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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I thought the show had a lot of promise. It’s a shame they decided to put it on when they did. If they waited, they would have probably had more viewers/positive response. Nothing could compete with Lost considering it was coming to an end. I DO HOPE they bring this show back, and IF by chance they don’t, they really should “tie up” the loose ends so we can have some dignity to the ending of it.
You guys know that new episodes start up on Wednesday June 2 right?
yes ABC, now that “lost” is off the air………THIS SHOW WILL BLOW UP!!!!!!!!!!! IT WILL DO BETTER VERY VERY SOON!!
it is all because of “lost”. everyone i know has said theyre waiting for “lost” to end to start on “happy town”. unfortunatly it began airing at the last month of an epic show. however, it IS the best option to obsess over after “lost”. the first three episodes were amazing! it is a modern day twin peaks. absolutly love it. they better release a dvd atleast.
happy town should be on sunday nights at 9 pm. ABC, you have a great show but you had it on the wrong night and time.
Happly town is a great show put it on sundays at 9pm. ABC , you have one of the best shows on the air give it a better time slot sundays at 9pm.
I also loved the show. I always wonder who they ask for the ratings and viewership….I hope they bring it back.
i loved this show how cld this be? i was confused abt wht was going on with this show.ive missed 2wks….please bring the shoe bk.
I thought this show was fantastic! Put in on Friday night. Not much is on Fiday evenings. Maybe in place of Ghost Whisperer
I so agree with Kat……
October Road was one of my all time favorite shows and ABC didn’t give it a chance either!!!
Why do you guys keep canceling good shows? First Flash Forward now Happy Town. WE love them both.I guess we will just have to find a new network.
OMG!!! WTH!!!
I LOOVE THIS SHOW! I’VE BEEN LOOKING FOR IT THIS WHOLE TIME, AND TO FIND OUT THEY’VE CANCELLED IT?!
abc, you miss the mark on this one BAD. put it back on! everyone loves it!
I really enjoyed the first two episodes. i am very interested to see what happens next and I will be very upset if they don’t show it through to the end. I am so tired of them starting new shows and then canceling them because they don’t like it. what about the people it is really supposed to be for. US!
LEAVE THE SHOW ON!
ABC is definitely missing the mark as I really love the show. The show has it all: suspense, drama, unexpected plot twists and turns. Definitely better than alot of the usual rehashed junk or reality crap they keep coming up with. I’d love to see it continue.
Oh my goodness, I can’t believe they canceled this show. I loved it. I didn’t know till night that they are canceling the show. I have been looking for it and didn’t know it was on the chopping block. It has suspense, drama, makes you think, interesting. What more do they want? I like it, give it back, please.