Kim Todd, the president of Canada-based Original Pictures, has confirmed that the youth drama Falcon Beach has been cancelled after two seasons. The series airs on ABC Family in the U.S. and Global in Canada.
The cancellation comes as a result of ABC Family’s decision to pass on a third season of Beach. Without the financial support of the cable channel, continued production isn’t possible. Todd says that Global offered to pick it up for a third season but at a significantly lower cost than before.
Strangely enough, Beach is being cancelled despite being quite popular. The show’s audience is made up of predominantly 12 to 17 year old girls. Unfortunately, the series failed to attract many outside of that age group and ABC Family wanted a broader demographic; i.e. 18 to 49 viewers.
The cancellation wasn’t a shocker to Todd who said, “You’re never surprised by what happens in series television, because the winds of change blow quickly and forcefully.” That doesn’t make the end result any easier, personally or professionally. Todd lamented, “So nothing is surprising, but it’s still extremely disappointing. In order to produce a television series, you have to invest so much of yourself into the process… And now we have to tell the cast and crew, and that’s disappointing, too, because we’re not the only ones who put their blood and sweat into this.”
Many citizens of the shoreside Lake Winnipeg town will miss Beach as well because it provided great exposure for the town and attracted visitors — from as far away as Japan. The town’s local mayor and restaurant owner Daryl Carry was told of the cancellation on Friday and said, “We’ve had tourists here every summer, coming to see where Falcon Beach is shot… But I guess at the end of the day, it didn’t add up. The money offered isn’t enough. They had to make a decision to pull the plug.”
The second and final season has already aired on Global in Canada. In the U.S., Falcon Beach began airing on ABC Family on April 9th and is expected to conclude on July 2nd. No plans have been released to tie up any ongoing storylines. Stay tuned! 
KEEP FALCON BEACH RUNNING
PLEASE!!!!!!
I am 42 and I LOVE Falcon Beach…. Putting it on at 6:00 PM CT was a bad idea, but cancelling? What a shame. Any way ABC Family will reconsider?
i am 29 and i love this show, i am a husband and father of 3 small kids i made it a point to get home every monday by 7 to watch the show. I am also very mad about this show going off the air. next thing you know it will be XY then Wildfire and you know what if you want people to contine watching ABC Family then how about listen to the viewing and not the critics.
I am 33 and have watched Falcon Beach from day one! I am really disappointed the show is cancelled. ABC family never seems to keep a good show for long. I won’t watch ABC Family after this. I don’t want to get interested in another show that will eventually be cancelled too!
I too am above the age of 17 and love the show. I am 41 and couldn’t wait for season 2 to start. OK…so if the show is going to be cancelled, why kill it before that time comes. Moving from 7:00 pm to 12:00 am is ridiculous!
I’M 41 AND WATCH THE SHOW EVERYWEEK WITH MY 2 DAUGHTERS 13 AND 14.
I am 25 and I LOVE this show….I waited all season (fall) for the summer seasons to start back up b.c. I knew Falcon Beach was coming back….DO NOT take a great show away too many have been taken and this would be a shame to see another good one go.
I’m 36 and I love Falcon Beach. I started watching at noon on Saturdays during season 1 and I am hooked. This could be another BH 90210, or The OC … so they deserve more seasons !!
I watch Falcon Beach too along with my 14 yr old, I’m 51 yrs young, and love the show. However, I have to agree 7:00pm time slot was stupid. You can’t get those demographics at that time. So to me it seems ABC didn’t really want to support it for whatever reason. I’m sad as I have enjoyed it.
Pls finish up the story lines.
Can you please put falcon Beach on dvd? It is my favorite show.
i am 30 and i watch it and love it! Why does it matter the age ranges as long as people are watching? it is called ABC FAMILY!
I am 28 years old and I watch Falcon Beach and I couldn’t miss an episode I loved it so much!!
It’s really quite ridiculous. I am 30 and love watching Falcon Beach. ABC Family says is cancellation is due to not picking up enough viewers in the 18-49 year old bracket….well what do they expect when they air it at 7pm?!?!?! Any show that you really want to pick up the older viewers with – you don’t air that early in the evening when families have kids that haven’t even gone to bed yet!!!!! (as if it’s rocket science or something)
I am so sick of the good shows being cancelled.
im 17 i watched falcon beach last year and this year i absoutely love the show even if there is no season three
i still want them to show
season one and two.
WHAT IM 55 yrs old and i love that show alot just like 7th heaven.