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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Please bring Flash Forward back that was such a good show every time it ended it was all I could to wait till the next to see the next !! The season finale was AWSOME!!!!!! OMG how could you not come back after that kind of and ending!!! You want to get rid of a show??? Get rid of “v” that show has no point!!!!! Nothing!!! Please listen to the viewers and bring back Flashforward. Thank you Tecia Hubble. lander Wyoming
This is why people do not invest any time in any one show, If you like it and start to look forward to seeing it they cancel it so why invest any time in following them. I don’t invest any time in tv anymore and its the stations fault.
I love the show…. I´m so sad because there is not going to be a second season!!!!
I think ABC shoud’ve tried to save the show I loved it!!! It was like no other show out there and they couldve kept it going for years. I thought the finale was brilliant that another blackout happened and I couldnt wait to see them. Why is it that all the shows I love get cancelled. I was schocked to hear of its cancellation, I thought the shows ideas were like nothing ive ever seen on tv. It was different but no different and crazy then Lost and that show went for 6 seasons, I was also a fan of… Read more »
This was a fantastically interesting show and drew me in. Finally a show that wasn’t mindless reality tv. Should of given it a chance.
since there will be no season 2 what was the outcome
Just found out it was cancelled! Too bad was realy good. Great Plot many dimesions and many possibilities. I will miss seeing it unfold. I will have to get the book.
This is a great show and have enjoyed every one of the shows. This is very disappointing that the show has been discontiued. We will never know what happens in the next flashforward. Please put this show back on tv.
I’m really disappointed it was one of a few shows a liked, why is it they seem to cancel the good shows and keep the worst it makes no sense at all
The reason the ratings kept dropping was because they stopped for a period of what was it like 4 months. Duhh! Of Course your going to have a ****** following when you just stop airing the episodes and then randomly bring it back.
We loved this show, very rarely get into a series that we looked forward to every Thursday night together… It took a ittle thinking unlike other shows to figure out what was going on. We know its been a while, we were surprised when it just ended, but were thinking about it tonight and wanted to see why it ended….over a year later. We would STILL love to see it come back and continue with the story line!!
That’s just sad. There’s not many shows I watch on TV but this just happened to be one. Now I’ll never know what happens in the next flash. 🙁 I hate it when TV series just ends.
🙁 been waiting and waiting, just now remembering to look it up online…how disappointing that this show is gone! first 24, now this…blah.
Just watched the enitre first season on Netflix, I have to say, “Lost” was my favorite show to date, and I always hoped to find another like it…I LOVED FlashForward. I am very upset that there will be no more seasons, it was a great show and the second season would have been amazing.
Same here… I also watched on Netflix, I stayed up for over 24 hours to watch the entire season because I was hooked from the get go. I literally just finished watching the 22nd episode now… like you lost was my fav too but i only seen it because of Netflix and friend referral. It is upsetting to know that this show with all it’s potential and it’s greatness will not continue because of som BS viewer ratings. We should start a social network campaign to bring this show back!
I definately agree! Now if only we could start a campain and they would listen to us!
I just did the exact same thing.
This was the first show I had “really gotten Into” out of all other tv shows. I dont even really watch tv, but when I saw this I thought Id give It a try, and I loved It, Actors were great, stories were great, and seeing the lives of everyone 6 months ahead, kept you guessing and thinking. Then one day, It wasnt on, “ok, I thought, maybe It got moved to thursday” But I was wrong, I checked and I checked, and It never showed up again, So I thought the season ended, but no, It just never came… Read more »