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?
This is my first time complaining about the cancellation of a show and I agree that another night might have proved sufficient for higher ratings. The cast of all five characters listed was outstanding and I really liked the premise as well. Sad that it couldn’t continue!
I liked Forever so this news comes as a massive disappointment to not just myself but my parents who were also fans of the show. My two main gripes with the show were that it started becoming a little too formulaic to the point that you could predict the sequence of events during each episode, and it started veering down a comedic route at times. Regardless, I loved the overall premise and cast of characters and was very much hoping the network would renew the show for a second series as it still had a lot of life left in… Read more »
We are devoted fans of Forever. We really want the series to continue, and had looked forward to season 2. How do we petition to ABC or other networks to pick up the series, to continue with the series?
Forever is a good show with great characters. They have a good fan base who want to see the show continue.
Way to go ABC I finally found a great show on your network that was so very well written intelligent and intriguing story line with fantastic actors and you go and cancel it after just one season? Who is running your company Carrot Top? You put so much crap out that is so mind numbing and dull and you keep running them year after year that’s why I don’t watch ABC and prefer CBS. And I will continue to do so. And just so you are aware I am a 52 year old male who owns a home has a… Read more »
To much competition. Great show and cast. Going up against Chicago Fire and Person of Interest was just to much. Different night and time slot it still be around.
I can’t believe you cancelled this show and kept other junk. Even my husband who doesn’t like this type show, really liked it.
please for the love of god renew it .it’s a perfect show . it has everything,drama,history,action,…… . it’s a shame how ABC decide to cancel all the good shows.
My disappointment in the cancellation of this show seems to match that of others. It may soon be that television will carry only repeats, reality shows, and sports. The vast majority of the rest of us are just out of luck. Nothing that can convey a story and character development will be shown.
Why is ABC cancelling all theses shows..I think Forever makes like 4 that they didn’t renew. But are bringing in crap like The Astronaut Wives Club, Galavant, Secrets and Lies made season 2 dumbest show, American Crime another dumb one, 500 Questions, Celebrity Family Feud, I mean whats up with this crap..these are shows i would never ever watch what age grouping are they aiming for..because it is not my age group. Out of the 7 shows I watched on ABC 5 were not renewed. At this point I think ABC Sucks..will delete the remaining shows I watch..and give up… Read more »
Another example of a well written series with an interesting storyline being cancelled. It seems everyone is only interested in mind numbing reality rubbish nowadays. Hopefully someone will see sense and give it another chance at least to allow all the loose ends to be tied up. Don’t leave us hanging………
After ABC axed Body of Proof, Forever was the first shoe to run a full season in that time slot. The three previous shows never saw a full season. Why cancel your first success after 3 failed attempts?? Let’s see what the try next but they’ve lost loyal viewers.
Why is it that so many great thinking original shows get canceled? Great show I will miss it.
I’m SO disappointed with your decision of cancelling this AWESOME show. You really need to reconsider a 2nd season, I don’t care if it takes you a whole year but PLEASE! bring it back for gods sake! Promote it even more!
This is the first time I have ever complained for the cancelling of any T V program. My wife and I who are both in our late sixties think that Forever is one of the best programs available on any network. I know that many of my coworkers also feel the same. I don’t know you reached the decision to cancel but I think you should consider a new method. This program deserves a season 2 and you will see that I and many others feel the same
This makes me so sad. Forever is such a good show, great characters. I have watched every show and absolutely love it. So disappointed that they keep shows where the dialogue is barely even articulate and they throw away an amazing show like this. The powers that be suck.