goes. A great show!!!
Definitely this show is worth saving. Please SAVE
YES. DEFINITELY.
I am angry it got cancelled in the first place. This is a GREAT show! I believe it would have done better in a better time slot. Putting it on Wednesdays at 10pm EST was ludicrous! I will definitely watch it where ever it hopefully goes. If you don’t play by political rules to can’t get anything done. We could only wish to have a president in office like Tom Kirkman.
Yes, I would definitely follow Designated Survivor. Hopefully Netflix will pick this up as one of their original series.
By all means save the show, ABC has little else of any value and this is one of the best shows in Television. But I wonder why ABC ever starts new shows, they cancel all the good ones half the time before they even get started.
Designated Survivor is a good show that should not have been cancelled. Leave it to the network out-of-touch-with-the-viewers to keep the trash and stupid that they have on tv and remove shows with intelligence and decent storylines that actually entertain ona level above jr high pottymouth. We will watch Designated Survivor if, and when it is picked up by higher intelligence than ABC…
I will watch this show whatever channel it is on! I think it is one of the best tv shows that has been on in a very long time! I series record it so I never miss an episode! Please put it on another channel or bring it back ABC! I love how Keifer Sutherland has defined Tom Kirkman! And Seth! Lyor! Emily! And all of the rest!
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Designated Survivor is an excellent show. Current day problem and all the problems keither Sutherland has always produced quality shows. Watched him in all the 24 series he did.