Doctor Henry Morgan may be immortal but his TV show isn’t. ABC has cancelled the Forever TV series after one season of 22 episodes.
On the Forever TV show, New York City’s star medical examiner (Ioan Gruffudd) can ascertain things that most can not because of his vast experience — he’s been alive for 200 years but can’t figure out the how or the why. The rest of the cast includes Alana de la Garza, Lorraine Toussaint, Donnie Keshawarz, Joel David Moore, and Judd Hirsch.
The series debuted last September to a 1.5 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 8.26 million viewers. The ratings grew for episode two but they started falling after that.
Though the Forever series had some very passionate fans, that devotion didn’t translate into positive ratings. The numbers were pretty poor for much of the season and the show ended up averaging a 1.12 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 4.93 million viewers.
As a result, ABC has decided against ordering a second season of Forever. The last episode aired earlier this week and unfortunately left viewers with lots of unanswered questions.
What do you think? Did you like the Forever TV show? Do you think it should have been cancelled or renewed for a second season? Why do you think it didn’t catch on with a larger audience?
Loved Forever! Please bring it back! So much better than the other trashy mindless garbage on TV.
This was such a wonderful show!!! There is so little on TV these days that the whole family can watch. I remember fearing it would be short lived because of the lack of sex, violence & cussing. Please, please ABC bring this show back. I always loved the ending monologue, just kind of made you pause & think about what was really important. Wonderful show that should remain on!!!
I can not believe the network is cancelling Forever. The show was quite entertaining, leaving you on the edge of your seat waiting for the next episode.
Does DVR-ing the program affect the ratings? If so, probably one of the reasons it’s now off the air. Hopefully another network will pick this show up.
It is sad that great quality entertainment has to be cancelled. Put some of the usual crap in its place!! Very disappointed
Forever should have been renewed. It was an amazing and clever show.
This situation remembers me Flashforward. It was cacelled too with no respect for the viewers. Unfortunately, viewers from other parts of the World are not taken in account for the ratings. This is for sure another bad decision from ABC.
I think ABC has made a big mistake.
I loved this series. Great characters, interesting plots, Flashbacks giving clues to the current events. The actors were great also. Sure hope some other network will pick it up if ABC doesn’t want it.
Just had this post called a “duplicate” and that I had said this before. Well, now I am offended. I just searched to see when show would come back on and was shocked to find it had been cancelled so this is first time I posted.
I loved this series. Great characters, interesting plots, Flashbacks giving clues to the current events. The actors were great also. Sure hope some other network will pick it up if ABC doesn’t want it.
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!!!!! THIS CANNOT BE HAPPENING! I NEED A SECOND SEASON AND A THIRD AND A FORT AND A FIFTH AND A SIXTH PLEASE PLEASE DONT CANCEL PLEASE MAKE ANOTHER SEASON PLEASE!
Are you listening out there, programming execs? SOMEBODY PLEASE RESURRECT “FOREVER” !!!
My husband and I really liked this show. We couldn’t wait for the next season to start so we could see Dr. Morgan tell the detective of his secret. Unless another network picks them up, we will never know. Anyway sad to see it go. There are so view shows out there that is worth turning the tv on for. It’s just a shame. I think ABC has made a big mistake.
Laurie B
I absolutely loved Primeval! I caught it on TV one time and had to go to Hulu to catch the other episodes. Too bad ABC isn’t like BBC: They don’t seem to be listening to the fans about Forever.
I think that Forever should be renewed! It is amazing and it is the best TV play that I have ever seen! Keep it going~
Are you kidding me! Forever was a wonderful program, finally, something that was witty, charming and family friendly. You really should have asked how the fans felt about this. Very disappointing, who makes this decisions? Please reconsider your decision.
I remember a BBC show called Primeval that had a huge following and the dud a cliffhanger season finale and then canceled the show. The fans created such an uproar. Started a FB petition to bring it back and the network did!