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 am so tired of getting into the new shows to only have them canceled on me ,, medium , stargate atlantis, numbers, UNIT, to name a few that were canceled ,,, ALL to replace them with crap reality shows.. garbage ,,, what r there now like 6 late night shows ,, surviver is on what season 14 or something .amazing race ,STOP already with the **** shows ,,,,,
Yes bring this show back. I always looked forward to Thursday nights. I don’t even watch any ABC shows anymore. It’s Fox,CBS, or NBC. Ban ABC.
great show enjoyed every minute, bring it on and lets find out how it was to be
My husband and i loved this show, can’t understand why there will be no season 2. Very disappointed!!!
I loved the show! I was ready for the new season to begin
series are great
i realu enyojed season 1 and i wod like to see the second season
i am from serbia and i whatched the whole season in 3 days
it was an exelent expirience
please continue with the show
I thought the show was great! I looked forward to watching it, like I did Lost. Come on give it another chance!
I loved the show! I am so disappointed…it isn’t fair that you get into a show like this and then get no answers because they pull the show! I really hate that! This was one show I looked forward to weekly…I really hope they change their mind and bring it back!
Its awesome and I think a petition should be started to save it
they should definetly bring it back – but if shows dont attract the right demographic group, it doesnt mater how many viewers it has, they will still cancel it. Today’s shows are all about how much money the networks can make off of advertising, nothing more, and too many people love the phony “reality” shows that are not even real and are mainly scripted and fake.
Wow, maybe it was taken off the air because it was forced to. Why did all the Black birds in Arkansas fall out of the sky ? 10,000 fish wash up on shore, mass turtle doves falling out of the sky, all over the world…makes you wonder….
If this is the case then I think they should do a one off show to give it closure, an ending for the show and its fans.
The show was great. It keep me on my toes. I thought that the story line was Unique. Must of the show on T.V now have been played out over and over. Flash Forward was a breath of fresh air. Please bring it back. Just like in real estate is importation (location, location) makes a difference, so does the time slot and what day it airs on, please give the show 2nd chance.
Please bring it back. I’m so tired of all the reality shows. This show was great and I would really like to know how it ends.
Please bring it back. I’m so tired of all the reality shows. Just give me some great fic tion. You’ve left us hanging, not having any idea what is going on.