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?
It is awesome, please keep it!!!!!
I love this new show. It is one of the best shows on TV right now. I think you should renew this TV show and give it a chance to grow. I will be very disappointed if you decide to end it this May and it will be a be s huge mistake. It is well written and very clever, give it a chance to grow. Some shows take time to catch on. You can’t decide in a few weeks whether a show will continue to grow. I am hoping you will have a second season, please do yourselves a… Read more »
We really like the show…intriguing and interesting…don’t cancel, we’d love to see more!
Love this show so much I hope they renew it for more seasons!!!
I liked it initially, but it moves too slow to solve anything. I’m losing interest.
I love this show. Hope I am not to late chiming in. I taped them and am just watching them… Great show…
My wife and I both love this show. Way better than the ratings. I hope more people discover it so it will be renewed
Please keep! My boyfriend and I love this show! It’s one of the few shows that has shocking turns each and every episode. At least one more season and then we’ll see where the show takes us.
The acting and quality of this drama is excellent .. the shots and plot twists are top flight… it’s too bad the general public can’t wrap their heads around it. I have since the first episosde… some better than others but the last couple have been riveting! I’ll be sorry to see it get cancelled… may too good for network tv… move show over to hbo,
No, I don’t get HBO…how about FX?
Do not cancel the family tv series. Tv is not that good all around so keep this going
I absolutely love this show!! The only problem is it comes on the same time as Fear the Walking Dead, but I always catch up on OnDemand. Please keep!!
Love The family show, so does everybody I talk too. Blood and oil was another favorite but abc doesn’t give anything a chance. Remember full house they stunk in the ratings in the beginning and they stayed on the air for years. Don’t give up on THE FAMILY. It’s a great show.
First of all, let me commence by saying this is an incredible show, the best TV has to offer right now. My question is *can it be kept? By that I mean, it has a narrow premise, once it’s wrapped up, is it possible to maintain it? I say keep it if possible but cancel it if it becomes stale.
The Family should be cancelled after this its first season. It is not the type of show that has much room for growth once the mysteries and various plot twists have been resolved. In short, it is a good show wile it lasts but shouldn’t last.
I disagree. It has brilliant writers and and it certainly does have a lot of potential to grow. It is a great deal like the TV show, Lost, very unique and captivating, my only complaint would be it is over too soon. Each episode is so good and I hate to see it end. I can hardly wait for next Sunday to see what happens. This is a quality show and we need it to develop more plots and remain on the air.
KEEP IT..THE FAMILY its a really good show and its better then half of the shows that are on there so i vote KEEP IT thank you