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 think they should keep designated survivor, it’s a good show and there aren’t many tv shows I watch but this is one of them.
Please don’t cancel this show. this is one of the better television shows on today.
It’s terrible that ABC is canceling the show. I enjoyed watching it, maybe not live all the time but definitely from a recording. Recording is the way of the future. Watch on your own time schedule. PLEASE PLEASE don’t cancel. Or find another station that will take it over.
Designated Survivor should NOT BE CANCELED!!!!!!ABC needs to rethink about what it is doing. This is a very well put together which is acted out beautifully by the entire cast!!!! And as far as I feel KS CAN DO NO WRONG!!!!!! SHAME ON ABC
This show is great!!!! There are some unanswered questions that I feel need to be answered. Like would President Kirkman be elected President?
I really enjoy this show and would very much like to see it continued. The writers have done a nice job of keeping the episodes “current” and with the last episode the door is wide open to so many possibilities. I definitely would follow it to another network.
the show did seem all over the place compared to the first series and we think the show writers knew it was over half way through the season. Hope it comes back on a network who values it. We are not from the US but only watch US shows and the way they mess around US shows is shocking. Lots of great shows never given a chance.
Very disappointed to hear Designated Survivor was cancelled. Please bring it back if not on ABC I hope another network will pick it up. It’s wonderful. It is the only TV show I never miss.
Barbara Berry
I just found out this show has been cancelled much to my disappointment. We don’t watch a lot of tv but this definitely was one we liked very much. It was fast paced and filled with politics that you vision was going on in our own system. No wonder tv is so bad as the programs you leave on the air are filled with stupidity under the disguise of being funny. I definitely would follow this program on another channel. I hope not Netflix only because living in a rural area, my service is limited.
I would love for Designated Survivor to be saved to a different network! I think it has been very interesting and would like to see it continue.
This is one of the best and most relevant shows on network tv. If it doesn’t go boom or isn’t reality tv then it gets cancelled. I’m very disappointed. Please find it a new home.
Please bring back Designated Survivor. We enjoy it a lot,but since we’re not in the “desired” demographic, they don’t care about our opinions.
I am hard broken to learn that my president will not be returning for the third season. I can only dream that trump could think like president Kirkman. I’m 62, maybe you are aiming at the wrong demographic.
There are other ABC shows that should be cancelled. Designated Survivor is NOT one of them. It is a current show with real issues being tackled. It is an intelligent show. Yes, we do know it’s fictional. The writers do an excellent job. Nielsen ratings should be factored into what the real public watch.
PLEASE continue the show. It should definitely be saved. I love this show and I’ve found a real connection to the characters. I really hope to see Kirkman back for season 3.