There’s some more bad news for fans of ABC’s Eastwick. Not only has the series been cancelled but the last episode is going to leave several storylines unresolved.
Eastwick follows a trio of ladies (Rebecca Romijn, Lindsay Price, and Jaime Ray Newman) from a New England town who discover that they have supernatural powers, thanks to a handsome newcomer, Darryl Van Horne (Paul Gross). The rest of the show’s cast includes Ashley Benson, Johann Urb, Jon Bernthal, Sara Rue, and Veronica Cartwright.
The series struggled from the very beginning of its run, mustering just a 3.0 rating in the demo and 8.5 million viewers for its premiere. The second week fell to a 2.3 rating and 6.57 million. Things got even worse after that. Last week’s episode hit a series low of a 1.5 and 4.4 million viewers.
Based on these numbers, it comes as little surprise that ABC decided to cancel the struggling drama after 13 episodes. On the bright side, it looks like all of the installments will air. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like fans will be getting any closure for the many ongoing storylines.
In an interview with EW, executive producer Maggie Friedman said that she was furious over the cancellation. She said, “We have such an amazing group of writers and actors — best people I’ve ever worked with. None of us can believe this is really happening.”
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Of the possibility of closure, Friedman said, “We’re smack in the middle of several insanely juicy stories. And so we do not get a chance to wrap things up in a bow. Which is killing me.”
She concluded, “The magic was getting crazy, the storylines were getting really exciting and sexy and dangerous… I [just] wish we could’ve given the fans — and ourselves — real closure.”
While it’s unfortunate that ABC has cancelled a series that millions of people enjoy, it’s no secret that the show has been on the chopping block for some time.
The network gave full season orders to its most of its freshman shows a month ago and Eastwick was left out. Coupled with the terrible ratings, just about everyone who follows the industry knew that Eastwick was on borrowed time. Why was Friedman so surprised by the cancellation?
Other shows who’ve been on shaky ground have found a way to give some closure while leaving some loose threads, just in case the show was renewed. Shouldn’t that have been the case with Eastwick?
What do you think? Who’s to blame for Eastwick’s lack of closure? ABC, the writers, or just plain old black magic?
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125 Comments on "Eastwick: No Closure for Cancelled ABC Show; Who’s at Fault?"
I can not believe Easewick has been canceled I really liked this show it seems every time a good show is on
it gets canceled,this brings back memorys of Jericho,I think next season I won’t watch the new shows coming out I am really pissed that Eastwick has been canceled
This was the ONLY show that I watched on ABC and I will miss the show. It makes me
not want to watch any new show’s for fear of them being cancelled after I have tuned-in.
SO LONG…ABC.
Now I have absolutely no reason to watch ABC again. Thanks for reminding me why I don’t like ABC and have not watched that station in years. ABC owes the public the chance to see the series rap up all threads of the story. It was a great spin from the original movie it was based from. I am sorry, but Eastwick is much better then NCIS: LA and other new series.
Cybill Shepherd is also in the cast and one of my favorite characters! (She wasn’t mentioned in the article.) I liked that the show took time to develop the characters and created the mystery that made me watch the next week. It’s been a LONG time since there was a show that I planned around so I could watch it. ABC is either really stupid or they are using this as a PR stunt to raise interest. Hope it’s the latter!
Cancelling this show is a mistake! I agree with Kristin; this is a great show for a wide age range! I myself am 30 and I have friends and family members ranging from 19 all the way up to 58! Keep this show alive and show your viewers that you care what they think! SAVE EASTWICK!!!
This is ridiculous. I am LIVID over the cancellation of this show! There is some absolutely ridiculous shows on right now and have been for a while and the one show that I thought was going to last for a long time is gone! WHAT THE HELL. I can’t even express how miserable I am. Hah… now I’ll never know what really is up with Van Horne.
This show is amazing!!! It truely is the only show I watch on abc and I guess the last!!! All my friends and I got together in our dorm rooms and watched Eastwick together and enjoyed it so much. So many other shows really suck and are still going… seriously what are y’all smoking at abc?!
So glad this has been canceled. This is just another chick show that only appeals to 50% of the population at best. This was just a rehash of Charmed (only with older, less attractive women) with some Desperate Housewives thrown in.
UNBELIEVABLE!! Leave it to ABC – everytime there is a good, decent show, you cancel it! What’s up with that? There was Pushing Daisies, gone; LOST, will be gone; and now Eastwick? It’s a fun, funny, odd show and shouldn’t be cancelled. And what’s this about maybe cancelling Flash Forward? I guess ABC just doesn’t want viewers any more! I really hope you leave Cougar Town alone!
I totally 100% agree with Kristin. Of all the shows you have do you really want to cancel such a great show? I really love this show such as many others do. It is the one show that I never miss. And during the week I continue to watch it on your website. Please keep this show on. It is too good of a cast and a show to just throw away.