The ABC TV show about what happens in the future apparently doesn’t have one. FlashForward has been cancelled after one season.
FlashForward begins as the world’s population blacks out for 137 seconds and they “flash forward” to see visions of their lives six months in the future. The series’ ensemble cast includes Joseph Fiennes, John Cho, Jack Davenport, Zachary Knighton, Peyton List, Dominic Monaghan, Brian F. O’Byrne, Courtney B. Vance, Sonya Walger, and Christine Woods.
The series debuted in September and attracted a 4.0 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 12.47 million viewers. With a lot of buzz, it seemed like ABC had a hit. For week two, the ratings dropped to a still very respectable 3.7 and 10.73 million.
But then viewership just kept falling, hitting a low of a 2.1 in the key demo and just 7.1 million viewers. Then, ABC pulled the series for three months. The spin was that they would relaunch FlashForward after the Olympics.
The network gave the return a significant amount of promotion but it didn’t help. FlashForward’s ratings were even worse and they just kept dropping. They’ve gotten so bad that The CW has been beating them in the demo.
To no surprise, ABC has cancelled FlashForward after one season of 20 episodes. The series finale will air in two weeks, on May 27th.
What do you think? Did FlashForward deserve a second season? Could ABC have saved it? If given the chance, how would you wrap it up?
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Sad!! This is the only show I really wanted to watch every week on normal network tv!! SO now we sit and never know what happened!!
I am so disappointed. I asked my granddaughter to come watch the last season’s show which aired 5/27/10, before the new ones come on. She commented that it was cancelled and I could not believe it. I couldnt wait to see each week and now I just feel angry with the station. I agree with Erica, bring it back and take off those stupid reality shows!
Will miss this show very much was one of my favs just now found out it was cancelled!!! Damn shame!
You’ve got to be kidding me!!!!! I had no idea until waiting and waiting and waiting for the premiere info and then finally turning to the web for more info. I am absolutely sick.
No!!! I love this show! I’m shocked–I had no idea it wasn’t coming back. They’re making a huge mistake…this show is exciting, unique, suspenseful…they can’t just leave us hanging! This is very upsetting. I thought for sure we’d be seeing this show in January (I’m not sure exactly how these things work, I just know sometimes certain shows start late in the season…) Wow, my day is ruined! How am I going to figure out what happened to all of those people? I can’t write my own ending…impossible–all those storylines and no storyteller to finish them. Boo!
Gianna
Really? I loved that show. It was great. Why do they get rid of the good shows?
Please bring this show back!!!!! I have been waiting forever to see what happens next after that season finale that left us hanging & my husband – who never watches TV even loved this show! I have an idea, Put this on in place of on of the MANY stupid reality shows… how many of those do we really need…. SOOO frustrated with this network!
It is such a shame that this show did not make it. The season finale gives it enough material to run for the next 5 years… Won’t say more not to spoil it for anyone.
I started watching the show only a friend had recommended it. And I couldn’t turn the TV off, I just wanted more and more. What a shame 🙁
ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I love this show.
My husband and I loved this show and we rarely watch the same thing. I am extremely disapointed. It seems like everytime I like something it gets cancelled. I guess tv is geared toward stupid people because the shows they tend to keep are pretty dumb. V is not very good at all and I won’t be watching that!!!!!
This show and the concept of the story was amazing! I loved this show! Considering most of the shows on this network are garbage and not entertaining at all, this was one I could follow and really get into!
First they cancel Jericho, which was another amazing story! I really wanted to see how it turned out!!! Now, they cancel Flashforward… I am convinced the network does not understand quality programming.
That show was awesome and I cannot believe it is over already!!! It was thrilling and I watched it every week just to see what happened next! It had drama and action and lots of suspense. The premis was unique and I loved how it was so twisted…the characters always finding a new piece to the puzzle. Loved it! Please reconsider, I’ve been so looking forward to the next season!!
I am severely disappointed with this show cancellation. I understand that ratings fall and these are the engine of advertising profit. However, networks need to recognize that viewers like me become vested in a show and really get ticked when the story is not ‘finished’ or brought to a reasonable conclusion. That really hurts the overall brand of the network — I, for example, will not watch any new shows on ABC for fear that they will let me down again as they did with millions of other viewers. To me, a reasonable ‘save face’ solution is for a network… Read more »
really you canceled a great show but yet they have the worst shows ever on tv. Like jersey shore! really…that show is the worst show ever! who cares about anything that they say or do! or when i was 17..you keep them stupid shows on but cancel one that is actually good! what is wrong with the socitey today!
I truly enjoyed the show and my wife (who watches very little tv) loved the show. I did not realize until this fall that it was not coming back. Please reconsider, I believe you have a series worth saving.