It looks like the magic is over for the three ladies of Eastwick. ABC network has decided against ordering any additional episodes of the supernatural series, effectively cancelling it.
Eastwick revolves around three women (Rebecca Romijn, Lindsay Price, and Jaime Ray Newman) who meet at a wishing fountain and become friends. Soonafter, mysterious Darryl Van Horne (Paul Gross) moves to town and unleashes powers within the ladies. The cast also includes Ashley Benson, Johann Urb, Jon Bernthal, Sara Rue, and Veronica Cartwright.
The show got off to a slow start on September 23rd with a 3.0 rating in the 18-49 demo and 8.5 million total viewers. The second installment fell to a 2.3 in the demo and 6.57 million viewers. The third week fell again to a 1.8 and 5.14 million.
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In the weeks that followed, the ratings didn’t get any better and more frequently got worse. Last week, Eastwick hit an all-time low of 1.5 in the demo and 4.4 million.
ABC has opted to pull the show from the schedule for two weeks. This Wednesday, it’s replaced by the Country Music Awards. Next week, it’s being bumped for an interview special called In the Spotlight with Robin Roberts: Janet Jackson. Though Eastwick is scheduled to return on Thanksgiving eve with a new episode, the supernatural drama won’t be around for long after that.
ABC has decided not to order any additional episodes of Eastwick, effectively cancelling the series after 13 episodes. It’s unknown if the last episode will wrap up the ongoing storylines. For now, ABC plans to air all six remaining installments but, if the ratings keep declining, the network could easily pull the series before that happens.
What do you think? Why did Eastwick fail? Do you think ABC will really air all of the 13 episodes?
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DON’T DO IT I LOVE THIS SHOW……………………………..
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOO OMG I LOVE THIS SHOW PLEASE DONT CUT ITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT (CRY) DUMB PEOPLE WHO DIDNT OPROVE ITTT
I am so upset about this! I look foward to this show every wednesday and i am so bummed! What can we do about this?
Most people have busy lives and tape the shows, what’s ratings when most of us work and are in bed when the good shows are airing. People watch things when it is convenient to them. Save the show!!
Really sad to see that this is cancelled…was one of my favorite shows this season.
Nooooooo! I love this show!
NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOO WWWWWWHHHHHY?!?!?!?!! I too looked forward to seeing it. My husband was even hooked. I have to say we seldom saw a commercial for Eastwick…maybe they should have promoted it more. The women especially should have been on E News, Regis and Kelly, Ellen or Access hollywood those types of shows to promote it …and not just once. Heck there are plenty of crap shows out there. This sucks…I feel jipped …we get hooked and then it gets taken away. Bring it back…so it started out as a ratings slug (in network eyes)…what 4million viewers isn’t enough right now. It… Read more »
I really loved this show, I would look forward to it all Wednesday. It sucks that it’s not going to continue. Andy is right, whoever is calling the shots isn’t doing such a good job. The Simpsons was fine when I was 11 but even then it wasn’t that good and it’s still around. I think they should have tried looking at the schedule and seeing if a different slot might work better for it. But I guess they made their decision. hopefully they will bring out something great to replace it.
lets face it the tv producers and critics could screw up a wet dream. keep taking off the good shows and let the friggin simpsons stay on air????even tho i think eastwick is a “chic” show it isnt bad enough to cancel. i think the biggest reason the ratings were not high enough is trying to match wits with niptuck. maybe the goofy ba….rds from abc will think twice about trying to stick ugly f…g betty in the slot
MY FAVORITE SHOW OF THE SEASON! I wait all week to watch the next episode!!!! I cant believe its gone! 🙁 🙁 🙁
the main stream stations dont have any good shows all thay have are cop,law, or med show.but thay forget the rest of us who dont watch that stuff. i’m sorry to see it go, hope someone picks it up.i just wonder who thay have decided what thay keep or not keep
Eastwick was our favorite show and we looked forward to it each week. Whenever it was not on we were very disappointed.
We can’t believe it is being cancilled. Is there any way we can see any shows that ABC doesn’t run?
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I Loved it , just kept forgetting to watch them all !!! Hate to see it go ..
GOOD SHOW!! Cant another station pick it up??