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.
I loved this show and did not miss a week! I am very sad!
**** THAT THIS SHOW IS THE BEST SHOW FX HAS HAD
FX obviously did not poll the correct area. We love the show!!!! and so do many of our friends. Finally something good on tv and they cancel it!
so this gets canceled. but jersey shore is still on air? WTF!
this is lame that was my favorite show but they keep shows like bones or archer or hanna montna this lame this sucks the big one Lights out will be missed
Hey now, lights out was a good show and it’s sad itwas cancelled bit don’t **** on Archer. Archer is comedy gold.
Give Lights out another round.
It’s a great show but I think it needed more advertising and maybe a different night.
FX doesn’t know a good show when it has it.
I Definatly agree wit Lo Fan i love the show and was wonderin wut was goin on but yeaa def. a real life typa storyline and i love boxing i think this would be the next big thing if Hbo picked it up cuz Hbo allways has realistic type shows like lights out (The Wire,Treme,The Sopranos,Oz,Deadwood,Entourage) It would def. be the perfect chanel 2 pick it up
WTF, I LOVE THIS SHOW, THEY SHOULD TRY MOVING IT TO HBO OR A BETTER NIGHT THAN TUESDAY, GIVE IT A CHANCE!!!!!!!
MY WIFE AND I WATCHED EVERY EPISODE. WAS WONDERING WHY IT WAS CANCELED. SURE BEAT WATCHING COP SHOWS ALL THE TIME
Once again, FX has dropped the ball… For the second year in a row, they are going to cut the head off of yet another great show with potential. I have been an FX fan ever since The Shield, and love SOA, Justified, and Rescue Me. Last year, I fell in love with Terriers, only to have my heart crushed when I found out the network was canceling it due to ‘poor ratings’. Now, another great show, a truly original piece, has bitten the dust with Lights Out. I don’t really know if it is the network’s fault or what,… Read more »
Super sad! Loved the show. Wish another network would pick it up. Way better than most of the junk on prime time tv.
im a 28 year old male paratrooper, and i believe that lights out is third only to dexter, and sons of anarchy, this reeled my in like ‘jersey shore’ reels in young, teenage girls.
Horrible news. Could not wait for each week to bring me a new episode.
This was a great wholesome show.. I am sad to see it go off, when we put adult cartoons , and reality shows everywhere…maybe a new time slot would have helped..great acting.. great possibility.. too sad…
We don’t get the FX network in Canada but this was one of my favorite shows. I watch it online every week, or at least I did. Too bad. 🙁