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?
I loved the show and am very disappointed that abc did not really give it a chance
Was checking the websites to find out when our shows were going to return and was disappointed that Forever was not listed. We really enjoyed the show. Was excited to see coming episodes only to now be disappointed. I wish the network could just wrap up the loose strings in one more episode to end it somehow instead of leaving us hanging. That is what frustrates me when they cancel a show, too many unanswered questions.
The show should have been renewed!!!
I LOVED THIS SHOW AND WATCHED IT FAITHFULLY!!!!!!!! SO VERY SAD IT IS GONE PLEASE PLEASE BRING THE SHOW BACK!!!!
No!!! My husband and I love this show. Please bring it back?
I feel like people aren’t interested in pure shows anymore…they want violence, sex, scandal, youth. We are desensitized. It’s kind of hard for people to get a thrill out of a simple, moral yet somewhat violent show. Other shows have been cancelled in the past that had a similar feel to it, for example Eli Stone. I don’t know that people relate to the heros in these shows.
I can’t understand why this show is canceled. It has great actors and is fun to watch. Please bring it back!!!
I hope another network will pick this up. It wasn’t promoted very well, but the show is great. The chemistry between characters grew every episode, and the possibilities for future plot lines are endless.
No! Forever should NOT be canceled! We don’t fit the target demographic, but we watched it regularly and really enjoyed it. Bad decision, CBS!
How dare you ABC. I am emotional you took off my favorite show. Why didn’t you take off all reality ish.I am going to miss my show. No thanks alolt. I had my DVR set to record too.
I really loved this show , it was like the first show that I have ever really gotten into. I would always stay up and watch on the nights it came out. But when I started to see a lack of episodes, I had a feeling it would end (to my disappointment). I had hope it wouldn’t but it did. It was , like I said, the only show I have ever gotten into. It was fantastic! But to end it the way it did.. I really had hope it wouldn’t have ended that way. So many questions left unanswered.… Read more »
I’m saddened that this show was cancelled. We looked forward to watching it every week. I would like to see it renewed.
This was a fascinating show. love the comparison between different times in history. Had great actors. It is a true lost to cancel the show.
I can’t believe that Forever has been cancelled.. It is so hard to find a show that is so fun to watch. It had a great story and the flash backs into history with Dr. Morgan were great. I will truly miss this show. Put it on another network!!!!!!
Why did you cancel such a good show. They’re other people watching tv besides people 18-49, that age group like those stupid reality shows. You had a great program ABC you needed to give it a chance. I am so disappointed . Think
About viewers over 50 we will just watch HBO where they have adult programming. And you let youn18-49 age group who
Go out most nights decide what should be on TV. Why do you think most people are watching. AMC, TNT, and HBO and Showtime even Fox for God shakes because they actually have good programs.