Say goodbye to Of Kings and Prophets. According to The Hollywood Reporter, ABC has cancelled the biblical drama after just two episodes.
The series stars Ray Winstone, Olly Rix, and Simone Kessell in stories based on the Biblical Books of Samuel.
The cancellation is not entirely unexpected. The series premiere drew low ratings, with only 3.3 million viewers, and the second episode declined even further with an average of about 2.4 million.
Additionally, the show has recently received ample criticism from the Parents Television Council for its violence and sexual explicitness.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, ABC will not air the remaining eight episodes. Instead, its time slot will be filled by the Shark Tank spin-off, Beyond the Tank.
What do you think? Did you watch Of Kings and Prophets? Are you surprised it was cancelled?
Yyyyyyyy ABC pls be more like TBS or Netflix give a complete beging and ending before u cancel if it does not me your hi Disney(low and chesse boxed) standards sale Otto cable or make a box sex I give up Once Upon a Time is still on really all u do is make everybody a Villian on the season so old and played Quantico same thing who zooming or back stabbing who over it ….
It says it based on the bible, but seems it was from the mind of a foolish writers that he didn’t even read the bible esp.the 1 Samuel. Lastly disturbing it was the death of Saul.He died in the hand of the archer not by Acish.
Fantastic series appalled with the decision of cutting series two.
Another cancellation by abc. I can’t believe people aren’t watching these great programmes. So disappointed that I won’t get to see anymore of what has been a truly amazing series
I am so very disappointed with ABC decision. I have watched all 9 episodes on sky box sets and I am totally frustrated I wont see anymore and what happens next to david as saul dies and one remaining son hishbal left to kill david. Totally annoyed. I will always wonder now about What Happened Next. Please re think.
Typical American networks, you commit to what is in essence is a very good well produced and directed series. Then for apparent low writings after only two episodes the axe falls, yet again! Makes you wonder why we waste our time watching American productions?
Woooow….this is uncalled for,the movie is awesome, the reason for cancellation is wrong due to low ratings,you can’t just stop a movie after two episodes you have to go all the way and do lots of adverts for awareness like me I’m just getting to see the movie or TV series and it’s absolutely beautiful, the sex scenes are OK cos it happened in there time too its not like it didn’t happened,to me the TV show is _awesome_,i don’t understand why they cancelled it
I have watched all 9 episodes on sky box sets and im totally frustrated i wont see anymore and what happens next to david saul dies and one remaining son hishbal left to kill david totally annoyed
can we at least buy it or something? I’m left with my imaginations to end the show and I’m acting multiple parts here. not nice
I keep wondering who decides whether its aired or not. Its a very amazing show and I am deeply wounded its off? Like why? We have the most amazing action stories in kings, chronicles… and they should be told vividly in moving pictures like this series. I mean movies like sparta and the likes are a tip of what these stories are. I guess we need better people to push this out and take it as seriously as lord of the rings…star wars and the likes. How wonderful will it be to make action power packed series from amazing stories… Read more »
The show should at least be aired in its entirety or made available on ondemand
More shows like this one should come back on. It was very interesting. I guess anything that represent
Jesus is no good for TV. It’s amazing how the industry has changed. How all the audultry, families with gay children will out last anything that pertains
the bible.
I am so disappointed that this show was cancelled. My husband and I really enjoyed the 2 episodes we got to watch. Parents need to quit crying over violence, vulgar language and sex being on tv. If it’s such a problem they should just remove their TV from their homes or better yet just skip that channel. I didn’t allow my kids to watch it while my husband and I did. You don’t see me complaining. Bring it back or let me know where I can watch the rest of the remaining episodes. How about putting it on netfilx???
My wife and I as well as other family members were looking forward to the show. We so enjoyed the way it was explaining the bible.
Parental Concerns of “violence/sexuality”?? Seriously? Those people need to get a bible and read the biblical story–> it’s isn’t a cute “Disney fairytale happy ending story.” The stories of the prophet Samuel and its first 2 kings (Saul & David) are highly graphic–read them yourselves folks. (It’s the books of “I Samuel & II Samuel” for those that want to confirm my comment here about the history). It’s a real, true story, about real people–> they aren’t “fairy tales” folks and ABC was doing a great job of proving this point. As far as ratings, it seems this is a… Read more »
Has anyone been paying attention to the cartoon shows lately?? Sponge Bob is full of violence. Anytime of the day kids can turn on sex & violence shows if their parents aren’t paying attention. So please don’t be trying to play that card on us, ( the American people ) if ABC is so concerned about
About this stuff, then they need to pull the Bachelor & Bachelorette off. As well as a dozen other shows.