FOX has announced that the three unaired episodes of Red Band Society will run on two consecutive Saturdays — January 31st and February 7th — but that will be the end of the series. There won’t be a second season.
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 series debuted in September to unimpressive ratings and the numbers got much worse in subsequent weeks. It was no surprise when FOX chose not to order any additional episodes. Traditionally, that’s a sure sign that a series will be cancelled but word is that FOX and ABC Studios each made efforts to keep it going.
Though Red Band Society’s ratings were too low to keep it on the air as a regular season show, the network wanted to keep it — potentially as a summer series. The catch is that that would have required a lower licensing fee. It’s a high-end series and budgets for summer shows are really tight. In the end, it’s not a big surprise that a deal couldn’t be worked out with the studio for FOX to keep it.
Execs at ABC Studios also really like the series so they tried shopping it to other outlets to keep the show alive. Ultimately there were no takers so the series is now dead.
Red Band Society will end its short run on February 7th with a pair of episodes. Hopefully the finale will give dedicated viewers some sense of closure.
What do you think? Did you like Red Band Society? Are you sorry that the show’s been cancelled? Would you have followed it to another channel?
One of the better tv shows on the air. Having had a son who had congenitl heart defects and lived to 21 and spent lots of time in a children’s hospital along with other children who made it thru their teenage years. The show showed a realistic view of what these kids go thru and the great attitude most of these kids had. There are lots of stories to be told.
Has anybody emailed Fox, about saving Red Band? It seems to me that fox has not done enough to save Red Band, I would have given it to another channel.
I watch it on on-demand and loved it. I would totally watch it on another channel
We loved watching this show!!!!! Please don’t cancel!! It was one of the few clean ones!
Great series..so disappointed!
OMG! I can’t believe Red Band Society won’t do a second season. Its one of my favorite TV shows to watch. My mom and have seen every episode. It helped me realize that my life could be worse so I should be glad to have what I’ve got.
This was the best show ive ever seen.. I related to it and I didn’t miss one
Please bring it back. I’ve watched them over and over. Plenty of people watch it
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I watched this every weekend and was looking forward to it. I related to emma and it helped allot. I would have followed it to any channel and its very dissapointing.
My 13 year old daughter and I watched red band society every week. We loved the show and are very disappointed that there will not be a season 2.
This show made me really want to be someone like Nurse Jackson
I really really loved Red Band Society and I know a lot of people that also loved Red Bamd Society. I am really sad that it is over. It was my favorite TV show. I think that it was the only hospital show that showed the world what really happens in those hospitals and how hard it really is on those kids! I would do almost anything to have that show to continue!!
I only discovered this show this week (March 2015) since I don’t get FOX but OMG, what a BRILLIANT show. My daughter of 11 also LOVED it. We try many shows but are usually disappointed. I love Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, Girls, CSI Miami is alright but this show was the first that really got it right for me, on so many levels, in a long time. I am REALLY disappointed that such a well directed, shot, designed, cut, scored and acted show would not garner massive interest! My daughter is now stuck with ‘Pretty Little Liars’ and we’ll… Read more »
This show spoke to my teenage years and my own red band. Campy but lovely. I wish I could get more episodes.
my 14 year old daughter and I had this as our show that we watch together she really enjoyed the relationships of all the patients doctors and nurses and most of all she like the way it was a support structure and that it showed that you can get through anything with a little help from your friends. it also gave me an opportunity to answer questions that she had about different Medical situations such as eating disorders that really play girls her age. She shared with me about to her friends that refused to eat anything in school, we… Read more »
I am soooo not happy that the show has been cancelled. I started watching it on my laptop early this year and i have checked everyday to see if there was any new episodes hoping for a miracle. When I read this I was crushed. Red Band Society was my favourite show of all time and it was really good. I thought that the story line was amazing and the acting was really good. This is TERRIBLE!!!!
My 16 year old son loved to watch The Red Band Society every Saturday. It was the best show to display working together, romance with teens, and a lesson on never give up no matter how bad or hard things get. Looking at all these comments, it seems that there was plenty of viewers. I am very disappointed that this show was cancelled. Please bring it back even if it airs on another station or day of the week.