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It doesn’t look like the Sandoval family’s troubles will have a second season. ABC is dropping the Promised Land TV series after next week’s fifth episode. The Good Doctor will return to its Monday night timeslot on February 28th, weeks earlier than planned.
A family drama series, the Promised Land TV show stars John Ortiz, Cecilia Suárez, Augusto Aguilera, Christina Ochoa, Mariel Molino, Tonatiuh Elizarraraz, Andres Velez, Katya Martín, Rolando Chusan, and Bellamy Young. Yul Vazquez, Julio Macias, Ariana Guerra, Kerri Medders, Tom Amandes, Natalia del Riego, and Miguel Angel Garcia recur. The story revolves around two Latinx families vying for wealth and power in California’s Sonoma Valley. Joe Sandoval (Ortiz) is the patriarch of his family who took a small vineyard owned by a former rival and turned it into a wine and beverage empire, Heritage Vineyard. Along the way, he alienated many — including members of his own family. More than just a savvy corporate fighter, Joe can do every job there is to do on a vineyard, but finds himself at a crossroads when an enemy from his past resurfaces. His wife, Lettie (Suarez), will do anything to keep her family intact, despite all its fraying allegiances. Their children are highly capable Veronica (Ochoa), estranged Antonio (Tonatiuh), party-girl Carmen (Molino), erratic Junior (Garcia), and stepson Mateo (Aguilera), the hardworking and highly capable general manager of the vineyard. Meanwhile, immigrants Carlos (Velez), Billy (Chusan), Juana (Martin), and Rosa (Guerra) cross the Mexican border in search of a better life.
The first season of Promised Land averages a 0.19 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 1.72 million viewers in the live+same day ratings (including DVR playback through 3:00 AM). It’s ABC’s lowest-rated scripted series of the season and last night’s episode hit a new low with a 0.15 demo and 1.54 million. While the show does pick up viewers in the delayed viewing, the drama continues to be a very low-rated show.
Production on the show’s 10-episode season will be completed and the remaining episodes will be released each week on Hulu. Episode six will be released on Hulu on March 1st. As to the chances of a second season, Deadline lists the series as cancelled.
“Promised Land is a beautifully executed and tremendously entertaining series of which everyone at our company is extremely proud,” an ABC rep said in a statement to TVLine. “We know it has a passionate audience that is very invested in this show, and those viewers will be able to stream all subsequent episodes exclusively on Hulu every Tuesday for the rest of the season.”
What do you think? Have you watched the Promised Land TV show on ABC? Do you wish that this series would have been renewed for a second season?
I really love this show. I was disappointed when I learned that it is being cancelled. I don’t have Hulu, so now my heart is broken that I won’t be able to watch the remainder of this show.
I loved the show! It seems every time, it gets canceled
I loved watching Promise Land, ABC didn’t even give it a chance with the ratings. It’s al about money. I’m so disappointed
I really enjoyed Promised Land & couldn’t wait for Monday’s! Very disappointed it was cancelled & I don’t have Hulu so won’t be able to watch the remaining episodes!
I love the show but you don’t even give a show a chance to get an audience. You pull it the moment you are not racking in the money…..
Please please bring back the show, the best the most real show ever!!!!
So upset you stopped streaming at anywhere !! What’s that even mean , where are the other episodes ?!!!! Please allow it at Hulu at least asap !
Really liked Promise Land. So unfair to move it to a station I don’t get!!!
I rarely watch major network TV. Promised Land looked interesting. I have watched the show from the first episode and found I looked forward each week to the next. I am very disappointed that they have moved it to Hulu and are cancelling after one season. The show had the misfortune of being up against the Olympics and needed to be given time to gather a following. The network is short sighted. Reality TV should be a thing of the past and I’ll pass on its replacement.
I just started watching Promised Land on Hulu only to find out today it has been cancelled. I should have known better than to start watching a show from ABC, they have canceled more favorite shows than any other station. Promised Land is a great show I love the mix of the past and present character interactions. This show had a lot of potential, but ABC never gave it a chance canceling after only five episodes. At least I will be able to finish the first and only season on Hulu.
I actually like this show but I can’t imagine it going on more than 1 season. It seems there’s only so much you can do with it.
I don’t get Hulu and am disappointed that Promised Land is moving there. I think it is a great show. Now I’ll be left with not knowing the rest of the story. Not happy at all!
Wowza. You did not allow for this show to get a matured running start. A show depicting the largest minority of the 60s, La Raza before the census bureau placed this ethnic group in a different category. We had more Raza participating in the old Western movies than we do now. I hope they do not do Maya MC the same way. There is a need for more Raza on the airwaves.
I really liked this program. Cancel one of your stupidly staged reality programs. Then you put it on a channel we need to pay for. Oh wait, I can just go shake my money tree.
the bachelor, Maury Povish, Jerry Springer, and many more shows that we cant see how they have lasted so long.
Seriously? There are so many crappy shows on television. They finally get one that I look forward to watching and they cancel. I am about to stop watching tv altogether. It’s more of watching commercials then an actual show and quite sick of nothing ever being on that is worth watching. Who rates this anyway?
Loves this show. Was a break away from all the medical shows ! Loved the characters! They really should give it a chance