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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Remember Eli Stone? Another show we totally enjoyed for originality and you killed it, ABC. It’s frustrating to keep ending up with crap like “Wipeout” – mindless drivel.
ABC should have never taken it off for the 3 months to replace it with the Olympics. I was really into it and then it disappeared! They should have given some time for people to get hooked! I was already on hulu watching a few missed episodes trying to keep caught up! It was a show you actually had to pay attention! LIKE LIKE LIKE!!!
How could they leave us like this! i loved that show! they deserve a season 2!
I loved it!!!!!!! was a great great show!!!!!! noooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!! sell it to antoher network!!!
I just found out they cancelled after I spent all the time on Hulu catching up so I could watch this season… Don’t they know people watch this stuff and NOT on a regular TV? They should have polled the internet. It was a GREAT show that had you thinking. Unfortunately ABC doesn’t.
I miss the show ABC should bring it back
I am so mad at ABC for canceling Flash Forward! It was a great show – and I agree with a lot of the folks that have commented … it was a show that made you THINK and you had to pay attention and follow the clues. And what a crappy thing to do and NOT have a proper ending … that is just not right. There are other shows out there that should be pulled and are a joke … Flash Forward was not one of them! BRING IT BACK!!!!
i`m from Brazil and i`d really like to see another season of Flash Forward!!!!
I really feel soooooo desapoint that ABC cancelled FlashForward.and I`m asking please make a second season.
It is the best series that I have wacht in a lot of time.. It`s more excited than Dexter….. Its a lot to say………..
So as a lot of fans around the word I`m waiting that it continues!
My daughter and I are floored that you cancelled this show. It was good. AND how can you get rid of Medium? What next? Desperate Housewives?
I agree I have spent a long time waiting and waiting and waiting and two weeks ago I found out that one of my most favorite shows got canceled.I am so so so mad I absoulutly loved that show.How could we be left hanging I mean after the explosion and all we all want to know what happens next I mean come on abc I spent countless nights lying on my couch watching this awsome show with my dad.Flash forward was so mind boggling and sence tingling that once you watch it once you can’t stop.I still cant barly believe… Read more »
Hey guys , first of all i need to say ” sorry about ABC decision ” . I am from Europe and i seen menny TV show in my entire life. FlasForward was a impresive tv show , maybe i was so much captivated of this becouse i like evrithing about particle accelerator, waching on discovery channel all materials about this. For sure FlasForward is in my top 3 list , i even watched tv show twice . Maybe folks who watched this TV show didnt understud it , maybe the advertising was bad ( exemple the advertising from axn… Read more »
The suits always cancel shows that have a dedicated following. Not all shows debut as gangbusters like ‘Deperate Housewives’. Crap like ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ is mindless crap about sexually dysfunctional physicians who bang anything with a hole in it. The female characters are nothing more than bimbos with stethescopes. I thought FlashForward had something to offer. Now we have ‘The Event’…some vague hint that the writers will eventually come up with a plot if they get enough viewers. ABC is great at taking shows off the schedule for months on end and expect the viewers to be sitting mindlessly by while… Read more »
ABC sucks,why have a bunch of reality shows that are rigged by judges. Flash Forward took a little brains to watch,,and was very interesting .V is coming back and was near what ABC had,you are losers. What are you going to replace it with ,a reality show with the ex Gov.of Alaska?
ABC sucks !!!!!!!flash forward was such a great show
They should make some kind of a Law that says if they are going to cancel a show they can’t leave us hanging!!! It should be Law that they have to have a proper ending, we took the time to watch their show they should at least give us some kind of a proper ending!!