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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I loved Flash Forward and when I received the series for Christmas, I was thrilled. I shared it with my 10 year old daughter and we had some wonderful times bonding over it. I am disappointed to see great television cancelled. I don’t even watch television anymore because I can’t stand all the reality crap. I think there are more people out there trying to watch tv on their own time and viewing is happening online more than through normal television viewing. They need to take into consideration that many people are not watching in the traditional sense anymore and… Read more »
this is the biggest mistake ever flash forward is a brilliant show how could they cancel it? and run other terrible shows!
I’m not at all surprised to learn that Flashforward has been cancelled. ABC is notorious for pulling really great programs ie: Happy Town, Eastwick…etc. This network has very few shows I will watch now and I don’t dare watch anything new. Why waste my time?
Another great show, once again gets cancelled. Unbelievable that the air ways are filled with mindless garbage, while shows like ‘Flashforward’ gets trashed!
Too bad I am just now reading this article. I have been eagerly awaiting the second season of this show for eight months now. I was so excited to see what was going to happen the next blackout. I agree, they always cancel the good shows but never awful reality TV.
A great show like FlashForward gets cancelled after its first season while a lame one like V (lame story, poor acting and dialogues that are nothing but a shame to whoever wrote them) makes it to a second season.
The decision making guys at ABC must have gone completely mad !
I really loved this show.It was very interesting and for a show to catch my eye takes alot. They always keep the wack shows that should’ve never been aired in the first place and get rid of the very good ones. I would love for this show to come back or bring it back to let us know the storyline to the show and let us know what was the whole point of the flashfowards.
I believe it was one of the best series in a long time. It kept me interested in the next second and what would happen in the next week. Thought provoking. I miss it
I cannot believe ABC cancelled this show!!! It was the only show with a great cliffhanging storyline each week! Bring it back please!
I can not stand when they cancel great shows. I was very curious to see how season two would start.. I agree they need to make season two and sell it in stores! This sucks.. A great cliff hanger, but we will never know how it turns out!
When will they learn, you do not bring a show like this to air and not run it every week without reruns. Look at 24 how they waited till the first of the year and ran the show each week until the end. They should have learned from their Lost series. What a bunch of morons!!!!!!!
Maybe now that over 5000 black birds fell out of the sky for real, they will decide to give it a go for season 2. Bet more people would watch it now. lol
I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought that! I think it was a ploy by the producers to get attention back on the show! Let us know how it ends!!
i would watch it and even buy the 2nd season. Bring back the show, i loved it
So disgusted flashforward was slamming. Abc should be ashamed of themselves crazy shows like the bachelor that is the world we live in a bunch of crap tv shows
As usual, always cancel the good shows and keep the shows that are not interesting. It was nice to see a show that had a different storyline.
If they don’t bring it back at least make a season 2 that way we all know what took place on the show. I loved this show and so did my children would love to have a ending to it!!! I would buy the Season 2 just to see the end!!!!
i just watched flash forward on hulu and found out that they cancelled the show, please dont i love it, now i will wonder what would have happened. i would buy the Season 2 just to see what happens. it’s a shame that shows like this don’t come back for 2nd season and the crap shows are still showing.