Recovery Road TV show on Freeform, canceled; no season two. Pictured: Paula Jai Parker, Sebastian De Souza, Jessica Soula, and Daniel Franzese. (Freeform/Adam Taylor).
The Recovery Road TV show on Freeform has been cancelled after its first season. While Freeform has not published an official cancellation notice to its press site, Recovery Road‘s creator and executive producer, Holly Sorensen, has announced Recovery Road‘s cancellation, on Twitter. The Recovery Road TV series stars Jessica Sula, Sebastian de Souza, Alexis Carra, Daniel Franzese, Kyla Pratt, David Witts, Caroline Sunshine, and Sharon Leal.
You will find a series of Sorensen’s tweets, below. Her first tweet directly addressing the cancellation reads: “i am as proud of @RecoveryRoad as anything ive done and i didn’t create it. im heartbroken it ends after ten amazing episodes. [sic]” She later tweeted, “rip @RecoveryRoad. [sic]”
Smart money says the cancellation is due to ratings. Recovery Road‘s season one ratings were anemic. The Y/A addiction recovery drama averaged a 0.18 in the 18-49 year old viewer demographic and drew an average total audience of 0.46 million viewers.
Out of the 11 Freeform series’ ratings we tracked during the 2015-2016 television season, Recovery Road came in 9th out of 11, above only Stitchers and the cancelled series, Kevin from Work.
The tweets pointing to Recovery Road‘s cancellation began yesterday, when the Numb3rs TV show creator, Cheryl Heuton, tweeted, “Is it just me, or is this more than the usual number of last-minute cancellations?”
Sorensen replied, “having a bad flashback to the day you sit waiting by the phone on this day and it doesn’t ring until the bad news. [sic]”
Lizzy Weiss, the creator of Switched at Birth, which is cancelled after its fifth season coming to Freeform in January 2017, tweeted about the end of production on that series. She wrote, “The finale of #SwitchedatBirth is now locked. As I drive off from Santa Clarita, a final shot of the writers’ bldg.”
In response, Sorensen said, “Feeling you honey. I know that drive.” Her next tweet reads, “i am as proud of @RecoveryRoad as anything ive done and i didn’t create it. im heartbroken it ends after ten amazing episodes. [sic]”
She then posted a photo from the series, captioned with, “rip @Recovery Road. [sic]” Soon after, she tweeted another imaged captioned, “@RecoveryRoad rip. [sic]”
Check out the tweets:
Is it just me, or is this more than the usual number of last-minute cancellations?
— CherylHeuton (@CherylHeuton) May 13, 2016
https://twitter.com/HollyBSorensen/status/730926893017358336
The finale of #SwitchedatBirth is now locked. As I drive off from Santa Clarita, a final shot of the writers’ bldg. pic.twitter.com/jqTW4BmYjq
— Lizzy Weiss (@Lizzy_Weiss) May 13, 2016
https://twitter.com/HollyBSorensen/status/731267398091739136
https://twitter.com/HollyBSorensen/status/731278562288771072
https://twitter.com/HollyBSorensen/status/731288510368342018
https://twitter.com/HollyBSorensen/status/731290938765545472
Not familiar with the series? Here is Freeform’s Recovery Road TV series synopsis:
Based on the popular young adult novel by Blake Nelson, “Recovery Road” focuses on Maddie, a teenage girl dealing with addiction. Maddie has a reputation as a party girl who doesn’t think she has a problem, until she’s confronted one day by her school guidance counselor and is forced to choose between expulsion and rehab. Maddie makes the difficult decision to live with other recovering addicts at a sober living facility while facing the daily pressures of her teenage life.
“Recovery Road” stars Jessica Sula (“Skins”) as Maddie, Sebastian de Souza (“The Borgias”), Sharon Leal (“Dreamgirls”), Alexis Carra (“Mixology”), Kyla Pratt (“Dr. Doolittle”), Daniel Franzese (“Mean Girls”), and David Witts (“EastEnders”). The pilot was written by Bert V. Royal (“Easy A”) and Karen DiConcetto (“Ruby & The Rockits”), who will also serve as executive producers, alongside Holly Sorenson (“Make It or Break It”), Danielle VonZerneck (“Left to Die”), and Craig Piligian (“Abducted: The Carlina White Story”), and Beth Miller (“Revenge of the Bridesmaids”) from Pilgrim Studios.
Cast and crew of the Recovery Road TV show on Freeform; canceled; no season two. (Freeform/Adam Taylor).
Are you a fan of the Recovery Road TV series on Freeform? Do you think Freeform was right to cancel the show? Should Freeform have renewed Recovery Road for a second season? Sound off, in the comments.
I agree taking it if the air after only one season was a little hasty. The show didn’t even stand a chance. With the amount of shows on now a days people have to pick and chose between to many things. Binge watching whole seasons is also a big thing. I really wish they would bring it back to at least wrap up the story line for those who actually watched.
Please do not cancel this show!!!! My husband and I love this show. We have had to deal with the horrors of addiction and this show speaks the truth. I agree with what someone posted earlier; this should be considered an educational program! We beg you, do not go by the ratings of people who think they already know everything there is to know about addiction, when they have no idea what it is like, nor do they care to learn!!! Our hearts are broken!
I’m so sad they’re canceling Recovery Road! This show was so relatable and such an accurate and authentic depiction of the challenges a person recovering from drug/alcohol addiction, an eating disorder, self-harm, etc. face. People need to feel represented in the media to remind them that they’re not alone, their experiences are valid, and they are a part of something great. I really wish they wouldn’t cancel it.
I loved Recovery Road. Please don’t cancel it!!!!! You always cancel the shows that I like and watch!!!!
I loved Recovery Road. Please don’t cancel it
Please bring recovery road back I love that show. So many people love this show.why take a way a really good show. Once abc family became freeform it started going down hill.
they shouldn’t have cancelled recovery road that show shows people the effects of addiction and how it could change your life. i loved that show so much and i was so excited for a season 2 but then i realized there won’t be and i’m devistated. I say bring recovery road back !
Recovery Road is a REAL show vs the silly ‘reality’ shows that seem to be so popular. It should be deemed a public service as it educates people on addiction. So sad to see shows like this get cancelled 🙁
I really enjoyed Recovery Road. I cannot believe they cancelled it…. But kept Immortal Instruments; the main character’s voice makes it intolerable.
Recovery road was and always will be my fave show. It’s such an inspiring show with a message that really speaks to teenagers and young adults. I love the cast and I love the show itself. Cancelling it was probably the worst news I’ve ever gotten. I hope Netflix will take into consideration renewing the second season. This show is so fantastic.
I watched the full season of Recovery Road via the Freeform app on my iPad just within this passed week. I loved every minute and was so stoked about the second season after I finished the finale. Just now I googled when season 2 would come on, and I learn its cancelled. ABC Family can cancel good shows like this and the Lying Game, yet keep The Secret Life of the American Teenager going on for way too many seasons? Okay. I’m sad it’s done, but I hope they don’t cancel the Fosters any time soon.
I completely agree with you. ABC fam has seriously gotten everything wrong since they changed to free form. I’m heartbroken that now we don’t know what’s gonna happen with Wes and Maddie. And I agree if they take the fosters off now I’m not watching Free-form anymore
I think Recovery Road shouldnt have been canceled i got so in to the show, i enjoyed every one of the character’s own personal stories and how they came so far in to their sobriety and the ones who are still struggling with the process of sobriety, please bring it back and i cant be left with a cliff hanger i neeed to know what happens to wes! thank you 🙂
Please get recovery road back on I loved that show and couldn’t wait to watch more with my roommate. It’s so annoying for you guys to be so quick to cancel the good shows.
So they change their name and then cancel all the good shows? No reason to watch “freedom” anymore!
Freeform is wrong for canceling Recovery Road show did even bother to give it a second chance to see if maybe more viewers will actually see it I think that if they have given it a second chance more viewers will actually get the chance to get to see what this show could progress and develop I have seen so many comments from every different place Facebook Twitter and other site talking about they’re very sad about the show leaving imagine some people said they haven’t take the time out to actually get to see the show image the different… Read more »
i watch Road to Recovery on On Demand i’m upset abc family canceled it
you will be amazed how many people are watching abc family programming shows on On Demand DVR Netflixs and Hulu