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 was shocked when I learned that Forever was cancelled. I was waiting for it to come back on as it was one of my favorite shows on tv. ABC does not recognize a good thing when when they see it. I hope it is picked up by another network and I will miss it. 🙁
Just found out that Forever was cancelled I loved that show my husband & I both watched it!!!! One of our favorites!!!!!!!
don’t cancel Forever!!!!
“FOREVER” – very intelligent movie serials with great actors. I am 40. And I will miss this TV serials. I like the main idea and how historical facts combined with modern life. Great operator’s work also.
Forever was a very entertaining series. I enjoyed watching it, I was looking forward to it’s return. I am disappointed that it has been cancelled.
I am really disappointed that we,will not be seeing a second series I have just sat for three days,watching the box set on sky tv and its fantastic ..great storytelling and acting , perhaps the writers should have quickened the story of Henry and heated it up a bit but I would have been delighted to watch a,second,series 🙁
series was great i expect they bring it back
I’m not in the demographics, but rather 55+. I loved the show and I’m extremely disappointed that you cancelled the show. Maybe you didn’t advertise it enough. I watch very few series because they aren’t believable, but I was enthralled by this series and I’m extremely disappointed. Please reconsider!!!!
Another old series that I wish someone would revise is ‘Voyager’(1982-1983) with Jon-Erik Hexum.
This is one of the dumbest decisions ever made by ABC. We looked forward to watching Forever every week. My husband and I have been waiting patiently for this to come back and VERY upset that it’s not!!!!! BRING IT BACK!!!!
It was a good show is a shame that it was cancelled i ll love to see more of Forever
As the new seasons are playing I went on forever and no new season? What a great show, I watch on hulu, I was excited cause I got antenna tv this year, so I could keep up. Bad decision great actors, great story..
I loved this show and was really glad to have something good to watch.
I’m really disappointed that they canceled this show. It was really good. It had an original story line.
We loved the TV series and are very disappointed to learn the show has been cancelled. The storyline was amazing and we looked forward to seeing how Harry would handle each new week. Well I guess we won’t have to wonder anymore. What a dumb move ABC!!
I am very disappointed that “Forever” was cancelled. There are very few shows that I watch. This was one of them.