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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This is one of the best shows I’ve seen. They need to continue the series. It was a bad movie. Definitely one of the best tv shows.
amazing even after all the comments still they aren’t bringing it back! To bad just leaving us hanging. Instead just keep making more and more of the same shows just tagging them in different cities… Miami, Los Angeles, New York, etc…
I liked this show but it did drag a little at times. When will these networks realize that taking shows off the air for months at a time in their first season or any season for that matter and moving them to new timeslots just confuses viewers. It also didn’t help that the answers as to who was causing this and why were taking too long to be presented to viewers. Viewers, even fans like my wife and I, wanted answers quicker. We just don’t have the patience that we used to. Not in a world of instant news and… Read more »
All my family and friends enjoyed Flashforward. ABC made a MISTAKE cancelling this show. Please return…………………………………………….
Please ABC give us a second season of our favorite serie flashforward there`s noting beter for a whele. Please give us our series back.
I absolutely loved the show!! I anxiously awaited week to week to see the next episode!! I literally sat on the edge of the sofa, glued tothe tv during the show, and hated when the hour was over!!!!! I think ABC should have given the show a second season and was completely bummed when I found out the show had been cancelled!!!
I was extremely disappointed that FlashForward was cancelled! It was a great show and extremely original. I found it much more intriguing than Fringe and the storyline really captured my interest. I do not understand how the television networks determine what is good and bad. All we have to see these days are reality shows of people who definitely do not need to have even one minute of fame and then we are constantly inundated with their lives from the bedroom, to the bathroom, to the courtroom, etc. I wish they had been able to save FlashForward!!!!
Are you people crazy? Why would you cancel one of the BEST new shows? I know of no one who says “oh yeah that show sucked” I will tell you who sucks, its the idiot who signed off on Flash Forward! ABC has always been our family network because they had good TV and the balls to provide good TV any one remember NYPD Blue and all the crap that happened and ABC stood up and aired it? It did it because you had faith in it. Now you are to money hungry and to soft on who might not… Read more »
I cannot believe that this show was cancelled and Outsourced is still on. Wow.
ABC made a mistake. Flash Forward was a really good show. If they needed to tweak it fine but take it off the air was crazy. They should rethink it, fix what wasn’t working and bring the show back. We liked the twist in relationship types between Gabrielle Union and John Cho.
We really enjoyed flash forward We are sad that its no longer on
I think they made a mistake canceling the Flashforward. I loved that series, I hope they give them a chance with a season no. 2. I would love to watch it and pleas listen to the fans!
Show was excellent al be it a bit slow viewers i think need to see whats happening fairly fast in the series seasons are too long, we could have found out in the first 10 ish episodes what and why it happened then maybe concentrate on various characters vision not just the main cast but people at random.
This is really sad … my husband and I really enjoyed the series. Each week we taped both Flashforward and “V” and made it a point of sitting down together to watch our favorite TV shows. This is very disappointing 🙂 I would have to agree with one of the other comments on the site — ENOUGHT already with the silly reality crap! Can’t stand it and don’t watch it!!!! Entertainment used to be about a good story, imagination and creativity — sorry to say the numbers are all wrong this time. Thumbs up to the writers and producers of… Read more »
Flash Forward was one of the best shows since Lost and 24. What were they thinking. You left us hanging!!!
I really think the network screwed up! Why cancel a great origional
series and keep these dance shows, and “D” list celebrity reality crap!
I thought flashforward was a really origional and enjoyable series.
Please listen to the fans of the show, We all want to see more and at
least get some answers! I think with the right time slot it will do emensly
better. Please bring it back.