Here in the states, the Motive TV show can hardly be called a ratings success. However, it’s doing well enough in Canada for CTV to renew it for a third season. Production resumes this fall.
Motive revolves around a strong-willed Vancouver detective (Kristin Lehman) who’s also a single mom. At the start of each episode, viewers are shown the killer and victims. As the criminal investigation progresses, details of what led to the crime are revealved via flashbacks. The rest of the cast includes Louis Ferreira, Lauren Holly, Roger Cross, Brendan Penny, and Cameron Bright.
Though last summer’s ratings weren’t very good, ABC picked up the 13 episodes of season two and they started airing last week. Season two’s ratings have been even worse and it’s currently the network’s lowest-rated summer show.
ABC only licenses the show so it’s cheaper for them than producing their own summer dramas. Could the ratings be poor enough this year so that it wouldn’t make sense for them to air the show, even at a low cost? We shall see.
What do you think? Do you like the Motive series? Would you like to see season three air on ABC?
Bring back Motive! A great show out of the norm which keeps you thinking and guessing. I hope you find a time slot that will allow it to be aired (please).
I would really love to for ABC to show Season 3 of Motive. It is a truly good series.
Really enjoyed the show…working backwards was intriguing.
I thoroughly enjoy the show. Please air season three.
Totally love this show it was such a different spin on crime drama!! I really hope ABC brings it back!!
I am so so sad… PLEASE bring it back!
ITS ON YOUTUBE
I really love “Motive”. We need more shows that you really have to think about. Not reality shows where you don’t need much of a brain to watch. Most people don’t want to stay up to 10pm to watch it because they have to rise so early the next day. That is probably why the ratings were so low. When I mentioned this show to people they didn’t know about it. Please bring it back, foe the people who like something with substance.
A show comes around that shows real (take from me, I know) and because of nothing else besides very poor promotion gets cancelled. I don’t get it. Same thing with “Longmire”. Where do these TV executives come from? Promote the shows a little and then they’ll get those ratings!
I loved this show. So disappointed to find out ABC is not airing it this summer.
I too loved this show. Have been waiting for it to come back. If we can’t watch on abc is there another way to watch it
Go to youtube and search for Motive season 3 – it’s there. Also, Project Free tv – just google it. Hope this helps!
I loved Motive liked the way the actors interacted. Watched both seasons on ABC, was, disappointed no season 3.
So I watched on You Tube. Third season was by far the best. Angie & Oscar have some
interesting lives. Hope there is a season 4 & if no one here in the states carries it, hope CATV does & I can still watch on You Tube. Seems whenever there is a good program it is replaced by a lousy reality show. Just my opinion
So glad to know I can find the series on Youtube. I’ll be watching again.
I absolutely LOVED that show! Please bring it back on the air!!! Totally different layout than most shows. Extremely entertaining!!! Maybe a new time slot would help. Anybody who watched the show would be hooked!!!!
This is an interesting show due to it’s premise that encourages the viewer to “think” more than watch. Also, it has a strong cast of interesting characters that are well-played by the principal actors who draw you in: not the typical cardboard-cutout Hollywood casting. This is a huge improvement over the other dreck on ABC between their idiotic, disposable “reality-style” programming and endless Disney Corporation promotion. If ABC doesn’t pick this up I would hope that it could fit into one of the Cable Systems (like USA or TNT) where it might actually be promoted and succeed. And they wonder… Read more »
Absolutely love the show – so many shows today are all the same – reality, soapy, etc. You need no intelligence to watch. I just turn in to Create TV. I’ve waited all year for season 3 of Motive please pick it up.
I alm expecting to see the third season so please bring it to us ABC. TY