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 was a great show. Just keep waitin for it’s return. I can’t believe that it did better in ratings than the V. Hope ABC will decide to give it a second season.
I cannot believe they cancelled this show! It was so good. I looked forward to it every week excited about what would happen. I get invested into the characters and what is going on and now they end it like this??!! Ok, IDEA to ABC, keep making the show and let it air on SyFy channel, I’ll still get to see it and everyone will who loves it will and we can go on from there! This just isn’t a good idea it’s a great idea! Send it to SyFy so we can keep watching it!!!!
Figures that they start a show and get you hooked then they CLAIM that they don’t have good ratings. Everyone at work liked it and knew what was going on the next day at work. They need to bring this back. This was much better than V, but they decided to keep that! Shows just how smart they are….
I agree with many of the comments already posted. This is a great show and how can you leave people hanging. I too came acrossed it on NETFLIX because I am not a big fan of cable plus we travel a lot, in and out of country, so its hard to get to know the tv station schedules. Not to mention seems you pull good shows off on a regular basis. Maybe you should give this show to HBO or something, I am sure they can see there are plenty of viewers.
I have been waiting to see the second season for a year now, only to find this website’s terrible news that there wont be a second season! I was a huge follower of lost and was quit pleased in the potential of flash foward as the new ” lost”. the series was amazing and made me excited for the new episodes every week. BRING IT BACK !
LOVED THIS SHOW! Ratings dont mean much….I dont watch cable TV – I watch everything on Netflix or HULU….We are VERY disappointed, HATE ABC for cancelling this, it was the only show we really enjoyed. Makes us think it isnt worth watching anything ABC has to offer for fear they will leave us hanging AGAIN.
Great show, great acting, great plot, ABC get a clue!
listen i live in Israel and we all love this show PLEASE make a second season !
it will really suck if abc cancels it , it was a great show and it will just be too bad…:(
This show was awesome! Please bring it back! I need to know what happens during the second blackout (or third)
Went on Netflix and watched the first episode…I was hooked. I watched EVERY episode back to back, because I couldn’t wait to see what happened next. I loved it and wish it would contiune.
FlashForward was a great show. It’s really too bad that anything intelligent and insightful vanishes so quickly. What I don’t get is why people are depending on the ratings for deciding if a show will continue. Seriously…you should be finding a way to see if people are recording with TIVO. I bet you’d find you had a lot more viewers than you thought. I never watch TV the night something airs, I watch it later, when I have time. Shame on your for canceling something great.
i didnt even know about this show….i just recently discovered it….same thing happened with lost and it just ended i was 4 years behind on that show….seems like most good shows that air on abc i’m a few years behind cause i dont regularly watch that station
I want FlashForward back!!! IT was a spellbinding show…and it was amazing… I want to know what happens after the next flashforward… Please get the show back.
I think with some better scripting and acting the show would remain a hit. After the first episode, I was hooked and practically watched all 22 episodes back to back. Get your head straight, ABC. Quit looking at your TV ratings and look at your Hulu ratings at least. I’d definitely alter my schedule to tune in every week for season two. Defying gravity was a great show and you ripped that one from us too. Lost is crap. I was “lost” by season SIX and I have no interest in it now. At least give us that much with… Read more »
Incredible ! this was a very good program.
When you start you don’t want to stop, this is the reason I decide not to paid no more cable.
When you get use to a program pao! is gone now how we going to find out what happen in the second black out?
Yes this show should come back.
More than mindless 10 second attention-span crap. No wonder it was dropped. Once again, challenge the minds of the viewers and they can’t handle it. THIS would be why I don’t bother watching television other than what I find on Netflix.