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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Most of the people I know watch or dvr this show I think it’s great.
Honestly I will watch it as long as it is being aired, i always have. But i won’t make a big mess of it if it turns out being cancelled. I love the show but i can also see why many other people aren’t watching.
D.O.A.
Keep Pan Am on! Love it!
great show in times where there is NOTHING to watch that is truly dramatic, well written, stimulating and has a flair of just good old style!
You are really leaving nothing for the intelligent people to watch on TV!
I am tired of the not so real reality shows driving what we have to watch-just pure nonsense and trash for the most part.
I absolutely love this show!!! There should be a second season!!! Someone should put a petition out to show the producers that we want a second season…I am 25 and I enjoy this show I never miss a show that era and the way fashion was I love it so sophisticated 🙂
I love this show. It is a history lesson on how flying used to be and how ground-breaking the women were before 1972. If you are lucky enough to be the child of one of these terrific women, you get a glimpse of what their mothers were like.
Love this show……10 times better than Greys Anatomy and some of the other drivel on a
ABC…….if you don’t want it sponsor it for Lifetime as it has the same draw as Army Wives
Don’t cancel the show! It’s so refreshing and fun to look back to the 1960s.
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Pan Am… Old school glamour, old school stories, such a refreshing change versus all of the copycat productions these days! BRING IT BACK!!!
Totally love this show! I think the problem is the day and time. After the weekend, people prepare for work and school the next day.
I really enjoy the show! I was quite surprised when looking at cancelled shows that this was on the list. I love firefly too! Hehe.
If it’s on the air I will watch it.
This is such an amazing show!! Please please please please let it come back for another season!!!!
I love the show, it is good and it has a great storyline. Good looking cast. The rating system is so unfair these days. Bring back Firefly as well!