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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Why is it that all the shows that I get involved with get cancelled. The black shows never last. I loved this show and was watching it every week. Its ashamed that we can’t keep any black shows. But they are always putting on these reality shows and talent shows. There has got to be something better. Very disappointed.
me and my friends use to watch that tv show all the time, talk about and everything!!!! It was one of the only black shows on abc family that had everything that blacks experince from 2000- to now. I loved the show dearly. Mishon was great and so was lizze. And how a black girl dated a white boy (un heard of!!) buut it happend. It was better then on the garbage on tv now. It was meaning ful and good. I even watched it in school. When i lived in pittsburgh my friends and i all watched it was… Read more »
Umm Yes Im Very Upset.!! That Show Is Real Life.! It Needs To Still Be On Tv Because It Shows What People Really Go Through In Life.!
I am very upset, I been turning my tv to abc family every monday looking for the show. I guess since this show had comment sense they want to take the show away from us. I only start looking at abc family because of the show. Like other people said they only took the show off because it was a black show, black people can not have anything anymore.
I am proud of ABC’s for attempting to do something big on behalf of an African Americans. The show offered geniune character and honor that is missing today. This show let’s me know that people are trying develope a better audience for our culture; I am pleased to see and hear that. However, more needs to be done in order to see this happens. W are now approaching 2011 and yet it is still very little diversity. The excellent writting needs to continue to open for more diversity where it counts. I am sadden but hopeful that Lincoln Heights will… Read more »
Lincoln heights was one of the best drama shows I ever seen, I made sure I watched every episode from every season. I’m very disappointed that abc family did that, I still watch it on my computer, you guys should really try to get that show back on the air the show alone set so many examples for young adults showing how things and people can change. Two thumbs up for the cast. 🙂
I am very pset that this was cancelled. I loved watching this show. I might have to stop watching ABC family.
I hate it when they end a show w/no final episode!!
i wish lincoln heights was still on and also upset it got cancelled. it was one of my favorite shows on fox family. and the last episode of season 4 was not a good series finale, because it left off on a cliffhanger!
I’m truly saddened by this cancellation. I absolutely loved this show! You seldom see a drama showing a unified and progressive African American family in the way the Suttons were portrayed. They reflected values that proved to dispell the negative stereotype that dominates the minds of people. If the ratings were low, then I believe the culprit was the network itself and how the show’s upcoming season was advertised. No doubt, if more people knew the specifics of when the show aired it would’ve gotten the full support it needed to remain competitive. I’d grown attached to the Sutton family… Read more »
Ugh I am highly upset! We finally get a dominately black show that teaches great family values and positive views for blacks and they cancel it!?!? REALLY C’mon this ridiculous! Why is it that any show that has blacks killing, doing drugs, producing all kinds of babies and not taking care of them and any other negative act that society has labeled for blacks continues to be shown on the air. Not allowing positive messages from blacks just allows the continued cycle of negative thoughts already believed by most of society to be true. Even though these are just shows… Read more »
i feel like they should not cancel the show because it is a inspritng story for teens n youn children how life could be no matter where u r or how u was raise or where u parents work n how much power they have
I can’t believe they cancelled this show. I should have know when they started to put repeats on it was cancelled. I HATE that they cancelled this show. I thought this show was amazing. Lincoln Heights had a good cast and a good story line not like most shows that doesn’t make any sense. Most of the shows on Tv sucks and that’s why the human race are getting dumber and dumber each day because they don’t have a show like Lincoln Heights.
Last season started and we didn’t know it was on until the last show. We missed the entire season. Have been looking for the new season for several months. Had no idea that it was cancelled until today. Have watched repeats over and over. Loved this family show.
Anymore I don’t get too interested in any show because it will just get cancelled. Therefore, why bother watching.
I can’t believe this lincoln heights was its best it show I believe they canceled it because it was a black show and the network is racist