Tonight marks the season finale of the Proof TV show on TNT. Will this series that’s focused on death manage to stay alive and see a second season? Should this drama be cancelled instead?
On Proof, Doctor Carolyn “Cat” Tyler (Jennifer Beals) recently lost her son, saw her marriage end, and become estranged to her teenage daughter. Cat is persuaded by cancer-stricken billionaire Ivan Turing (Matthew Modine) to search for evidence that death is not the end and this takes her on a deeply personal and emotional journey. The rest of the cast includes David Sutcliffe, Joe Morton, Edi Gathegi, Caroline Rose Kaplan, Callum Blue, and Annie Thurman.
The series debuted on June 16th with a 0.37 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 2.66 million viewers. It was a pretty mediocre start for a TNT series. The ratings dwindled downward over the course of the season though they saw a nice bump upward last week.
The season is currently averaging a 0.31 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 2.12 million viewers. It’s one of TNT’s lowest-rated scripted series in the demo and is in the middle of the pack in viewership.
With ratings like these, the cable channel could go either way. It could easily be canceled or renewed. If the finale does particularly well, those ratings coupled with last week’s numbers might be enough to tip the scale towards a renewal. For now, we’ll have to wait and see what happens.
But, what do you think? Do you like the Proof TV show on TNT? If you ran the cable channel, would you cancel or renew it for a second season?
You really need to bring this show back – it was excellent!
An original and interesting program, “Proof” canceled? Please will some other network pick it up. Wonderful show! Very bad call on the execs at TNT.
I WAS FOLLOWING ALL THE TIME. YOU ASK US WOULD WE KEEP IT GOING A LITTLE LATE TO ASK DON’T YOU THINK.? CALL ALL THE BLUFFS OF PEOPLE WHO WROTE TO YOU TELLING YOU TO KEEP IT. MAYBE THE ACTORS ARE THE ONES THAT WANT OUT. MAYBE TNT TREATED THEM UNFAIRLY AND DEEP DOWN DID NOT GIVE A DAMN. I THINK SO. SO MANY OTHER SHOWS SUCK COMPARED TO PROOF. CANCEL THEM OR GIVE IT A HALF SEASON CHANCE. I DOUBT IT. THROW THE A AX IN THE CELING, TAKE A CHANCE YOU HAVE LOST MUCH RESPECT BUT I DO… Read more »
I am sorry I didn’t join this discussion before the cancellation of “Proof” was decided. Not that my comments would have been the decisive opinion it would have been 1 more vote for a “Keep”. I liked the show. First of all the cast worked really good together. The stories were always related to the question of afterlife. The stories did deal with afterlife and ran a gamut of the different stories of afterlife experiences. For some of us who believe or would like to believe these storylines could be food for thought or perhaps even creating a curiosity to… Read more »
KEEP!!!!!
Keep Proof. Love that show!!!!
Please,continueeeeee
Please,continue this show,its really good.Have mercy and dont think only about the money.LIFE IS SHORT.
I love the show, & I’m 47!!! “Cat” is awesome!! Please renew! Kyra Sedgwick is equally awesome!!!
Love this show. Please renew.
I’am over 50 and loved to show
Too bad that high quality has to suffer because of the ratings scheme. I have seen this many times . The system has to change to a social media method because the critics and rating companies are not interested in quality. They are in it to line thir pockets. Payola must be alive and well.
Another GREAT SHOW gets cancelled. Sounds like anyone 50+ has no say in whats good
Proof was a great welcome to all these dark shows. I have been checking back again and again to see this show again so I could share it with my friends and family. So very surprised to find it cancelled and so very disappointed! Hoping this will be reconsidered, and soon.
The show is one of the best I have seen in years. To see that you are not renewing it makes me a bit disillusioned with your network. It is following the newest research in this area of Life Beyond as shown by Dr. famed neurosurgeon Eben Alexander and others.