HBO has found some success with their Silicon Valley TV show. How will AMC do with Halt and Catch Fire, another drama about the computer industry? Will it be cancelled or renewed for a second season? Stay tuned!
Halt and Catch Fire takes place in the 1980s and follows the team at Cardiff Electric as they try to take on IBM in the home computer market. The cast includes Lee Pace, Scoot McNairy, Mackenzie Davis, Kerry Bishé, Toby Huss, and David Wilson Barnes.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s chances of staying on the air. The higher the ratings, the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available — typically on Tuesdays.
8/20 update: AMC has renewed Halt and Catch Fire for a second season.
Final season averages: 0.3 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 760,000 total viewers.
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What do you think? Do you like the Halt and Catch Fire TV series? How many seasons do you think it should run?
A big swing and MISS! Ha-ha…the acting is awful.
Don’t you ever get tired of being wrong all the time?
In the early 80’s, they were offering 2 courses for programming at the university: Fortran or Pascal. It was so confusing.
I was only about 7-10 years old age when all of this technology was being pushed into the open market for the first time and it was a very exciting time. IBM was at the leading forefront of the computer industry and people who weren’t involved in building them didn’t know much about them, which is why everyone soon wanted a computer. I remember some of the first models, compared to today’s desktops weighed about 50-60 pounds and took up two thirds of a desk to put it on. Then Apple came along and smashed the monster giant IBM with… Read more »
I’m really pleased this is being renewed. This was my era when I first got involved with computers and the production of Halt and Catch Fire captures the atmosphere surrounding the computing industry exactly as I remember it. Cutthroat, promiscuous, arrogant, misogynist – these were the things that made that era the way it was. I can’t say that everything was comfortable or that it was right the way things were back then, but that doesn’t change the fact that it was a very hedonistic atmosphere. I’m looking forward to seeing where they go with the characters and the storyline… Read more »