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?
Kind of sad to see it is renewed as I will be forced to watch along side my wife who is willing to give it another chance. Sigh. I like the premise of the show, but feel like it has run out of steam. I find the main characters to be fairly one dimensional. Its getting really tiring seeing Joe MacMillan have these over the top tantrums with his baseball bat and ball etc. I guess his dark past is supposed to be really compelling? At this point he just seems like a spoiled baby with some decent sales skills.… Read more »
I don’t know if you worked in tech or what company you worked for, I recognize these traits in many of my former managers and co-workers. That’s one of the aspects of the show that got me hooked. The characters are obviously well-researched because it can’t be an accident that they are so typical of the people in those days. We were shooting in the dark most of the time. There were specialists who were geniuses at what they did, be it coding in C or assembly, VLSI design, system architecture etc. Thosee talents needed to be directed towards a… Read more »
Glad they renewed it! Was a surprise though.
this is really great news. I was wondering what to do for quiet entertainment on sunday nites next season without this amazing, and amazingly written and acted, series to look forward to. the “leads” joe, Cameron, donna, and Gordon, are fun to watch – lee pace is the best actor I’ve seen since a young al pacino, Robert de niro, or kevin spacey first burst onto the scene last century (I guess i’m dating myself!). He can be adorable, playful, and down-right scary good within the space of an episode. wow. love this show, and I hope it pulls a… Read more »
WOW! Thank you for renewing the show, it’s amazing news! *So Happy* :))))
As a Christian man, this show offended me on so many levels. Wish they air good wholesome shows like Touched By An Angel or The Walton’s.
Robbie: If the show offends you, change the channel; do not watch the program. Television programs that may be more to your liking, such as The Waltons, Touched By an Angel, and Dr. Quinn, etc. are currently showing on basic cable, as well as many other television programs dating all the way back to the 1950’s like Hopalong Cassidy, The Cisco Kid, and The Lone Ranger, or Kojak, Columbo, and The Rockford Files. May I suggest that basic cable stations such as COZI TV, METV (my personal favorite), ANTENNAE TV, THISTV, WGN, WZME, TCM (old movies without commercials), HALLMV, HALLRX,… Read more »
Oops! How did I get here? My email directed me here. Sorry, but my comments of Masters still stands.
I watched the 3rd episode and saw it to be more of the vile stuff a segment of Hollywood is hell bent on shoving down our throats. Glad to see others agree with me by changing the channel. Although they were renewed I doubt they will actually have a next season that goes beyond an episode or 2.
Any news about a renewal yet?
No, not yet.
The finale was filmed before the first show aired so it was not intended as a series finale.
The show started low in ratings, with first ep, that is the problem, no one watched as the name is really stupid and does not say what the show is about.
I enjoyed watching the series, but there were times that it was unappealing.
Hope it gets a S-2 but not getting my hopes up with the bad ratings.
I hear AMC owns the show, so that may keep it going.
Excellent show – cannot imagine it would not be renewed.
This show catches the nostalgic momentum that so many of us old school geeks long for. Why we got into computers to begin with. Why we spend extensive time playing with our electronics. Our type, we’re here in abundance, and the need to get the word out that this is a “real” feel good reason why we got hooked to begin with… It often takes multiple seasons before you really catch the eye of a target group, but the production of HACF gets the attention of so many others in addition. Us, the geeks, we’ve just been waiting for a… Read more »
I really liked the show. Saw every episode. Hope it makes it for another season or more.Think it should be given a chance. Sienfield started out with little viewership-but it ended up a real winner.
The season finale definitely gave the impression that this is the end of HACF. Each of the main characters have gone their separate ways. Reuniting them seems unlikely and it’s a perfect set up for the end of the series. That being said, it could see another season because of several plot points: The fried shipment: I got the impression that the truck contained empty boxes to make it look as if the manufacturer had performed a miracle. The product hadn’t even been beta tested! To ship seemed unlikely. It was another of Joe’s stunts, in my opinion. Cameron will… Read more »
Never watched AMC until I stumbled across Halt and Catch Fire, with a cast and storyline that I thoroughly enjoy, both in real time showings and via dvr…and yes, it has made me consider other AMC offerings. Halt’s great scripts and characters captured some of the significant ideas and idea-people that helped create and advance technologies the ordinary man would never have thought possible…and makes us care about the outcome, not only for the people, but the machine. The storyline holds so much promise and continues to lure us with what the future may hold. This show, its’ writers and… Read more »
Last week’s episode – ending with the intro of the Macintosh – really made me think tonight’s finale was going to be something great. But, it fell apart on so many levels and we kept having to rewind it as there were many “HUH?” moments. It was really weird that nothing NOTHING NOTHING was said about the fried shipment….and what was Joe doing wandering around looking for some observatory? Too much was unanswered….and how was Cameron going to pay salaries?
It’s too bad – I don’t think this is coming back…
Eaze – I hope that’s not true. I agree this season was a great standalone story in it’s own right, but I loved this show! It took a little while to get started but it truly has/had potential to be the next Breaking Bad, Mad Men, etc.
That being said, I saw an interview on another site: the creators didn’t sound too confident that the show would be continuing and the ratings are abysmal.
Also, I don’t know if the show could generate the same momentum and quality of story line moving forward..
Well Chris, we get to watch season two!!! I’m excited, but I’m actually more shocked that they got renewed seeing how low the ratings were. They must have made a profit…perhaps with low production costs coupled with the summer season where low profits and losses are expected? I really don’t know. It’s an absolute head scratcher on my end. All that I can say is that I’m happy. In any case, the writers and producers better knock season two out of the ballpark because I don’t see a 3rd season renewal with similar ratings. It’s a show that’s on life… Read more »
Great news about season two. The writers and creators must have pitched a kick ass story line to get renewed. Sometimes studio execs see past first season rating and bet on potential. Seinfeld’s first season ratings were abysmal and it ran nine seasons. Also, FX is premiering a boat load of new shows to compete with premium cable.
I say it’s a good bet that season two will really build fan base.
I have enjoyed this show, but I think I have come to the realization that it’s not going to come back for another season. It’s sad because there is a lot of potential with the cast and storyline. After watching the last episode of the season, it eerily feels as though the show knows it’s not returning. I’m interested to see how what was broken in the season finale can be repaired in a hypothetical season 2; but again, I don’t think we’ll get there. Although I will be disappointed, I think I can live with imagining what the characters… Read more »