Despite the fact that Halt and Catch Fire had very poor ratings in season one, AMC renewed the series for a second season. Will the numbers rise in season two or will they fall even lower? Cancelled or renewed for a third season? We’ll have to wait and see.
The story of Halt and Catch Fire picks up in March 1985, more than a year after Joe MacMillan (Lee Pace) set fire to a truck full of Cardiff Giant PCs. It was the last in a long string of destructive acts that burned the people that made the machine possible: Gordon Clark (Scoot McNairy), Donna Clark (Kerry Bishé), Cameron Howe (Mackenzie Davis) and John Bosworth (Toby Huss). Can things only get better from here?
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.
10/8 update: AMC has renewed this series for a third season. Details here.
Final season averages: 0.16 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 520,000 total viewers.
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For comparisons: The first season of Halt and Catch Fire averaged a 0.25 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 760,000 viewers.
What do you think? Do you like the Halt and Catch Fire TV series? Do you think it should be cancelled or renewed for a third season?
First season was great, driven by the antagonist Joe MacMillan vs. protagonist Gordon. Second season sucks – Joe has become a complete wuss and only character worth liking a little is Donna. Everyone else is either neurotic or morally depraved. What’s the point of watching a story if you’re not rooting for anyone? Seems like the writers are making it up as they go along from episode to episode. Has become borderline soap opera. What could have been a great show for years is soon to be toast.
Please AMC, cancel this crap and bring in a more better show like Touched By An Angel.
This show could be renewed. It’s numbers are increasing every week now, and the live numbers have always been poor. People watch this show on DVR and when those numbers are taken into account, the numbers are much better, which is what happened in the first season. We don’t know those numbers, but AMC does and it’s possible this show has more of an audience than we know. I certainly hope so, because this season is significantly better and shows that this show deserves to be on the air.
I think AMC should let viewers watch full episodes online one week after the episode has aired. That might bring the ratings up. I like Halt and Catch Fire a lot, but I’m not going to pay to stream full episodes. If I can’t watch them now, I’ll just wait until the second season shows up on Netflix.
Last season was terrific but they just had to f*** with the formula in season 2 and the ratings reflect the result.
Halt and Catch fire sounds like a std.
The show is great but the numbers are really poor, unfortunately they are on the road of cancellation.
Hardly AMC is gonna wait one more season.
Great? They can’t even score good numbers with a strong lead in from the excellent new series Humans. That really shows you how bad the show is.
Can’t believe MR Robot is doing so much better. “Hacking” is so cool apparently. I’m not saying MR Robot is a bad show I’d gladly enjoy it I just feel like Halt and Catch Fire is a step above it for me since it’s closer to reality
Humans is a TERRIBLE show….. sadly, this is the state of the US today. Idiots rule!
Humans is crap, Halt And Catch Fire is crap and Mr. Robot is crap too.
Lee Pace makes this show work in my opinion. I think he could have easily played Don Draper.
The show is terrible. I’ve watched the first several episodes fromy both seasons with high hopes that this would be a hit. Sadly, I was wrong. The acting and story line both leave much to be desired. Why is this show still on television? The ratings have spoken, and have only gotten worse.
You must be under 40. Those that have lived through the growing age of computers, enjoy this show. Although fiction, it’s based of past computer Cos. trying and failing.
Oh wow, you watched episodes from each season. I’m sure you got a real “complete” story. what a laugh. You watch **** in order, then judge. Especially with a show that gets better when you see the bigger picture.
Writing is only so so. The second show felt cliche and overly dramatic.
Another quality period piece from AMC, with a historically profound narrative– the emergence of the “next big thing”– social media, which would change the world. Very disappointing ratings for the second installment. Let’s hope this very smart show finds an audience.
It’s a smart, yet sometimes contrived, show that deserves to be on the air. With all the crap that is on TV now this is one of the few shows I actually watch, along with Walking Dead, GoT, Boardwalk Empire (gone).
Brilliant show. I hope it continues indefinitely! It’s the Mad Men of the 80’s, in my opinion.
Fantastic, smart show. Fantastic, SMART people should watch it. That’s the problem.
That IS the problem. Spot on! People would rather watch drivel like “Humans”.
really hope this does better. great show with great cast.
Who in the world is still watching this? I barely got thru episode one and quit.
You’re judging a show on half an episode you watched?
..because why would anyone keep watching something that sucks?
Except when you’ve seen one episode you’re not commenting on the show, you’re commenting on the episode. Now I’m totally fine with voicing your opinion on the ep, but don’t tell people that the show sucks (let alone assume about following seasons), because you don’t know what you’re talking about at that point.
It’s like that guy that buys an appetizer, doesn’t like it, and then suddenly becomes an authority on a restaurant’s whole menu to whomever he meets.
The argument over this is moot anyway. The ratings weren’t good for season one, and now they’re much worse for season 2. This show will be canceled, whether it’s good or not.