After just two weeks on the air, ABC has decided to pull Happy Town from the schedule. The TV show will be back but, for how long?
Happy Town follows the residents of a small town in Minnesota. After being plagued by kidnappings years ago, it seems the mysterious “Magic Man” has returned to start a killing spree. The cast includes features Sam Neill, M.C. Gainey, Geoff Stults, Lauren German, Amy Acker, Steven Weber, Ben Schnetzer, Sarah Gadon, Jay Paulson, and Robert Wisdom.
The series got off to a poor start two weeks ago with a 1.7 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 5.25 million viewers. Last week, for episode two, viewership took a nosedive to a 1.2 in the demo and 3.79 million viewers.
To no surprise, ABC has pulled Happy Town for the remainder of May sweeps. After tonight’s episode, the series goes on hiatus for two weeks and will return on June 2nd.
While this wouldn’t necessarily be a sign that the show will be cancelled, the ratings are. They’re terrible and there’s every expectation that they’re just going to get worse — especially with warmer weather coming and people spending less time in front of the TV.
After tonight’s episode, there are just five episode left. With numbers like these, fans of Happy Town will be lucky if the network shows the rest of them, never mind a second season.
Next week’s episode will be replaced by an edition of Primetime: What Would You Do?. On May 26th, ABC will present the network premiere of the Transformers movie.
What do you think? Why isn’t Happy Town performing better? Is it just not a very good TV show or are viewers just missing the boat?
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Happy Town was fighting two very good and popular shows. Since I have only two tuners available on my DVR, I never got to see it.
If they bring it back, I hope they give us the opportunity to see the first two episodes in rerun (at the same time the show is restarted).
I watched the first episodes and was pulled in to this intriguing show. Just like others stated-it reminded me of Harpers Island, which I really liked. Why not replay the first couple of episodes to bring in more viewers, now that so many other shows have wrapped up? People LOVE mysteries, and this show sure is mysterious! It has so many things going for it! Give it another chance!
Hey what happened!
This was a totally different type of show. I was really getting into it.
I think it definitely needs more time. How many TV shows have this
kind of story line with such a variety of interesting characters.
Please bring it back!
I love the show so far and I was really pissed off to see that it wasn’t on last week. Now that I know it wont be on for a few more weeks, I am even more angry. Happy Town gave me a mystery to solve with very vague answers. All the other shows I watch give clues that are too obvious but I love those shows. Happy Town already has a mystery and is bringing forth more clues and more kidnappings to the whole thing. The show is crazy in a way that everything happens so oddly but it… Read more »
I actually really liked Happy Town, and was getting into it. Then I went looking for answers when it was not on at it’s normal time 2 weeks in a row. Please, it can’t just cancel. I would like to finish the season, don’t leave the viewers hanging here
As others have stated, finish what you start! Even if it is only a mini-series. You pull us is and then leave us hanging. It’s a fun mystery. I loved the boarding house. Could do so much with all those old ladies.
I really like this show allot. It is great. I would like abc to finish the show and not cancel it. This show is really getting better, and it is a great mystery. Please let the show end with a great finale, and please give the show a chance.
My sister in law and i really like this show.. For once i would like abc to finish a show out and not cancel it before you know what happen (like invasion) … At least finish it and give us a good finale.. PLEASE
Here they go again! Another show that I really love probably going to get the boot! Please give it a chance. I was so excited that there is finally a good mystery series coming on that isn’t just CSI or comedies. Please give it a chance!
Happy Town is the greatest show on ABC! Love, love, love it!! I am a mystery lover and I CANNOT believe ABC feels the only audience out there is for comedies. Futhermore, give Happy Town a chance!
I can’t believe it’s being canceled!!! My family loves it. It seems like you just get interested and then it’s gone. We never got over the cancelation of Pleasantville! Happy Town reminds us of Harpers Island & we loved that show!
I dearly love Happy Town!! Just when you start a new and interestingly different show you want to cancel it! Give it a chance to grow! Don’t cancel it, it just got started!
I really enjoyed this show and I am disappointed that it is off the air after they allow the viewers to get interested. I can only hope that abc puts it back on the air and allows us to watch the rest of the series.
I can’t believe this show has been cancelled! I thought this was gonna be like Harper’s Island. Bring it back!
While I agree the acting isn’t the greatest, the show is interesting enough to watch as a miniseries. Does anyone read these that can make sure it comes back on?