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Pan Am: ABC’s Retro-Series; Cancel or Keep It?

by Trevor Kimball, October 24, 2011

Pan Am cancel or keepHopping on the Mad Men bandwagon, ABC recently began airing Pan Am on Sunday nights. The network’s been searching for some new hot dramas to replace Desperate Housewives and their aging medical series. Have they found the solution in a show named after a defunct airline or will this one just crash and be cancelled?

Pan Am follows the pilots and flight attendants that work for the world-famous airline in 1963. Dean (Mike Vogel) is a young pilot who’s just been promoted to captain. His co-pilot, Ted (Michael Mosely), is hiding a secret. Stewardess Maggie (Christina Ricci) isn’t afraid to push the limits, Colette (Karine Vanesse) flirts too much, and Kate (Kelli Garner) has taken on a dangerous side-job after helping her sister, Lara (Margot Robbie), become a runaway bride. While traveling the world, the flight crew have interesting brushes with history.

The series debuted on September 25th to a 3.1 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 11.06 million viewers. Those aren’t bad numbers but they’re hardly impressive either. Pan Am was second in the timeslot, behind NBC’s football coverage. Looking at the breakdown for the show’s ratings in quarter hour increments, about 10% of the demo audience tuned out before the episode was finished. That’s not terrible but certainly not positive either.

The second episode dropped 16% in the demo to a 2.6 rating with 7.76 million viewers. That’s a pretty normal second week drop-off but Pan Am really didn’t have many viewers to spare. Week three is where things really got bad.

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The third episode saw the demo drop by an astounding 27%. Did the people who tuned in for the second episode decide that they’d seen enough or, was the third week just a fluke?

Apparently it was the latter because the ratings dropped by another 5%, to a 1.8 in the demo with 5.84 million. Last night’s numbers held steady according the fast affiliate numbers. That’s positive but a 1.8 demo rating is certainly not.

Pan Am is currently the lowest-rated new show on ABC with an average of a 2.2 rating in the demo and 7.36 million. Those numbers will keep dropping unless future episodes perform significantly better. Of the 14 scripted shows currently on the network, Pan Am ranks 12th, beating only Body of Proof and already-cancelled Charlie’s Angels.

While Pan Am’s fate seems all but sealed, ABC doesn’t seem ready to throw in the towel just yet.

They’re reportedly bringing in veteran writer and producer Steven Maeda as showrunner. He previously worked on Miami Medical for CBS and Lie to Me for FOX. ABC execs, who apparently still really like Pan Am, want to hear Maeda’s story ideas before deciding on whether they want to order additional episodes for a full season.

It’s very likely too late to pull this show out of its downward spiral but perhaps ABC will get lucky and beat the odds. Typically, once viewers reject a show, it’s nearly impossible to get them to take another look.

What do you think? Should ABC keep Pan Am flying for a full season or should they just pull the plug and cancel it now?


Image courtesy ABC.


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Lisa
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Lisa

I actually really like this show. It’s seems like every new show I get into gets canceled. It’s kinda sad that the networks don’t give shows a chance anymore. If the numbers aren’t good in a handfull of episodes they pull it. Too many people are into all the trash tv reality shows anymore. I wil admit to watching a few, like survivor and the amazing race, but the majority if reality shows are garbage in my opinion.

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October 24, 2011 11:44 pm
Mj
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Mj

I love it. Keep it going!!!

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October 24, 2011 11:43 pm
Lisa
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Lisa

I actually ready like this show. It’s seems like every new show I get into gets canceled. It’s kinda sad that the networks don’t give shows a chance anymore. If the numbers aren’t good in a handfull of episodes they pull it. Too many people are into all the trash tv reality shows anymore. I wil admit to watching a few, like survivor and the amazing race, but the majority if reality shows are garbage in my opinion.

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October 24, 2011 11:42 pm
Anonymous
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Anonymous

I think they should have kept Brothers & Sisters. Now that had depth and great acting.

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October 24, 2011 11:33 pm
Joni
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Joni

I stopped watching Brothers and Sisters because all they did was FRET and ARGUE about EVERYTHING! Not my type of entertainment.

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October 25, 2011 8:50 am
Anonymous
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Anonymous

Sink it

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October 24, 2011 11:28 pm
Pat
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Pat

Those of us who are Seniors continue to comment on how few of the current shows are appealing to us. Then PanAm came along. It really seems a shame to cancel a show like this. Okay – it doesn’t have a lot of sex and violence. Wow – that’s actually GOOD!! Please keep this show on the air!!!

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October 24, 2011 11:16 pm
Tina
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Tina

They should keep it. At the very least let it run a full season. It’s a great show, just needs a bit more spunk to reel in people who are stuck in our own decade with cap shows like jersey shore.

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October 24, 2011 11:09 pm
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ABC does not need to pull the plug on “Pan Am”. This is an excellent show in a competitive time slot. The shows it is up against on other networks is fierce, including the NFL and the World Series this time of year. If anything, ABC needs to consider moving “Pan Am” to a different night. However, I know many of my friends haven’t watched at 10 pm because they go to bed at that time in preparation for the Monday work day, BUT they are taping the show or watching it later on line and they LOVE it. Each… Read more »

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October 24, 2011 10:55 pm
Jeremy Rynek
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Jeremy Rynek

Well call me crazy, but I think the non present shows don’t belong on major networks. Mad men and Boardwalk empire aren’t on those networks and are doing better because of that. And to back me up even more, The playboy club. Maybe Hugh was right and it should have been on Bravo. I’m just saying you argue with the numbers.

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October 24, 2011 9:35 pm
Daniel Armour
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Daniel Armour

I like it, so I hope it gets a full season.

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October 24, 2011 9:06 pm
Ross
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Ross

Hate it, Pan Am has to go!

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October 24, 2011 8:24 pm
Kyle
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Kyle

I’m still enjoying it–probably even mire-so than the critically overrated Mad Men! 🙂

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October 24, 2011 8:05 pm
Kat
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Kat

You only think it’s overrated because you don’t understand the subtleties of it… every scene is amazing on that show, so flush with meaning and, at times, shocking. That said, I like Pan Am, too, and I’m glad it’s not trying to be Mad Men.

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October 25, 2011 7:53 am
Observer
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I actually like the show. Pretty compelling.

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October 24, 2011 7:25 pm
matt
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matt

keep this and Body of Proof those are great shows

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October 24, 2011 7:12 pm
Jason
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Jason

Stopped watching after the 2nd episode.

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October 24, 2011 7:12 pm
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