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 the show, so original and really entertaining. So hard to find a good show to watch and now this one is gone. Would love to have it back.
C’est un manque de respect envers les téléspectateurs. Ne fusse que pour cloturer la série convenablement .
IL n’y a pas que les USA, dans le monde c’était suivit aussi . J’aimais la série ça nous changeaient des autres navets qu’ils produisent .
Whyou on Earth would you cancel a show that has great value across the board? Forever is one of the best new programs to have come out for a very long time that doesn’t revolve around super heroes or CSI types.
ABC need to have their collective heads read.
I would like to see ” forever” continue. it is a good show and getting better. right when we get invested in the characters and the characters grow, with more depth—abc cancels it. please think again and keep this show abc . it is as good as “castle”. and I know more and more people are starting to watch it.my husband said it was pretty good and liked it, but I had to urge him to watch it and then he found it interesting. a little more publicity and I think this show will eventually take off. some things are… Read more »
best show of the last few years … the guys from abc that made that decision, never watched it i think !!! such great acting !
I can’t blieve tha Forever has been canceled.
I have watched this shw non stop since it aired on Tv and i brvd teh horrid adverts in order to watch it as the story lines were that gripping, they trancended through the constant interuptions.
Not only is Henry and Jo inticing to wath and o wonder will they wont they, Abe is a remarkable character and i want to know what will happn to him as well s the others on the show.
Please ABC reconsider!!!!
honest this was one of the most interesting shows on television. my wife was devastated when i broke the news to her. watching this show together was kind of our thing. i pray that they bring it back because this show is what television needs right about now. enough reality, more history, more intelligence, more drama. that is all:/
Are you kidding me? ABC is out of their minds. They keep “REALITY” crap on and they cancel FOREVER? Im done watching ABC. I am sorry for the cast and anyone that never got a chance to watch this great show
Such a good show , these networks that are fixed on instant gratification as regards ratings drive me insane. Praying that Netflix buck this trend and will run with shows a little longer.
Truly cannot believe Forever was canceled. If the ratings were so low, why not move it to another night. I have seen this done with many shows. There is very little worth watching that isn’t a reality or cooking show and Forever brought a great cast and good writing to television.
Forever is awesome, I can’t believe ABC is going to cancel it. The show is clean (has in appropriate) entertaining, creative, and fun show to watch.
Please somebody pickup the show Forever!
It is a great show!
It just needs a little more advertisement
I am sick that abc cancelled it!!
A lot of people watched this show and all ages
I don’t know where they got their ratings from!
There has to be a way to bring it back!
Abc renewed some of the worst shows on tv!
Goddammit. One of the best genre-busters on TV at the moment and they scrap it. This is like Young Justice all over again. And No Ordinary Family. Did they take account of streaming demand and other demand besides base rankings at all? New Amsterdam was at least cancelled in part because of the Writer’s Strike; it seems that if you add even the slightest sci-fi or fantasy element to a non-comicbook genre it fails. Does anyone know if their is a petition to sign to reverse thes decision?
ABC is stupid TV i ever see in my life ..this is the 2 time they did something like that ..first was Secret circle and now Forever …don’t make any sense even watch this TV…time to banned ABC from my TV
I love Forever! The show is intriguing. The characters are interesting and multidimensional. I have truly enjoyed how they interact and feel like they are naturals in their roles. Each episode has also had an engaging plot with twists and flashbacks into Henry’s past. I’m really going to miss tuning in. I agree that the later time slot may have made the difference in others not tuning in as well. I wish the network would give it another chance maybe airing it earlier.