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?
Image courtesy FX.
This was a quality show with great acting and writing. FX is NUTS for pulling the plug! Some network with a brain needs to pick this up!!!!
As always, the quality of the casting, writing, photographic story telling and acting have little impact on the decision to continue production of a really good TV series as is evidenced by this cancellation. The moronic sitcoms and reality shows pile up the big ratings…makes me think there may be an inverse relationship between a TV viewer’s IQ and their favorite TV show’s rating!
I have never in my life kept up with any kind of show or sitcom… Justified is alright, but i just cant bring myself to keep u with it… Now when lights out started i made it a point to get home in time to watch the newest episodes!!.. The story made me feel a little for each character in the show… I even liked the reporter guy for cryin out loud!!… Yea im very dissapointed that they cancelled the show… Guess i’ll get into another hobby, cuz i suree as hell aint watchin glee, or idol, or teen mom..
Lights is a very good show lots of drama action etc….
But what could they possibally base another season on
He got the belt back……thers nothin left..
really well done sooo sad its not coming back loved the ed romeo actor really rich
could see that evolving into season 2 but i guess not also love love love damages and justified
I’m very annoyed the show didn’t get picked up. I really enjoyed it and finally started to get my friends into the show at the end of the first season.
I am very unhappy that Lights Out was cancelled ! Lights Out was an outstanding series. I am tired of the detective shows. This was a show about a family and their lives. What is wrong with FX ?????
Money can’t be everything, what about quality entertainment?! Viewers deserve more than Glee!
Can’t believe they canceled the show…come on. Why didn’t just air it on another day. Tuseday already has the idiotic Dancing with the Has Beens and other stupid shows. Why canceling quality show after just one season? Cancel the garbage reality shows!
i love lights out.. it reminded me so much of rocky 5 and the fights and drama and the advertisements for the next episodes always make you anxious for next week.. if i had the right amount of money i would pay fx to have a new season 🙁
This show had drama in and out of the ring. You got to watch his story of what happens in the ring and with his family. True grit… not sappy singing every two mins.
I don’t understand how a show like glee with horrible actors win awards for a show that they record the songs in a studio stays on. And a show that’s 42 mins long with commercials that keeps you glued to ur seat doesn’t..!! When justified is over I’m boycotting fx
i think it was on too late. more people would have watched it if it were on a little earlier
Fx is white trash for canceling this show. While they have hillbilly shows like justified and now wilbur. I want to drive to the Fx studio and burn it down
Bummed….love Lights Out~
I know when Lights took back his brother and then got rid of that black trainer that was it for me. There was no direction. And it’s too bad, I really liked the characters.