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What’s This TV Show About?
Airing on The CW television network, the In the Dark TV show stars Perry Mattfeld, Casey Deidrick, Morgan Krantz, Marianne Rendon, Theodore Bhat, Matt Murray, and Ana Ayora. In the series, Murphy (Mattfeld) is a messy twenty-something who struggles on a daily basis to balance her random hookups, her hangovers, and her drug front. She’s also blind. In season four, Murphy must work closely with her ex, Max (Deidrick), her best friend Felix (Krantz), and his sister Lesley (Rendon) to keep herself out of jail for her crimes. But staying out of jail proves more difficult than expected when Josh Wallace (Bhat), a Chicago PD consultant and Murphy’s ex-fling, doubles down on his obsession with Murphy. Working with detectives Gene Clemens (Murray) and Sarah Barnes (Ayora), Josh focuses all his efforts on putting her back behind bars.
Season Four Ratings
The fourth season of In the Dark averaged a 0.04 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 294,000 viewers in the live+same day ratings (including DVR playback through 3:00 AM). Compared to season three, that’s down by 36% in the demo and down by 19% in viewership. While these numbers don’t include further delayed or streaming viewing, they are a very good indicator of how a show is performing, especially when compared to others on the same channel. There can be other economic factors involved in a show’s fate, but typically the higher-rated series are renewed and the lower-rated ones are cancelled. Find out how In the Dark stacks up against other CW TV shows.
In the Dark has been cancelled, so there won’t be a fifth season. Could the series be revived someday? Stay tuned for further updates.
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What do you think? Were you hoping that the In the Dark TV show would be renewed for a fifth season? Are you sorry that The CW cancelled this TV series, instead?
Please renew season 5 of The Dark. Please we love this show! It’s the only show I have loved so much, I don’t usually do this!!!’nn
We need to know what happen to Murphy after the cabin in Missouri! Please approve a season 5!!!!!!
The ending was terrible. Why did they have to kill Max? Would they have killed Max if the show wasn’t canceled?
Please don’t cancel this please!!! It is a great show!! Awesome job bringing a disability to the screen. Perry Mattfeld is hilarious and a great actress.
Please do not cancel LOVE THE SHOW PLEASE BRING IT BACK SEASON 5
I’m disappointed they’re going to end it but I hope they give it an actual ending. Josh is my least favorite character, he’s such an ass.
Love this show!! Please bring it back!
Noooo it cannot be canceled this Is such a good show and it shows real emotions and real mental health please come back with season 5
I love In the Dark! please bring it back!!! Season 5
I couldn’t be more bummed to read about the cancellation. My viewing preferences are more “character-driven” (as opposed to plot-driven) and Murphy Mason is, most of the time, the most interesting character on TV. (Kudos to Perry Mattfield for her superb portrayal of the ‘common blind sociopath’.) I’m sure this was a hard series to write so I often ignored it if the plot hit a false note, but overall, any bumps in the road had a genuine purpose to be included. I think most series forget to rate themselves truthfully on whether seeing one episode will create an instant… Read more »
This started out to be such an excellent show. And it really is a great character study of how virtually anyone, given the right set of circumstances, can get drawn into things they otherwise might not. I really hope this isn’t the end of this show. I would like to see some of the loose ends tied up. Granted, Murphy’s character is a user, but it’s more based on survival than intentional manipulation for malicious purposes. I would like to see her character catch a break and at the very least, end up with Max. It’s not fair for either… Read more »
This sucks! I’ve never used that phrase to describe anything before, but I think it’s the right fit to describe the cancellation.
I’ve never been a fan of Josh. He acts like he’s a cop but he’s just a tax auditor. Honestly I’m not surprised this show is cancelled. It’s gone so off the rails. It’s time to wrap it up.
Best show ever , renew season 5!!!!!!