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?
A tv series with a very unique story and very interesting plot. My wife and myself loved watching the show. We would hate to see the show not continued. We think it was one of ABC best shows.
It was a great show that did not disappoint with a good story line and awesome potential. Looked forward to it each week, and if I couldn’t watch I recorded it. I will absolutely sign the petition! Hope ABC comes to its senses! I can see it airing on a Sunday or Friday night time slot. Keep me posted.
Just went to ABC.COM and bottom of there page “CONTACT US” wrote my opinion. Please do the same. The that do it, the better chance we have to get back. Let’s try!!!!
Just did it.. Come one people..let’s change ABC’s minds!
Can someone share a link of ABC as i am in the UK we got the last two being shown here over the next 2 weeks & i would love to sign it as this shows that the series must be good that an overseas country’s TV company have bought it
I want this show back for a 2nd season, it is really fun and entertainment to watch without the violence and awfull details of other shows, it is quite refreshing to see this kind of tv shows as Forever
i believe that the show is a new and exciting view to police, mystery and human nature… who doesn’t want to live forever? I certainly have entertained the notion of what it would be like… I would definitely sign the petition, I love the show and I was left with tons of unanswered questions! please my vote may not count for much but, PLEASE BRING THE SHOW BACK, great cast of people who do not make it look fake like some other shows, just in case you(cast) ever read this post… you people work great together. thanks for the many… Read more »
This upsets me greatly, firstbsome bright spark comes up with the idea to split the season now this! Next time I commit myself to a good show I’m going to watch it on s rerun so that I get a goddamn finale, cancelling shows like Forever without tying up any loose ends is just not on!!!!
I think most broadcast TV nowadays is poor. CBS has the best; NBC comes in second and ABC comes in last. The only show that they had that was really GREAT, was FOREVER, The actors are far better than most. Obviously, ABC doesn’t know a good thing, when they have it. PLEASE, ABC, BRING BACK FOREVER! It’s fans will be forever grateful and you will add more viewers to watch your line-up. Isn’t,that the bottom line. You have to satisfy your audience, otherwise, you’ll lose it, Please bring back the best program you had, ABC, namely FOREVER!
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Bring Forever back, if ABC doesn’t want an awesome show like this, have another network who actually places it in a good time slot!
Folks, I think there is hope if we form a movement. The ratings were not bad. The network (and other networks!) needs to see that there is a true cult following with potential to expand to a wider audience. The evidence is already in: 400 comments to date have been lodge on this site unanimously protesting the decision. I surveyed the comments for all other recent cancellations by the big 4 networks. The closest to Forever was Backstrom with 258 and About a Boy with 240. The rest are in the 100s or below 100. The Following has 181; Cristella… Read more »
Yes i agree i will sign a petition
I’ll sign a petition too
I have tried to what other people said, but when press reply nothing happens. My entire family will sign a petition. How would you get ABC TO KNOW HOW WE FEEL.
I dont know.. maybe under the ‘contact’ section on their web-page? Or find their physical address and bombard them with letters? if anyone has ideas..pass them on
This kind of effort has succeeded many times in the past. We should all go to the ABC site, scroll to the bottom of the home page, click on “Contact,” and let them know how we feel about the cancellation. I have already asked them to look at the comments on this TV Series Finale site. Someone with the time to organize a petition can let us know about it here and on the Ioan Gruffed fan site. http://ioangruffuddfan.com/ Perhaps the people who run this site can give our organizer pointers on what kind of actions have gotten results with… Read more »
ABC needs to listen to the public. After all we are the ones watching the shows. Really tired of the ratings they are using. People watch different ways. And in our household we either watch with our IPads, use Hulu, Tvio. Come on folks lets get Forever back on ABC.
What I don’t understand, is that ABC cancels an awesome show like Forever, but keep that stupid Bachelor and Bachelorette? Really???? That is so messed up!
I googled petition the show forever and this is what I read Petition is closed over 21,769 people signed the petition we may know the fate of forever as early as May 11 that is why they closed the petition on the finale airdate they wanted to take time to impact the executives. Hopefully with these many signatures forever will renew lets keep our fingers crossed. If you want to read for yourself google petition the show forever click the link that says tell ABC to renew or reschedule and you will read it there. I hope this will help… Read more »
STUPID Nelson rating…..My family and I really liked this show as well. This was a great show and its content was also mostly family friendly in an era when not on at even 7pm is family friendly. Arrrggggg.
Bad decision to cancel Forever which was an excellent show and was just finding its feet and was showing real promise for season 2 . I realy hope they reconsider and give them a second season
It seems that every time I find a good series to watch they always seem to cancel it. These stations continue to air all the garbage of reality shows that take no talent already wealthy people that I could care less about what happens in their day to day lives and promote them, but remove the shows that actually have plot lines.
They don’t give these show any chance gives the don’t give enough time to grow or put them up against the other network top if you look back of all the top shows they all started out slow
I loved this show, there isn’t any shw I loved more. how can I help to bring it back
Loved the show can’t believe it’s been cancelled.all I see are rubbish zombie programmes I’m from the UK and my two favourite shows are forever and Grimm.now down to just one.
Abc haven’t got a clue at what’s good and what’s trash.