In the fall, ABC launched a new drama called Blood & Oil. They had high hopes for the series but it didn’t do well in the ratings and was cancelled. Now, the network is trying a suspenseful TV show called The Family. How’s it doing? Cancel or keep it?
The Family TV show revolves around the return of a politician’s young son who’s been presumed dead since he disappeared over 10 years ago. As the mysterious teen is welcomed back into his family, suspicions begin to emerge. Is Adam Warren really who he says he is? The series stars Joan Allen, Alison Pill, Margot Bingham, Zach Gilford, Liam James, Floriana Lima, Madeleine Arthur, Rarmian Newton, Rupert Graves, Floriana Lima, and Andrew McCarthy.
The series premiered on Thursday, March 3rd, and was given a plum timeslot between popular dramas Grey’s Anatomy and How to Get Away with Murder. The debut garnered a 1.48 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 5.70 million viewers. That was a bit lower than what Scandal had garnered in the same timeslot a week earlier.
A few nights later, The Family moved to its regular Sunday night timeslot and the results were not pretty. Episode two dropped by 43% in the demo and by 30% in viewership. The numbers have gotten worse as the weeks have progressed. The March 27th installment hit a new series low with a 0.63 rating in the demo and 2.61 million.
Unless these numbers miraculously turn around, it seems certain that The Family won’t be getting a second season. ABC hasn’t indicated that it’s a “one season series” and recently announced that the “season finale” of The Family will air on May 15th. Hopefully the writers will give viewers some closure by the end of the 12th (and likely last) episode.
But, what do you think? Do you like The Family TV show? Is it a better show than the ratings seem to indicate? Cancel or keep it?
Please renew the Family! The finale was awesome and left me wanting more. I think the acting is superb on all counts. There are fewer and fewer shows I like lately, but this one’s a keeper.
I thought it was a great show!! I looked forward to watching tv on Sunday nights again and to watch another episode of The Family. Please continue on in season 2
please keep the show the family, we find it very suspenseful and
can’t wait to see it every week
Love the show please don’t cancel
Another great show cancelled?? what’s wrong here?? you leave us up in the ‘air after Adam Returns???? Come on!!!!! give this another season, this is great stuff. Usually when good shows like this get cancelled they are replaced with JUNK. Don’t do this, Hey you other stations.. pick this one up.
Please bring back the family……one of the few decent new shows on tv……now that the Good Wife is not on…..the ratings would be much higher…….
Please keep this show ……look forward to this every Sunday!!!!!!! There is nothing else on
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Please don’t cancel the family . It’s an awesome show and the season finale is amazing. I want to see what happens next
I did really enjoy the show very much . Just a few things bothered me like how did his family not know it wasn’t Adam from the start. The only one who questioned it was his brother. he did not look all that much like Adam. And I realize years have passed but still. And the final episode was confusing, did the girlfriend of the assailant kill him? Maybe it will be answered next year if someone picks it up. I think people were not comfortable w/ the story with the predatorsHope it returns
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i thought the show was done very well overall. The ending had me on the edge of my seat Just a few things didn’t sit right with me, like how did the family never figure out that wasn’t Adam just by looking at him? I know he was all grown up now but one kid didn’t resemble the other that much And did the sex offender{sorry don’t know his name} get shot by the girlfriend in the end? Would haveliked to see that. HE SOO deserved it. Hope its picked up for next year though
No Adam shot him , it shows towards the end her saying are you ready , and he said no I have one more thing to take care of and that’s when he gets shot
Please keep this show.. You can’t just lead us so far than cancel on us…we want more seasons….we will stop watching tv shows on abc channel if you cancel the family.
I have really enjoyed this season!!! I hope that we get a season 2 I think it was just getting to the best parts.. I am sad to hear it was canceled. I would love to continue following this series if it were to be renewed. Please someone renew this series!!!!
Please keep this show on, it’s well written and you can’t leave us hanging on the season’s last show. Show the tv industry ABC can still pick a winner.
Keep it!!!!!
The Family is one of the best new shows to come along in a long time. All of the plot twist and turns and multi-faceted characters made the show so interesting and so unpredictable, It was almost impossible to tell where the line of good and evil, victim or victimizer for each character was drawn. Such a refreshing difference from so many other mundane TV shows where you knew what was going to happen before the writers did. I looked forward to watching this show every week. I really wasn’t ready for season 1 to end. But finding out the… Read more »