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?
Image courtesy ABC Family.
Best show ever bring it back!
I loved this show it was one of m me and my husbands favorites. Wish it was still on. Can’t believe it was canceled!!!!!
I just started watching Lincoln H on netflix and man I was impress…. I loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee the show, I can totally relate to this fam…..pleaseeeeeeeeeee im begging bring back Lincoln h …thank you !!!
i looked for it on netflix and cudn’t find it. where r u looking?
Its on Netflix. I just got finished watching an Episode. You can stream it or get the dvds sent to you
🙁 WHY???????? I love this show. It Was so real. And I could relate.
I m vry upset.The reson wy is because everytime i get into a show abc fmily cancles it. Thedt undestand that nobody wants o atch tv cane tha always is taken away shows that we enjoy.
I was mad when they cancelled kyle xy i fetl in love with that show it took days to find a good tv show on netflix so i dicided to watch licoln hieghts and i just finished watching all seasons and i just found out that they cancelled it just mad me even more mad at abc family they suck kyle xy and lincoln hieght are one of my top i mean top of my favorite show so they should bring back the show **** u abc family party poopers
well i just got done watching all 4 seasons on netflix and its a good show i like it and i think therer should be a season five so please put on a season five for us we would all appriciate it very much thank you
I agree with you.I loved this show and when it was gettin good thras when they want to cancel it. I wanna know is there somethere something we can do bring it back on air.
I deff agree that lincoln heights should be back on we would love to see what happends next to the suttin family… this show has had me on my toes watching every episode i loved it and it even had its emotional times i loved the story line and would love love love to see it come back…. hoping that all these responses will bring it back… abc family you guys are deff loosing out on people actually watching ur channel…
Wow I was really disappointed when I found out this tv series was cancelled I was shocked cuhz honesty this was my favorite show i really did like it and me to I just finish watching it on Netflix and I loved it and I was hoping for a season 5 but theirs not gonnuh be a season 5 🙁 which really hurts . My sister got me into this show and I love it.
So please can you put season 5 were all begging you cuhz alot of people like this show
So please .
This was and still is one of my all time favorites I was so upset to see it end but there is a huge window to start a new series I hope someday they will bring it back I think it will get great reviews if they bring it back please bring it back please
I just finished watching all of the seasons and episodes. I think it was a very great show. It should come back on no matter how long ago it was made.
i also just today got finshed watching it on youtube please make a season 5 because if u guys dont will never know if cassie and charles have a baby together or if charels finds a new love please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! im begging the cable channle to bring it back i dont even care if there reruns
ABC is famous for cancelling good shows. Another one that I was upset to see cancelled was Kyle XY which is referenced in this article. I am gonna stop watching anything produced by ABC because even though a show might be really good they will only kill it after a few seasons without explanation leaving me let down again.
PLEASE BRING BACK SEASON FIVE. I JUST WATCHED THIS SHOW ON NETFLIX. THIS SHOW CAN BE AN INSPIRATION TO TEENAGERS IN A ROUGH SPOT BECAUSE IT SHOWS THE WAY THAT EDDIE IS SUCH A ROLE MODEL IN HIS KIDS LIFE…
I also just finished watching all four seasns on NetFlix. Cancelling this show makes absolutely no sense. Excellent storyline, but I guess if it’s not perverted or stupid — it doesn’t last long.
i think the creators are perverted people
JUST FINISHED WATCHING ALL FOUR SEASONS ON NETFLIX. THIS IS A GOOD SHOW THAT SENDS A POSITIVE MESSAGE. THIS SHOW PAINTS AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILIES IN A MORE POSITIVE LIGHT. I THINK THATS A GOOD THING TO SEE. PLEASE BRING BACK A SEASON FIVE…