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?
I believe this show, like ‘Betas’ & ‘Mr. Robot’, hits a particular audience. I’m part of the target audience, but I’m not so sure that enough of us watch it to justify the expense of the show. I hope they renew it as there’s so much more to tell. If they don’t, I’ll just hope for the best.
At least it won’t end as awful as Kyle Xy.
I absolutely love both season and would be a shame if you canceled it! But I must say amc dosent promote it to the mass media and the time slot is horrible it shouldn’t benon in the summer and Sunday night is horrible time slot too! Cmon guys you could make this a bigger hit with a small amount of effort!!! Please please please renew for season 3 and market it on your popular shows and change the time slot to when people are home or availabe to watch it! Thanks one concerened fan!
You have to renew this show, Halt and Catch Fire.It’s riveting.
A great show with a nice stroyline and beautiful caracters. It deserves one or two more seasons to get achieved but ratings have seriously droped between season 1 and 2, so not sure HCF comes back next year, sadly.
CANCEL THE SHOW IMMEDIATELY! Show was horrible to watch, couldn’t even get past the first 5 minutes of the show after the armadillo died. Probably died because of how horrible this show was. Ha ha ha, ho ho ho, hee hee hee. Rolls on the floor laughing.
I couldn’t agree more! Horrible excuse for a show.
It was a slow start, but it turned out great. I’m currently watching the last episode on iTunes, desperate for more.
Love the show. It is so nice to have a show that has interesting characters and is not a totally dark series. Please renew\
HACF is undoubtedly one of a kind… Unfortunately this season hasn’t been that exciting or enthralling. The numbers its pulling are hard to ignore, cancellation is imminent.
It’s a brilliant show!!!! Hope AMC renews HACF! I’m from Germany. We could watch it here on AMAZON Prime a few days after first broadcast of each episode in the USA. @AMC: It needs much, much more promotion!!! That is the key to more viewers! You can hardly watch a series without knowing of its existence!!!!!!
Halt and catch fire is more than worthy of a renewal!!! Please give us a third season!!!
This really is a terrific show that is worth saving. AMC prides itself on quality, well I hope they stand behind that and renew this show. I think it’s just finding itself. I hope to see these characters evolve further and the excitement of what’s to come in California. AMC, PLEASE RENEW HALT AND CATCH FIRE !!!
My wife and I LOVE the show…Will watch it every week and every season it is on
PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL HACF! I will be incredibly sad if it doesn’t at least get a third season. AMC just never promoted this show right, and compared to The Walking Dead or Breaking Bad the show can’t be nearly as expensive to make, so the lower ratings shouldn’t be the end all be all of decision makers. 🙁
amc didnt promote halt and catch fire. i get notices from amc all the time about the mob and nothing about halt and catch fire
Cancel it brother. Cause Hogan knows best brother.
My husband and I love the show. We’ve been whatching since season 1 and really hoping it gets picked up for season 3, since season 2 was even better than the 1st one.
I don’t think you have to be into computers to enjoy the show at all!
Halt and Catch Fire is an amazing show. There really isn’t anything like it on TV today. I’ve told many people to binge the 1st season on Netflix like I did, and they fell in love with it. I think the show really suffered with little advertising, maybe if it would’ve premiered after Mad Men was finished it would have found its place on AMC. I really hope they give it a 3rd season, it is a well received show once given a watch.
This is such a good show now but it is probably over based on the fact that nobody seems to care.. I guess it has appeal to those of us who lived the period and find the old tech gear cool since we used it… Otherwise, not sure why anyone would watch it.. Silicon Valley is already covering this territory but with more modern stuff that young people understand which is what networks want.. Too bad really but I have Mackenzie Davis finds another project soon..
hope MacKenzie finds another project ….