It looked like the fate of Jane By Design could go either way but ABC Family has now decided to cancel the TV series. The drama ran for one season of 18 episodes.
Jane By Design tells the tale of a quirky teenager who has a unique fashion sense. She gets hired by chance at a hip fashion house and must learn to juggle her demanding new job while still attending high school. The cast includes Erica Dasher, Andie MacDowell, Rowly Dennis, India de Beaufort, Ser’Darius Blain, Brooke Lyons, Nick Roux, Meagan Tandy, Matthew Atkinson, and David Clayton Rogers.
The ABC Family series premiered in January to 1.6 million viewers and a 0.6 rating in the 18-49 demographic. The numbers for week two dropped about 30%. The numbers fluctuated week-to-week but viewership never got that high again.
ABC Family initially ordered 10 installments and those finished airing on March 6th. Rather than renew Jane By Design for a second season, the cable channel ordered eight more installments to be added to season one.
The first season ended up averaging 1.29 million total viewers and a 0.5 demo rating. Jane By Design ended up being the lowest-rated drama of the current crop. and fans understandably became nervous when the finale aired in late July and a renewal hadn’t materialized. We now know it won’t be forthcoming.
What do you think? Are you sorry to hear that Jane By Design has been cancelled? What were you hoping to see in season two?
omg i was so looking forward to another season, come abcfam dont u know whats good ?? give the fans what they want!!! more JBYD!!!!
This is such a shame. It’s a waste of a really charming show, sweet and endearing characters, and actual acting talent. So many ABC Family shows have terrible, cheesy dialogue with acting that’s stiff and awkward. Jane by Design proved that a show doesn’t have to be dysfunctional to be entertaining. There was such love between the characters, with this misfit family formed between Ben, Jane, Rita and Billy. I’m really going to miss Jane by Design. At least Ben and Rita got back together in the finale–what a great couple! And the chemistry between them, and between Jane and… Read more »
OH NO So SAD.Alternative make it 24 episodes and give us a end.Not a cliffhanger.
W H A T ? ? ? ? This is absolutely RIDICULOUS!!!! I cannot believe that ABC is cancelling my FAVORITE SHOW!!! I never miss it one time watching it!! I’m deeply sad.. this show is waaaayyyy better than Pretty Little Liars!!!!!
WHY WOULD THEY FREAKING CANCEL IT?! THAT IS THE DUMBEST DECISION EVER!
I loved this show! I am really bummed they chose to cancel it, it has so many great actors and actresses and is fun to watch. Change your mind ABC, please! 🙂
are you kidding me?they cancel this show but not bun heads or switched at birth or any of the other shows?secret life isnt even goood its weird&annoying.jane by design was the best show on abc family
I wish they ended up making like 3 other seasons 🙁
They shouldn’t cancel the show especially on the best part yet
I think that if abc family does not want the show another channel should have it
Why would you cancel this show when the last episode (episode 18) at the end was left open for the next season? There are sooo many questions not answered. Not enough veiws really? How do you know maybe there are double of theese likes on this page that people like this show. There are still many many people out there who do not have internet. Maybe there are 1,000,000 people out there who likes this show. There are more and likely people that who are NOT ALLOWED to have a Facebook b/c of there AGE likes Jane by Design. Maybe… Read more »
NNOOOOOOOOOO …jane by design was my fav abc show.. i feel if tey advertised it as much as PLL’s the ywould have enough viewers….. plzzzzzzz plzzzz return .. billy and jane havent even gotten together yet … this totally sucks all the way from the bahamas
what a crock, this was the show I bought for my sister on dvd, and this one had to be axed.
This is horrible! I loved this show so much and i am so sad to see it go 🙁 there will never be another show like this one that i love this much. We were left completely hanging! Please abc family, can u do a second season?
This is terrible! I loved Jane By Design. It’s the best show on ABC Family, and it DESERVES a second season. I can’t believe they ended it.
Amazing show I’m so sad
Wow. This show is about to debut here in canada on ABC Spark next week (or soon). But seeing it is cancelled I wont bother. I hate getting into shows I know wont last.