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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how the heck do they continue to show cougar town?!?! and cancel happytown?!?! freaking very lame!! i was starting to get into it! im so mad!! i changed the channel now so i can help lower abc’s rating! only thing they are good for now is lost!
Just went on the net to find out why it is not on tonight as I had it recorded every night. Checking to see if the damn Tevo would not mess up and it is not even on. This show in my opinion was a great new addition to ABC I really liked it and liked the characters. I want to find out what happens like that bird and is Magic Man some kind of supernatural being or not? What is up with the the man walking around who drugged the sheriffs daughter and who is now pretending to be… Read more »
they ALWAYS pull the good shows and LEAVE the crap shows…i dont FREAKING get it! who ever pulled it must not normally watch these kind of shows….they’d rather have some LAME ASS losers trying to score a date OR some stupid dumb chick trying to find her BFF!!!!!
I was immediately interested in happy town, probably because it has a mysterious vibe about it and I like thriller type shows… and I was not disappointed since watching the first few episodes. I think the network should let the show run its course and give it a chance.
I enjoyed it! I’d like to see it stay on and see where the story line goes.
I really hope they don’t cancel it. I really like it. I am so sick of reality shows. Happy Town seems like a great show and I want to see more of it.
I love it! Please don’t cancel it…at least show the rest of the season so we know what happens and how it ends. I hate networks that pull shows just when their getting good, then whamo, it’s gone, and us the “customer” is left hanging with no ending. Let it play on!!!!!
I am again disappointed that the networks employ a policy of yanking a show after viewers have invested their time to get involved. ABC did the same with “Defying Gravity.” This exhibits a real disregard for the viewer. I understand that they are in the business of making money and if a show’s ratings are not good enough then that is it’s fate. I do think this exemplifies how unprofessional top executives at the networks are. If they cannot better predict how well a show will perform then they need to be replaced. The way they schedule a show it’s… Read more »
happy town is a great show the problem is that 60% of the population is border line retarded and want to watch the kardashian’s or some other bad reality t.v garbage like survivor
I REALLY ENJOYED THE SHOW! I THINK IT DESERVES TO BE ON THE AIR FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME. WHO MAKES THESE DECISIONS TO PULL A SHOW WHEN IT WAS JUST GETTING STARTED? IT REMINDED ME OF PICKET FENCES WHICH, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, WAS HUGELY POPULAR.
Give me a break! This is BS! Bring it back.
You have to keep Happy Town on the air! This is stupidity. Why would you remove a great show that just started?!? The only night I watch TV is Thursday’s for Gray’s Anatomy and Private Practice. Now I can’t wait until Wednesday’s for Happy Town. Please get rid of all the reality crap shows , Dancing with the Stars, and American Idol craziness! I want mysteries and suspense! Love, Love, Love, Love, Happy Town!!!!
I thought it was gonna be a good show. Wat to go abc the only show I switched over from cbs for and you take away! No wonder CBS has the most viewers they know what people like!
I was just getting into the show…. what’s with caceling it ABC? While it may not make it as a series I was hoping it would be like last summer’s Harper’s Island, a great summer filler. Hope another network picks it up. This is one reason I hardly ever watch ABC, most of heir programs suck and whenever there’s a good one they cancel it…UGH!
I like the show, it reminds me of the Harpers Island series, each week something unexpected comes up, makes you want to watch more.