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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Aww ! Dude I just started watching season 4 in 09 and I LOVED the show! I kept watching and I thought it was great. I didn’t know it was cancelled back then but I wanted to watch season 5. |x darn….It was a great-ass show/I wanted to know what happened after the earthquake..damn….It’s like how they cancelled Kyle XY.): UGH, ABC family cancels all the shows that actually have great DEPTH and Meaning ! ]x uuugh…
I cant believe they cancel it.. i was lookin foward for a Season 5.. i didnt miss a show and if for some reason i could watch it i would record it on my DVR.. I REALLY DO HOPE THEY CHANGE THEIR MIND…
@Christie dnt no bodyy care abt no Kyle XY..dat wuz a dumb show anywayss
i dnt thynk dat rite..always cancellinq dha black shows but keep cumn out wit new white shows..lincoln heiqhts is lyke dha only show us blacks have ndd nw its qone..
i love this show and im mad that they canceled the show.. i wuld watch it every week and when i couldnt i recorded. it was number one on my list.. please bring it back
I think its a very stupid idea to cancel lincon Hight and Kyle XY, i enjoy watching both show and i think both show are increadible and deserved a better happy ending. I think its infair to the audiance who had been there from the first season to get treated like that, and they should have give us what they have promise, we have keep our promise by watching the show and now they must keep their end of the deal by giving us what we want . They should rethink about that dumb decision they make and give what… Read more »
Every other day my little brother asks when is the show going to come back on, nd I tell him its not. I loved that show, my whle family did. Its sad it got cancelld I used to love to watch it.
i cant believed they canceled this t.v show.. i am so mad, and i decided not to watch fox family for any reason since they couldn’t keep a top show on tv.. u cant even buy the dvd anywhere;; who ever deiceded to take it off should be fired
I cannot believe Lincoln Heights got canceled I look forward every night with my family to watch the show. Who would have thought it was getting canceled. For one there is not to many positive black family shows out today that you can watch, that has a positive outcome somewhere in the show that you can relate to in the show. I don’t know who made this terrible mistake by taking the show off of this station ,the problem needs to be corrected.
i cant believe they cancelled Lincoln Heights that was the best show on ABC family. I understand why they cancelled Kyle XY because the views different watch it. They should have cancel one of them wack ass shows on there and bring Lincoln Heights back. They just canceling all the black tv shows because they are better then the white shows. Just like how
I was and still is very disappointed that this show was cancelled I looked forward to watching this show every year. This show needs to came back it taught a lot of lessons to our youth. We need black shows like this that could related to our youth.
i agree it seems like all the black shows get cancelled
thats bull that show was good. it used to be on every tv in the house. they always turning off the good shows and keepin the stupid ones
I think it was a very poor and stupid descion the mess they show on abc should be cancel they should cancel abc all together it seem like a racist thing to me because american teenager life is whack it is still going on but you can cancel a black family show that was doing good they couldinform the fans unstood having us waiting on the season to start . I look foward to every season.
I can not believe they cancelled this show! It was so good!!! I didnt get to watch the first few seaons but once I started watching it I could not believe how good it was. I dont understand why it was cancelled at all. Such a horrible way to end the show to. I was waiting and waiting in such suspense for the new season. Now I hear it will not be back. This is very disappointing and in my opinion and very poor choice.