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 enjoy happy town…i think its a good show…i went to watch it tonite and it was’nt on…so i looked it up on the internet…sadly to see its not on again until june 2nd…i hope you keep it on the air…give it a chance…
thank-you,
molly parker
please don’t leave us hanging on what is going to happen with the Magic Man…!!!!
I fricken LOVE this show! How about we give it an actual chance before you just cancel it, ABC! SERIOUSLY! You can seriously not expect everyone to fall in love with it after 3 episodes… you need to give it a chance!!
Please.
I really like Happy Town, and would like to at least finish out the season. Getting really tired of all the reality shows, and love murder mysteries. Keep it on!
I really enjoyed happy town its not our fault! Put it back oN!
I like Happy Town. I just stumbled on it. But it is very good. I was looking for it tonight and could no longer find it. I was looking forward to uncovering more of the mystery. It would probably do better on a non network station. Look at Chuck, Burn Notice.
I think to many other shows are wrapping up their season or even having a series finale. It is a great show.
Give it a chance! It has the air of Twin Peaks meets Northern Exposure — a little campy and edgy. So much meatier than the ‘tween intellect appeal shows and/or painfully dumb artificial reality TV.
i dont want it to be canceled!
i like it.
I love happy town I get a kick out of murder mysteries and i thought this show was great is sad to see that a show like dancing with the stars is able to come back season to season!
Loved it, we stumbled upon it and thought it was great. Good cast, but the writing needs a bit more……bite. And they replace it with REAL CHEAPO candid camera crap……for the braindead.
Can we get the final episodes
I think this shows just how out of touch the networks are. The show may have started out slow, but it picked up in the sceond show and was looking forward to seeing where it would go. The Networks need to get there you know what’s out of the board room and truly find out what people really like. Look at the shows all three networks are taking off. This is one well actually the main reason that TNT, FX and USA are the ones that I am watching these days. Great shows that continue to come back. We have… Read more »
YOU ARE NUTS
I personally really like Happy Town. I recognize a lot of the characters from a previous show October Road that was cut a couple years ago. The plot line is mysterious but you have to become dedicated to really enjoy it. I was so excited to find out what happened to the sheriff’s wife when I found out it’s been cut. I think people just haven’t gotten the word out enough. People don’t appreciate thriller shows that much but I do. After seeing Harper’s Island last year, I was excited for any new one season shows and I think they… Read more »
what is wrong with you people dont even put it on if you are not going to show it. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS. i REALLY ENJOYED IT