Last week, after just two airings, ABC cancelled and pulled their new TV show, Of Kings and Prophets. Was the network too quick to pull the trigger? Were they justified?
Of Kings and Prophets is based on the Biblical Books of Samuel. The story is told through the eyes of the battle-weary King Saul, the resentful prophet Samuel, and the resourceful young shepherd, David. The three are on a collision course with destiny. The cast includes Ray Winstone, Olly Rix, Simone Kessell, James Floyd, Haaz Sleiman, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Jeanine Mason, Mohammad Bakri, David Walmsley, Louis Talpe, Nathaniel Parker, and Lyne Renée.
The series premiered on March 8th to a very disappointing 0.77 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 3.33 million viewers. The second episode saw the numbers drop even lower, falling to a 0.54 in the demo and just 2.42 million viewers. Those are terrible numbers for a major network and are likely some of the lowest that ABC has ever received.
One has to wonder if the ratings would have dropped even lower in week three or if they would have risen instead.
What do you think? Was ABC too quick to cancel and pull Of Kings and Prophets off the schedule or, was the network justified? Should it have been cancelled sooner?
Yes I do believe it was cancelled way too fast it was on late at night and was not any worse than any other shows and it was true to what the Bible times would have been like I would hope that another Network picks it up because it was very good and I was looking forward to seeing how it would be finished it’s a fascinating story right from the Bible in very violent times as you might remember David live by the sword and that’s why he could not build the temple because he had killed so many… Read more »
I am upset that they canceled the show. It was extremely entertaining and I literally just turned to watch it on they have that dumb show Nashville on. Why didn’t they put it on Tuesday at 9pm. Nothing in on Tuesday nights.
I can’t believe they did this!….i was looking forward to watching the next episode why after 2 episodes would you even do this, bloody annoyingly!
I think it was taking off too soon. I was looking forward to it.
You know they keep shows on air with no Morals,but cancel biblical base series.
Seriously. I cant believe this. Finally something worth watching on tv and they canceled it. This show was great. They need to bring it back. I even had it recorded on my dvr and he was gonba kill Goliath we we Soo excited about that.
I am really upset. The show was awesome. Was looking forward to watch the next one. I hope Netflix will get it. I am tired of watching the same nonsense. That was different and very nice.
I think is was a great show. Will it be aired on a different channel? Maybe Amazon will pick it up???
I can’t believe the series was cancelled! This was the best series currently on TV!
My dad doesn’t enjoy many TV shows, but was really looking forward to seeing the next episode. We were really disappointed to find out it was cancelled. Hoping we are able to watch the remaining episodes elsewhere soon.
Yes, Of Kings and Prophets was cancelled to soon. It was no more explicit than any other prime time television show. I thought it was an excellent series and was looking foward to the next episode. I really wonderful if it had anything to do with its biblical content. I would love to see it return.
At least put it on Netflix so we can see the rest of the season
This is crazy that show was amazing
I can’t believe this show has been cancelled! It’s a great show and I hope ABC continues it!
Screw ABC they never get things right
It never should have been cancelled. It was a great show but I have learned ABC loves to cancel good out of box shows that are entertaining educational and thought provoking ie Forever. Just to air copycat nonsense. Thank goodness for FOX