To no surprise, The CW has cancelled their remake of Melrose Place after just one season and 18 episodes.
The new Melrose Place revolves around the same apartment complex as the 1990s original but largely focuses on a new group of characters. The cast includes Katie Cassidy, Stephanie Jacobsen, Jessica Lucas, Michael Rady, Shaun Sipos, Colin Egglesfield, Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, Nicholas Gonzalez, Victor Webster, and Brooke Burns. Appearances by actors Thomas Calabro, Laura Leighton, Heather Locklear, Josie Bissett, and Daphne Zuniga help kept ties to the original alive.
In September, despite a lot of promotion, the first episode attracted a small 1.3 rating in the 18-49 demo and 2.31 million viewers. The numbers fell after that and never came close to even matching the premiere’s. The April 4th episode hit a season low, with a horrific 0.4 rating in the demographic and only .86 million viewers.
Even for The CW, the new Melrose Place’s ratings were absolutely terrible. Though the last episode of the season left many storylines up in the air, there was no way that it was going to be coming back.
Well, the network made it official this week. Melrose Place has been cancelled and won’t be returning for season two.
What do you think? Why didn’t this version catch on? Was it a bad idea from the start? Would it have survived if Heather Locklear signed on at the beginning or was including original characters part of why it failed?
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ahh ce prostii ….este asa de marfa serialul .I love that show !!
Melrose place rocks bring it bac, with better advertising of the show then the ratings will pick up!
MELROSE PLACE WAS THE BEST
Umm..yea so i was waiting for this show to come back on and NOTHING!!! WTH?? That really sucks..ya know they want results immediately..it takes time sometimes..the original 90210 and melrose places both had low viewers first season..they hung in there and see what they became?! patience CW ..you shouldve tried it.. YOU SUCK for cancelling the show!! Now what reason do i have to watch your network?? hmmm…nothing i guess!
My wife and I loved the New Melrose Place show. Sorry to see it end so quickly.
Should have given it more time or canceled one of the other CW shows.
I live in South Africa and I absolutely loved the show !! I was very sad to hear that there is not going to be a season 2 🙁
give me melrose place
give me melrose place
give me melrose place
give me melrose place
give me melrose place
i love the tv show it was so big in france
Get the tv show back on air please.
CUT THE CRAP AND PUT THE ****** SHOW BACK ON I MISS SEEING ASHLEE SIMPSONS ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you cancelled melrose place IM TELLING MY MUM . she will slap the crap out of you producers she is a police women based in las angles which is were the show was aired and she god damn knows how to use a whip ….did i mention she was go girl.
how did melrose place get cancelled it is..was the best show in the world . If they stopped airing the show due to lack of views then its thre fult . the network needs to give the public a chance to hear about the show and some and i know for sure thre is more people out thre that wait for the season set box.Its not fair i am from the uk and did not hear any press on the show ,no commercials..nothing so how are you going to exspect to get lots of views when poople are not aware… Read more »
PLEASE GET AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN TO GET THE CW TO GET MELROSE PLACE BACK ON AIR PLEASE
THE SHOW WAS AMAZING WHY THE **** WAS IT CANCELLED (DON’T TELL ME WHY, I KNOW) THAT BEAT ******* ALL THE SHOWS ON THE CW. I LIVE IN THE UK AND I NEVER SAW ANY COMMERCIALS NO NOTHING HOW WERE PEOPLE SUPPOSED TO EVEN WATCH IT IF THEY DIDN’T KNOW IT EXSISTED, AND I KNOW PEOPLE WHO AREN’T EVEN AWARE THAT THE SHOW GOES UP TO AT LEAST 18 OR 20 THEY THOUGHT IT ENDED LIKE EPISODE 12. ANYWAY I AM JUST SAYING THAT MELROSE PLACE BETTER BE BACK ON THE CW OR ELSE!! I LOVE THAT SHOW, THAT CAST… Read more »
I’ve watched the show a couple of times. It was okay. Not something that kept me watching every week. The thing is, when the original was made in the early 90’s, they had better characters played by good actors, & good episodes that kept people wanting to watch. That was the melrose place people my age who liked it, were used to. When a remake is made of an old tv show that was on over 10 yrs ago, it’s not going to be the same as it was. It’s never going to be the same as the original. That… Read more »
I loved this show and think a second season should be a must