FOX has officially cancelled the Rake TV series. The news comes as no surprise and leaves the dark comedy with one episode unaired.
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 show got off to a poor start on Thursday, January 23rd, and the ratings dropped lower in subsequent weeks. After seven episodes, the network sent the series to Friday night where the ratings got much worse — even by Friday night standards. FOX aired two more installments on a Saturday night and has yet to release the final episode.
What do you think? Do you think this show sould have been cancelled? Are you sorry that there won’t be a second season of Rake?
No this show should not be cancelled!!!! It was funny and entertaining. Greg Kinnear is really great in it and the other actors all did a fine job too. There are shows still airing on major networks that have such bad acting and writing that it’s a sin to cancel one that is actually good all the way around.
Can we at least get the last episode on iTunes you dill weeds?
My husband and I really enjoyed this show. I can’t believe they cancelled it. It was one of the only shows that made me laugh.
I would really really. Love too see more of this show. Really had so much fun watching it. I really wish the people in the world would take time to watch it, so that Fox production can bring it back.
Awesome shows.
Unhappy viewer.
This show was one of a kind! It was so good. I’m soo pissedd. You know that more than half the people who watch shows the shows on this network don’t actually watch it from the network. Because the network doesn’t air the show to more than half the people who actually watch it. We get it from other sources, sources that the network doesn’t consider when they cancel a show. 🙁
Super pissed….
This was such a good show, I can’t believe it was canceled!
Great show!!! I guess the mindless zealot’s won!
It was offbeat , funny, he was self destructive but always managed to be a good friend or do the right thing. Very close look at life with an unconventional view.
Great actors and well written. I will miss it.
It was great, bad idea to cancel
I loved the show, and wished they hadn’t cancelled it! I kept wanting to see how much more he was going to mess up!
DAMN! Like “Almost Human”, “The Good Guys”, “The Neighbors”, “Pushing up Daisies”, cancelled after one damned season and not given a chance for character and plot development with character interaction; although “Rake” did a lot with one season. It was clever and cute and educational too, witty and funny.
I LOOOVED THE GOOD GUYS!!! Truly the best approach for yet-another cop show, tempered with a bit of humor. Rake was the same: original, untried, so, SO entertaining. The new FOX show, Gracepoint, is supposedly a one-n-done, on purpose. They’re going to wrap up the mystery within a season. (think Red Widow?) I think they could have done that with Rake (but not Good Guys!), and it might’ve been fun to have random seasons of such a show… 13-22 episodes beginning in September (SEPTEMBER! NOT AUGUST; we’re still on vacation!). Then let another show, like Mysteries of Laura, or Daisies… Read more »
Show was great…I loved it. Want more!!!
Love this show. I can’t believe how they don’t give these new shows a chance.
I watched all 16 episodes of the Australian production twice on Netflix. Best series I’ve seen lately. The lead actor so becomes a total Rake and bounder. Was really looking forward to the American series and now see they’ve cancelled it without releasing to final episode. What a shame.
I agree. The concept was fresh, the characters offbeat and interesting, the plots inventive. Why not cancel it without allowing it time to grow a fan base so another inane “reality” show can insult our intelligence.
This show was great . Put it up in another time slot and it will get better ratings for sure . Greg Kinnear is a very clever actor who deserves a chance to let the character grow . Yet another show being dumped to probably make room for some stupid reality show . I mean really , Dating Naked , Naked and Alone , anything Hillibilly , Honey Boo Boo , come on , some of us would like a little quality entertainment . I guess that’s why Netflix and computer downloads are so popular these days , tv executives… Read more »
You are right on the money, so sick of the crap that’s on TV, loved this program!