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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WHAT GETS MY ARSE IS THEY TAKE OFF THIS GREAT SHOW AND NOW PUT UP A SHOW CALLED HAPPY TOWN. THEY TAKE OFF A SHOW THAT WAS AWESOME TO PLAY A SHOW THAT THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHETHER IT WILL WORK OR NOT. ITS A PARANORMAL/SUPERNATURAL SHOW TO….WTF!
Someone must have droped the ball on the shows popularity, cos it is well loved and judging by people I know, it is more popular than quite a lot of stuff out there. Perhaps someone will pickup where soneone else has failed.
I cant belive the show canceled. That is such a bummer. I really liked the show and looked foward to it each week.
This is really disappointing.
I actually really liked the show. It was hilarious, and the plot kept me on my toes, wondering what was going to happen.
ABC always cancels the best shows! 🙁
I honestly think it didnt get promoted enough, I didn’t here of it until late into the series, and I just found out it was canceled! I was wondering why no new episodes were being made.
Too bad. 🙁
I loved this show! I was wondering if it was ever going to come back especially since Ugly Betty got cancelled. So I decided to check if Eastwick was cancelled and sure enough, it was. This show had some great story lines and now we are going to be left hanging with no closure. This show always kept you coming back for more. So sad!
I am very sorry Eastwick was cancelled. It was one of my favorite shows and I thought it was on their seasonal break. Yeah, like we need more crime and drama shows.
Completely sad… I loved it.
I think this show was great! I am dissappointed to see it end. It has way more suspense and drama to it than half of the top rated shows!
I really loved the show,the characters, the plot, everything! I hope they give it a second chance…My Wednesdays will never be the same 🙁
Best new show!! I loved it and followed it every week and I have been waiting for it to return. I hope they give it another chance. Can’t believe they canceled yet another great new series. They did that with another series that I thought was great, Moonlight–a new vampire show, starring Alex O’loughlin. Would love to see both of these shows return right where they left off.
Well it is really sad that the show was canceled me and my sister loved the show we never missed it .
I really loved this show my whole family liked it was really great i thought it could have been the next big show im sad that is cancled amd wish you would give it another chance people thought buffy the vampire slayer wouldnt last but look at it now its big and alot of people love it
I loved this show and am personally disappointed it has been canceled!
I really liked the series and followed it faithfully. If I wasn’t home, I made sure I recorded it. I think you should give it another chance. I think it will catch on. Thanks for listening.
Wow, I cannot really believe that this show has been cancelled – it was witty, fun, sexy and brilliant. I really loved the characters and all the gripping context of the shows. I had looked forward to another series.