It’s no secret that Pan Am has been struggling in the ratings. As a result, ABC decided to order only one episode beyond their initial 13 installment order.
Pan Am is currently one of ABC’s lowest-rated shows and currently averages a 1.8 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 5.76 million total viewers. That’s the same as now-cancelled Work It. The most recent episodes have been garnering a 1.2 in the demo, ensuring that the season average will keep dropping.
ABC maintains that the show has not been cancelled and Christina Ricci, the actress who plays Maggie the flight attendant, maintains that a decision won’t be made until May.
In a recent press call, she said, “I don’t really understand the ratings system and how that works or, I choose not to… If I go shopping, the people who work in the stores love the show. When I fly, all the flight attendants love the show. I know friends and family love the show. Most of them didn’t watch it during its time slot. Most of them watched it online or TiVo’d.”
Ricci doesn’t understand why Pan Am’s numbers aren’t better, but said, “I just feel like more and more people towards the end of the season are getting really into it and really saying that every show is better than the last. And that’s good, because you really want a show to have time for development and develop into something really amazing.”
There was hope that the 14th episode would be used to give the ongoing storylines some closure but Ricci says that’s not the case, “If there isn’t a season two, there will be questions that will never, ever, ever be answered.” She concluded, “But, hopefully we will get a season two and no one will know that until May.”
What do you think? Do you think Pan Am producers should have planned to end the show with episode 14 or, leave things unresolved in hopes of a second season?
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I realize that the ratings are really low, but we need a (comparatively) classy show like Pan Am on the air — and in the air. It’s getting better since they did away with the totally unnecessary, confusing flashback format. I can’t help but think the ratings would be higher if the show had started out this good, but a lot of good shows needed time to find their footing in the past. At least give it a second season.
I am a mother and have to DVR things. I have to watch tv when I have a spare moment not when things are in their time slots. Please keep this show. My sister and I love it. We both DVR it. Cast is great … Plot is always interesting … Very well writtten!
Great show; we look forward to it every Sunday! We want to know what happened!?! Please keep this show on the air!!!
Yes, keep Pan Am for another season. A great cast like this cast is what makes the show!
Like most things ABC does they are stupid to cancel this.And will be replaced by more CRAP! They always skip weeks they think people are away doing something else, or they show a repeat even if a serial show. Then people get pissed off and stop looking, but they do not realize by Nielsen ratings alone that others are watching it recorded later. They also don’t seem to care that even greater numbers of people with the most disposable cash are over 49!!! You know like millions of baby boomers are. I personally have given up hope that this network… Read more »
its on at 10pm sunday is the problem i think im from ireland btw
desperate housewives is ending so put pan am on at 9pm sunday for season 2 best new show along with smash abc beleive in a program plz
I know give it another season its interesting, not like that wack a s s Jersey $h%t.
i love the show keep it coming, the more the better
Keep the show !!!!
that show is great I watch it and no one ever asked me if I did, where do they get these
ratings from.
all the education people are suppose to have and they watch reality shows over Pan Am
with great writings and scenes
I think I know now why Atlantis sunk in the sea
Keep the show on. I love it!
Great show; look forward to it every Sunday & we have
been wondering what happened?!! Please keep this show
on the air!
One of the better shows on tv, give it a chance.
i think you should keep the show PanAm…I really like it. Interesting, sexy, funny, cute. I think there should be alittle more drama with plane crashes or like KLM colliding into PanAm or something like that….engine failure, emergency landing, something interesting happening to a plane too
Bring on a second season. No more reality tv. PLEASE.