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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My family waited every week to watch this terrific show with great acting. Perhaps FX should cancel its publicity people for their lackluster efforts in promoting the show to the public!
My whole family watches this show together & really enjoys it, please bring it back!
Holt’s acting was ridiculous and enough to watch this series alone. Overall, this was one of the best TV series i’ve ever watched. The “0nly” reason why people didn’t tune in is because they aleady know when and where to find crap like American Idol and road-to-nowhere TV dramas….
It’s a damn shame this was cancelled. Holt and Catherine hit me up because I have something you may both be interested in
the show should not be cancelled it gives a real account of a boxers life
I am sorry to hear the show is ending after only one season. I was looking forward to seeing the saga continue. I wish FX would reconsider…
I’m totally pissed off this show is cancelled I love this show bring it back damn it
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i hate this every time a good show comes on it gets cancele like over there or the walking dead which is supposed to come back if fx gave shows a chance they would actually get ppl that would tune into them but instead they play the same movies over ad over asgain and wonder why there are at the bottom of the food chain. seriously i hope another network finds this show and brings it back. look at the rocky saga no network wanted the movie then a network took a chance and made one of the biggest grossing… Read more »
yet another quality show gets the axe. unfortunate. Lights Out and Terriers were two shows on FX that should have been renewed. Oh well.
amazing show, they just never advertised / promoted it correctly by ignoring the whole family angle and the other side of things. Everyone in my office talked about and watched the show…very strange, I didn’t see that coming.
I got to say, It is sad to hear that one of the better shows on tv is getting canceled. But overall, “Lights Out” is a great show.
Honestly, the shows “run” was limited given the age of “Lights” etc, but I really expected two years or a summer run It was one of the best shows I have enjoyed this past season, good development and a lot of “inside” looks into he shady world of boxing If I had one criticism it would be “Who the hel* choreographed the boxing scenes, they were bad, especially the sea on ender.. Jericho, Dark Skies, The Unit, JAG (Another “Age Limited” series, every-time a new show comes on the scene I truly look forward to each week, pow! I haven’t… Read more »
Very disappointed to hear this.
Please don’t cancel one of the best shows on TV
I love this show. I am so sorry to find out that it will not return for another season. Great characters and so much potential material for many more seasons. Awesome season finale!