The mystery won’t be solved on Emergence. ABC has revealed they’ve cancelled the Tuesday night drama series so there won’t be a second season.
The Emergence TV series follows Jo Evans (Allison Tolman), a newly divorced police chief who ends up taking in a young child named Piper (Alexa Swinton) who is found at the site of a mysterious accident and she has no memory of what happened. Jo’s investigation into the child’s mystery draws her into a conspiracy that is larger than she could have imagined. The cast also includes Alexa Swinton, Owain Yeoman, Ashley Aufderheide, Robert Bailey Jr., Zabryna Guevara, Donald Faison, and Clancy Brown.
The first season of Emergence, which wrapped in January 2020, averaged a 0.49 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 2.71 million viewers.
Despite having an enthusiastic fan base, Emergence ended up losing half of its audience over the course of the season and ended up being one of the network’s worst-performing shows.
What do you think? Did you enjoy watching the Emergence TV series? Would you have watched season two on ABC?
Of course they cancel a good show, and continue showing fake ridiculous shows like The Bachelor. Enough with the fake reality shows!!!
I’m sad that it was cancelled. They should’ve given it at least one more year. These mystery shows need 2 seasons minimum.
One of my favorite shows, so naturally they cancelled it. Probably to make room for another horrible sitcom!
We loved the show! Please find some way to bring it back!
Yes I liked this show. So sad they didn’t renew ☹️
Yes, it was on my watch list as one of my favorite shows to catch on Hulu because I don’t have cable! I was actually anxiously looking forward to figuring out the mystery next season! Hopefully another network will have the good sense to pick it up!! Very disappointed!!
I liked Emergence very much. Right from the very first episode to the last. It would be a crime not to do a 2nd season.
This, of course, was my favorite show. I don’t understand, it was actually really good. Is that why they cancelled it? It was the only thing I watch on ABC, after having been burned by them before. The two leading ladies, Swinton and Tolman, were strong and interesting. Can’t have that, I guess.
Come to think of it you are right, last year they the very same thing to ‘Whiskey and Cavelier’! It was a fantastic show, funny & witty, great writing, beautiful cast (Scott Foley)! I Loved that show and they dumped that one too!!
Very disappointed this series was cancelled. I hope it gets picked up elsewhere. I loved the premise and each episode gave me something to look forward to weekly. Wish a season 2 was given a chance.
Just now seeing season 1 of Emergence. So sorry to see it canceled. 🙁
It’s to bad i really thought there was potential for many seasons, but what do i know, i liked the show very much.
I think the premise was interesting. There were some holes on the episodes, and perhaps could be rewritten with a tighter script. I enjoyed the young girls and thought they brought realism to the show. The timeline was confusing, and where were the 1000’s of AI’s that were supposed to exist. So the motives and premise were confusing. The grandfather was supposed to have cancer but he really didn’t look or act sick. It would have been interesting if he was an AI and ended up having a more Convoluted role. Perhaps he was from another world !!!!However, I love… Read more »
Wow, another great show cancelled by ABC. Emergence was the only show I watched on this network. I said I wouldnt watch ABC anymore after they left us hanging with the amazing show Forever with Ioan Gruffudd, but I loved this show. And Ioan went on to make the show Harrow and it’s still going strong. Yeah, ABC should stick to doing lame shows because thought provoking, intelligent, deep thinking and exciting shows are not their strong points. Bless their hearts. I hope someone else picks this great show up
Emergence should be sold or given away to the SyFy channel. They know how to handle a series like this.
There was a deliberate reason the ratings crashed. The on again off again schedule of the show. It was hard to keep track of the plot and characters because it was on this week and off for two weeks. Did ABC do that so they had a reason not to renew? It was one of the best new series last season .