It looks like the story of the Sutton clan has come to an end. ABC Family has quietly decided to cancel Lincoln Heights after four seasons.
Lincoln Heights tells the story of Officer Eddie Sutton (Russell Hornsby) who moves his family back to his old neighborhood. Other castmembers include Erica Hubbard, Nikki Micheaux, Rhyon Brown, Mishon Ratliff, Robert Adamson, and Michael Reilly Burke.
The TV show debuted on January 8, 2007 and the first season was successful enough to warrant a renewal by March. At that point, it was one of the cable channel’s higher performers in the key demographics.
While announcing that the second season would kick off in September 2007, ABC Family President Paul Lee said, “We really think we have something unique here… The fact that it’s an African American family drama alone separates it from the crowd, but its terrific cast and superb writing also make it truly special and perfect for ABC Family.”
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Following season two, it took several months for ABC Family to decide to bring Lincoln Heights back for a third round. They finally did and that kicked off in September 2008. The audience grew and the show became the cable channel’s top performer among Females 12-34 and Female teens. It didn’t take as long to renew the series for year four.
Season four kicked off in September 2009. It ended up being one of the channel’s weaker programs of 2009, being outperformed by other ABC Family shows, including cancelled Kyle XY.
No specific reason was given for the Lincoln Heights cancellation. However, though it’s been favored by some critics, the series has never been a big hit for the cable channel and has only been given 10 episode renewals each season.
What do you think? Are you upset or surprised that the series has been cancelled? Do you think the last episode of Lincoln Heights is a worthwhile series finale?
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this really sucks.. =( i really loved that show and i hate thats i just found out the show was canceled. lets pray that they bring the show back
i am so sad this show has ended. I am near tears. I just goggle the show to see was there antother season to find out it has been cancelled and to catch up on previous shows i had never seen. I am heart broken.
I teach at an at-risk school in a tough neighborhood and this is show that my students can relate to which still has a positive message. We would have class discussions about the show, how it relates to their lives, how the community works together,and also how the Sutton kids work hard in school. Its disapointing that I will not be able to do the same with my class next year. *tears* tears*
I’M REALLY GOING TO MISS THE SHOW, IT WAS A VERY GOOD WHOLESOME FAMILY SHOW THAT REALLY TOUCH ON ISSUES THAT REALLY GOES ON IN A LOT OF HOUSEHOLDS. I WAS REALLY DISAPPOINTED IN THE CANCELLATION OF THE SHOW, I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO ANOTHER SEASON.
It sucks that there is not another senson. Sucks really really really bad. Just would like to know what happened to everyone. This really sucks
I think there should be another season telling us what’s up and not leavin us up in the air. This is really said and it makes me mad cuz we didn’t even have a say so in what we wanted.
ughh i loved this show, it was good show that showed diversity.
Sad to see such a talented group leave a wonderfully written show. I hope each and every one of them goes on to bigger and brighter endeavors. Maybe some might even become big screen successes. Boooo, to ABC Family. The network that leaves that teen **** smut on the air called Secret Life. The kids on Secret Life are horrible and the writers are irresponsible. All they did was give one teen a baby and they think that makes it okay for the other 10 main characters to have orgies every week. I stopped watching that show after the first… Read more »
I’m very sad that such a great show was canceled,Lincoln heights was a show that i looked forward to seeing every week.Word can’t explain how much i miss this show.Maybe one day Lincoln Heights will be return to us with new episodes.Truly thanking Tv 1 for the showing the show for now,maybe rerun but,love Lincoln Heights.
im so sad abt the show bein cancelled , it would really be great if they brought it back ( Tear)
Are you people crazy? you’re taking off one of the only shows that I approve my grandchildren to watch. One of my main pet peeves with you television executives is that you think you know your audience. This is we’re always left hanging.
geous they should be sued…..lol
I was so upset that Lincoln Heights was cancelled. I didn’t know I’ve been waiting the Season 5, so i decided to google it and found out it was cancelled. Very positive show, i would have love to see Cassie and Charles get married. Just sad…sad….sad… that this show had to be cancelled. Why get rid of the GOOD SHOWS.
I’m so sad I loved lincoln heights. was the acting bad? yes. was the writing stupid? of course, did I love it? was I addicted? ABSO-FREAKING-LOUTELY!!!!! I wanted to see cassie and charles get married. I loved this show so much. they cancelled it because god forbid the media portray positive images of african-americans in this country. because if black people were to feel postive about themselves and thier communities, whitey knows that he’d be out of a job.
this is terrribleeeeee!!!!!! it should be back on!