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?
Forever is a great show and I wish it was not cancelled. Send it to another network at least.
It is most disappointing the show Forever has been cancelled. Forever contains all the ingredients for a perfect drama: intriguing writing, beautiful cinematography, historical and present scenarios (I loved the period flashbacks), fascinating characters and excellent actors/interpreters. I strongly hope, that the producers reconsider its cancellation. I truly believe, that with suitable airing and persistence the show could reach number one with the ratings. Persistence and patience would pay off!
Forever should not been cancelled…! The demographic rating does not always reflect the overall population. Also i was looking forward for the next season!!!
This is an amazing show! Crazy people at ABC!
This is an excellent series. The acting is great, the content is ingenious. I am so tired of reality shows and silly sitcoms. Please reconsider or let a cable channel take it on!
total agree with all the comments Forever was a fantastic show with all the elements that go to making a interesting and enjoyable show. But No ABC drop it and keep the reality shows for the mindless masses. bring back Forever or hopefully another network will pick it up and give it a decent run at a suitable time slot
It’s one of the few shows we really like and watch that is not overly violently nasty. Wish it would stay
I have enjoyed every episode of forever. I am disappointed in ABC for canceling. There is too much garbage on tv now a days. Forever was a pleasant diversion from all the crime and reality shows
I’m upset. I throughly enjoyed Forever and looked forward to watching it every week. Quite a few quality shows have been cancelled in the last few months, but with the cancellation of Forever, it was different. I am genuinely disappointed with the dismissal of such a fantastic, well put together show. The plots, the characters, the development of character relationships – I wanted to know more. I wanted to see more. I guess we won’t ever know where Forever’s story could have taken us.
This show was very enjoyable! I’m so sad that this show is over! My daughter and I are always excited to watch it together each week! Please reconsider and bring Forever back for a 2nd season!
Can’t believe abc is canceling Forever! This is an awesome show! Hope another network picks it up. Very disappointed in ABC!
Forever should not have been cancelled-it’s one of the best shows on abc-it has all the elements of a great show-if ABC continue to use 18-49 demographic-everything worth watching will be cancelled-WAKE UP ABC-that demographic doesn’t watch TV-they are students and families busy with kids and homework and getting to bed early-most are not up watching TV at 10:00 PM–why not ask people in their 50’s and older-they are the REAL segment that are home and have time to watch TV-Every season you cancel great programming and replace them with NONSENCE-I better go back to watching PBS full time-learn a… Read more »
I can’t believe the decision to cancel this fantastic show! I truly hope ABC will consider to bring it back! My girlfriend and I watched it together every week as a tradition… “sexy scarf” as we called him. This show is clean and entertaining with its humor and suspense. Please allow Forever’s return for another season. Thank you!
Please, please PLEASE reconsider your decision to cancel! To think of this show not returning next season is a travesty. The reason for so few ratings must be due to not enough knowledge of its existence. Let’s bring Forever back and get the word out. Such a great series! Thank you in advance for your consideration.
Seriously!!! Missed the mark by cancelling this one and renewing something like blackish. So sad! What ever happened to quality?