A couple weeks ago, FOX shifted their low-rated Rake series to Friday nights. Now, the show is on the move again.
Rake follows a lawyer (Greg Kinnear) who tries to do good but just can’t seem to get beyond his numerous addictions that cause him so much trouble. The cast also includes John Ortiz, Necar Zadegan, Bojana Novakovic, David Harbour, Tara Summers, Miranda Otto, and Ian Colletti.
The series is being replaced by Kitchen Nightmares as of this Friday night. A rerun of the Gordon Ramsay series will lead into the one-hour series finale of Raising Hope at 9pm. Season six of Nightmares kicks off on April 11th.
Back-to-back episodes of Rake will air on Saturday, April 5th, starting at 8pm. That will leave one episode unaired — the sixth installment produced, titled “Mammophile.” No word on when or if that will see the light of day.
One thing is clear however. Despite the fact that FOX hasn’t cancelled it yet, there’s no way that Rake will be returning for a second season.
What do you think? Have you been watching the Rake TV series? Why do you think it hasn’t caught on?
Best show fox has had in years, maybe ever. I cant believe they cant see this.Its the only show they air that I watch.BIG MISTAKE
You folks seem to be missing the point: The networks are simply giving mindless viewers what they want: Mindless shows! Ramsay’s show? Why on earth would I ever want to subject my mind to such utter rubbish?!
Rake is light and smart-ish; i.e., it’s good, light-hearted entertainment. People don’t want that anymore: They want to see killings and the debasing of other humans; sad.
no!! this was a good show, a little silly, but…I really enjoyed it. It had good content, I thought and well written. He was a mess, but so loveable. DAMN!!
Looking at Greg didn’t hurt either.
Rake is a great show! Fox killed it by airing it on Friday nights before it had a chance to gain a following. Bring it back and give it a chance!
I enjoy this series very much. I hope it is not cancelled. Greg Kinear is absolutely fabulous in it. His character is flawed, but aren’t we all? I never watch the FOX network, but this show caught my interest and did every week. Keep it going!
Best lawyer show on TV…Please DO NOT cancel !!!!!!!!!!!
I loved watching Rake! The networks don’t give shows a chance to gain an audience. Greg Kinnear was wonderful in it! Sorry to see it go!
This show is the first show since House that I look forward to watching! Good TV shows are hard to come by these days, and I’m so disappointed that Rake has been cancelled. Please bring a second season! This show is incredibly smart and I totally get the dark humor. Please give it another chance!!
RAKE has an excellent cast and great stories. Greg Kinnear is such a hit on this show. Really hope they don’t cancel.
Best show on TV to date. Please do not cancel the show.
Unfortunately, Rake has low ratings to match the general IQ of American TV viewers. Most TV audience people can’t understand the show let alone like it. They like sitcoms, realty shows and idiot tv programming, such as, “Survivor”, “The Bachelorette, Great American Race”. Shows like ‘Ripper Street’, “Justified”, “Rake” require a brain to follow them and most Americans have a 4 second sound-byte tolerance . Sad but true. Pity the iphone touch-screen Millennials…
this is a great show. I hope it can continue…
I really enjoy(ed) ? rake. I am both baffled and pissed if they cancelled it.
it had a little of everything that a show could have.
there are so many ridiculous shows still on, I just can’t understand it all.
and besides he is such a sweetie!
Rake has low ratings to match the general IQ of American TV viewers. Most TV audience people can’t understand the show let alone like it. They like sitcoms, realty shows and idiot tv programming, such as, “Survivor”, “The Bachlorette”, Great American Race”. Shows like ‘Ripper Street’, “Justified”, “Rak” require a brain to follow them and most Americans have a 4 second sound-byte tolerance . Sad but true. Pitty the Millennials…
YOU ARE 100% RITE, THE SHOW HAS A STORY LINE,NOT A BUNCH OF CRAP, I LOVE THE SHOW, SORRY TO SEE IT GO//////
There are few shows that I even watch anymore. If I like a show, it’s usually a hit.
I LOVE RAKE! Greg Kinnear has created such a lovable character and the supporting cast is great! You never know what’s going to happen next with this show….I simply can’t understand why it isn’t the hit of the decade. People just like to watch junk, I guess.