It’s “lights out” for FX’s new boxing drama series. FX has cancelled Lights Out after one season due to poor ratings.
Lights Out revolves around Patrick ‘Lights’ Leary (Holt McCallany), an aging former heavyweight boxing champion. He struggles to find his identity and support his wife and three daughters after retiring from the ring. The poor economy and a series of bad investments leave Patrick at a perilous crossroads; battling the urge to return to boxing or reluctantly accepting a job as a brutal and intimidating debt collector. The show also features Catherine McCormack, Pablo Schreiber, and Stacy Keach.
Though some critics applauded the series, not many people watched the premiere in January. It registered just a 0.6 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 1.487 million viewers. The second episode dropped to a 0.4 rating and 0.92 million viewers. The season has averaged a 0.4 in the demo and 0.88 million.
To no surprise, FX isn’t ordering a second season of Lights Out. The cable channel made the announcement today and indicated that the final two episodes will air as previously scheduled; on March 29th and April 5th at 10pm.
What do you think? Are you sorry to see Lights Out cancelled? Why do you think it didn’t catch on?
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553 Comments on "Lights Out: FX TV Series Cancelled, No Season Two"
I don’t like the movie,I love it and to find out that it has been canceled is hearth breaking. I and my sister have been waiting for the second season for a while now and this. Please guys please bring it back. Movies like that are rare and for sometime now I haven’t seen a movie that got everyone in my house glued to the television like lights out. Please reconsider your decission. Thanks. And FYI here in Nigeria the movie is a heat and a bomb
I POSTED A COMMENT BUT DON’T SEE IT NOW. IN ADVANCE, THANK YOU.
I like the show and how they bring it back
it’s really sad, because show was so realistic, i stayed up for nights while i was watching first season. too bad they canceled this great show…
FX atleast could make somekinda 3 episodes long ending or movie (80 mins long) for the people who actually watched and enjoyed the show.
i feel dissapointed and worst part is – i feel like hanging in air – now knowing, how it ended 🙁
ok My husband and i just finished watching Light Out on Netflix didnt know this show even was on tv untill then. However when i google and saw that there is no season two well we both are so disapointed. Wish i knew what happens to everyone on the show. THEY WERE GREAT ACTING ! WISHING GLENDA KENNEDY
we loved the show. we think its crappy leaving us hanging like that and not knowing what happened. Its like being sucker punched!
It was an awesome show I think it just needs a little more time to catch on.
Sorry to see it go. Really enjoyed it. Just needed more time to catch on.
My family and I loved it hate to see it go
My wife and I both loved this show. Great writing. Great acting. Great directing. Big time production values. FX, please bring it back and let us know what has happened to Lights.
Terrific show: what a pity to see it cancelled, especially since SO many of the current dramatic shows are allowed to continue churning out endless mediocrity.
This was a great show…..I loved it!! Went on to see when Season 2 was starting and found this page :o( FX..you have this wrong….think again please!
Bery poor decision to cancel this great boxing show!!!
What does Fx know .. I guess the decision makers up at fx have there buts in each others rear . The show was great ! It was definitely better than some of the other terds they show..