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Jack and Ace won’t be back for a third season. Starz has cancelled the Heels series. The second season of 10 episodes finished airing 10 days ago.
A wrestling drama, the Heels TV show looks at the men and women chasing their dreams in small-town pro wrestling. The series stars Stephen Amell, Alexander Ludwig, Alison Luff, Mary McCormack, Kelli Berglund, Allen Maldonado, Chris Bauer, Trey Tucker, Robby Ramos, Alice Barrett Mitchell, Roxton Garcia, David James Elliott, Joel Murray, CM Punk, AJ Mendez, Josh Segarra, and Emmy Raver-Lampman. Set in a close-knit Georgia community, the series revolves around Jack Spade (Amell) and his younger brother, Ace (Ludwig). The story follows a family-owned wrestling organization, Duffy Wrestling League (DWL), and the rivalry between the two brothers as they war over their late father’s legacy. In the ring, somebody must play the good guy and somebody must play their nemesis, the heel. But in the real world, those characters can be hard to live up to — or hard to leave behind.
Airing on Friday nights, the second season of Heels averaged a 0.01 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 40,000 viewers. Compared to season one, that’s down by 38% in the demo and down by 57% in viewership in the live+same day ratings (includes DVR playback through 3:00 AM).
With such low ratings and two long industry strikes, the cancellation does not come as a surprise.
What do you think? Have you gotten into the Heels TV show on Starz? Are you disappointed this small town wrestling drama wasn’t renewed for a third season?
Heels has been a surprisingly good series. As a show based on wrestling , I figured it would be a spoof, a parody of fake wrestling. To my surprise it is a well written, well acted series that is as addictig as it is entertaining with an excellent storyline. Starz – it would be bad judgement (STUPID!) to let this one be cancelled.
Well this is the last scripted drama that I was watching that hadn’t been canceled. Now I just have one 30 minute comedy left of any scripted show. I’ll only have wrestling and reality TV left. Not even worth subscribing to cable anymore.
I love Heels, please bring it back!
this decision by starz is complete bunk. not every great show has to start with the word power (i do like those series). starz has completely failed their audience as well as their writers and cast members. this was one of the best acted and written dramas in the past 10 years. to pull it off the shelf in mid-stream as the writing got better and the ensemble got closer is a travesty. the fact is that starz did not promote the show. somehow they managed to not be able to jump on the incredible bandwagon that is professional wrestling.… Read more »
I thought
heelz was an outstanding show. They grew the story and developed the characters nicely. Cancalling the show means I am cancalling Starz.