To little surprise, it looks like FOX is pulling the plug on Red Band Society. The Wednesday night drama will be dropped from the schedule in December and production will be shut down after the initial 13 episodes have been completed.
A dramedy, Red Band Society revolves around the young patients and caretakers of the pediatric ward of the renowned Ocean Park Hospital in Los Angeles. The cast includes Octavia Spencer, Dave Annable, Griffin Gluck, Nolan Sotillo, Charlie Rowe, Astro, Zoe Levin, Ciara Bravo, Mandy Moore, and Rebecca Rittenhouse.
The show debuted in mid-September to a disappointing 1.3 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 4.1 million viewers. The second week saw the numbers drop more than 15%. A decline of that size isn’t unusual for a second week but Red Band Society didn’t have any points to spare.
The ratings have continued to decline and the show has been drawing a 0.9 demo rating with about 2.8 million viewers. Had the rest of FOX’s schedule been in better shape, Red Band Society would have been pulled even sooner.
This evening’s episode is the ninth installment and will surely hit a new low in the ratings, thanks to tomorrow’s holiday. Next Wednesday’s episode is the last one that FOX has scheduled. it’s unclear if or when the remaining three installments will see the light of day.
Production will continue into mid-December so hopefully the writers will have time to give the series some closure before the end. While the series hasn’t been officially cancelled, it’s difficult to imagine that it could possibly be revived for a second season with such poor ratings.
What do you think? Do you like the Red Band Society TV show? Do you think it should be cancelled? Would you keep watching?
Anytime I start watching a new series on Fox the show gets cancelled. It’s not just this series it’s been for years fox has been doing this. This is why the ratings for new shows is continuing to drop lower and lower each new series. I never see any advertisement form he new and upcoming episodes of Red Band Society on fox. How can people know about the show and maybe get interested in thr show if they never see the advertisements. This show shouldn’t be cancelled.
PLEASE DONT CANCEL THIS SHOW!!!!!! Red band society is such a good show and I love it and im gonna cry for a very long time if it is canceled. EVERYONE GO WATCH IT ON WEDNESDAY PLEASE SO THEY DONT CANCEL IT!!!
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No please dont cancel this show this is the first show that has gooten me to actually stop playing on my phone and watch. many people that watch this show will be sad i love this show. DONT CANCEL REDBAND SOCIETY
DO NOT PULL THIS! I LOVE THIS SHOW! I didn’t even realize it was doing poorly. PLEASE SAVE IT!
I do not want this show cancelled. I barely have enough time to watch any tv shows and I really enjoy this one. I make time out of my schedule to watch Red Band Society and canceling it would suck for lack of a better term. I think it is a bit soon to decide the show isn’t worth another season. FOX keeps canceling shows too quickly and it is frustrating.
I strongly believe that Red Band Society deserves to continue, because it is true ly an amazing show. I disagree with some of the other comments saying that is making fun of people with actual diseases, because I feel like it helps other people realizes how hard this disease are to over come and the show also so the realistic chance of surviving from some of these diseases. Also now a days almost every teen show is supernatural (not like I don’t mind supernatural shows) but the Red Band Society was a fresh, good difference from all of those supernatural… Read more »
I strongly agree with you sofia. Red Band society has strongly impacted me and many others around me. It impacted my friends so strongly that she checked herself into rehab for her eating disorder. There is no question that this should be continued.
Ok Im toally over FOX At this point. Not going to get interested in anymore shows they Put out there to test my nerves on. First I became a addicted veiwtopian for utopia go As far as paying money to be a passport holder. Then without any type of warning bunch of Big wigs pulled the plug. No closure at all for utopians. Truly adicted to the show. My tv is my life. Im dying of cancer .lupus. hemochromatosis and fibromyalgia. Diabetis. Plus 12 more diseases. I could relate to the kids in this program. It gave me courage before… Read more »
I just watched all the episodes in one day and it’s so good. please dont cancellll
The show does not make fun of people in the hospital it shows how there lives are and it shows us how lucky we are. It shows us that being in a hospital is not all that depressing that’s why Either Leo or coma boy said life doesn’t stop it starts. That’s why it shouldn’t be canceled
I would first like to address the fact that this show helps you realize what it is like being within a hospital as a child. You see, many people don’t know what to say, or do around sick patients. And, yes, this show may not be exact when it comes to the environment of an actual hospital, but if all shows had to be exactly like the real world, there would not be any television broadcasts whatsoever. Every character on this show has a story that needs to be told. So perhaps this next season could be about the life’s… Read more »
NO this show is so amazing! i love love love every minute of it! It would be such a shame to cancel it :(((
Noooooo! Don’t cancel it!!!!! So manny teens out there really luv the show and that includes me!!!!! Crazy about the show!! Every wensday I look forward to watching it and now it’s being canceled with only 13 epesodes. Fox u can’t do this!! This is the only showi really enjoy a lot!!! I’m crazy about it u can’t cancel it please there a lot of people out there who really enjoy it and when I say a lot I mean a lot! The show is very exciting and interesting and makes me happy!! Please for me dont cancel it please!!
Don’t cancel! Every thirsday me and my group of friends have a hang and always talk about the new episodes! We love it! Just give it some more promotes and I’m sure it will have better views
I am very happy this is getting cancelled. It is making fun of people who have ACTUALLY spent time in a hospital. It is literally not even close to this. In anyway. It is a sick joke. Nobody with anoerxia would be there with cancer patients. They wouldn’t decorate their rooms. They don’t even get to wear their own clothes. It’s horrible. I wish my hospital experience was like this. You don’t even have the opportunity to have let alone want a relationship. A hospital is Hell. People who think this show is accurate deeply concern me.
When I stayed at the hospital, they let me where my own clothes and decorate my room. If they know you will be staying for a longer period of time, you get to do more things than the average person who is just coming in with a broken arm.
Come on get a clue. Red Band Society deserves to continue! I watch the show with HULU Plus. Are my viewings counted in your numbers? Networks need to get with the program & realize consumers enjoy TV shows in many different formats & deserve to be included in the count!