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?
why would they do this!
i love this show, it always has me on the edge of my seat! i want more of this show, the storyline is wonderful, and you get so attached to these characters and their situations.
i personally believe that the show shouldn’t end because it’s sad for the people who do watch the show! and this show needs more advertising because i haven’t heard of it until one episode came on tv. i believe that if this show had more advertising a lot of people would be hooked on it.
I LOVED THIS SHOW BRING IT BACK!!!!!!!!!! I loved watching it!!!!! IT WAS SOOOOOO ******* GOOOOOODDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Loved this show to the moon and back can’t believe it’s gone:(. Really was helping me through some of my problems.
They should bring back red band society, I love that show. I never got closure when it went off the air, I mean what happened to them all.
Me and my daughter love this tv series, we have been waiting to see the new season… So I looked up when it will air and I saw that it wasn’t going to and it makes me so sad….
I LOVED red band society! I didn’t know about it when it first came out so I ended up watching the entire season within a few days on Hulu. This show needs another season! There’s so much more that can be covered, and the fans are wanting to know what happens. As someone mentioned, it could possibly be brought back on Netflix or something… Anything. I would totally follow it to a different network/channel or even online viewing. 🙂
Bring it back. Its awesome. Just need a better marketing cus I never heard of it. I just saw the name on the app and started watching and I loved it. Best tv show.
I loved Red Band Society and I would have followed the show to another channel. Red Band Society is one of my favorite shows, and I wish that it will have more seasons.
I watched the whole first season in one night. I love this show. They are crazy not to make more seasons!
This show was so thought provoking in a lighthearted manner except when it got real Loved the way they handled very serious situations as life happens around them. Needs to be back!!!
RED BAND SOCIETY SHOULD CONTINUE MY FRIENDS AND I LOVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEE THIS SHOW IT IS ONE OF THE FEW SHOWS THAT ARE NOT ABOUT VAMPIRES AND TEEN WOLVES I BELIEVE IT SHOULD CONTINUE. IT IS THE BEST THING THAT I BELIEVE EVER HAPPENED TO FOX PLEASE LET THE SHOW CONTINUE.IT IS AWESOME AND HIGHLIGHTS REAL PROMBLEMS THAT SOME OF US GO THROUGH DAILY AND I CAN SAY THIS SHOW HAS GIVEN MANY HOPE.LOVING THIS SHOW
Please make a second season please I feel like I’m dying without it I’m addicted to it and telling all my friends to watch it please
I love RED BAND SOCIETY, my whole would watch it and we always put a reminder on the show. My mother would watch the repeats of it. We were sad when the show ended. I fell that they should consider bring it back please.
I was so sad when I found out the show was cancelled, I definitely would’ve followed it to another channel or even would have purchased a Netflix subscription to watch it! I definitely think there was a problem with advertising because I had never seen it advertised anywhere and only started watching it by accident when I’d forgotten to change the channel. really wish it would’ve gotten another chance but with the short notice they had they still pulled off a pretty good ending.
I LOVE RED BAND SOCIETY. It was one of my favorite shows, my whole family would sit down and watch it when it came on. I’m very upset its ending, and wish they never have cancelled. I think they would of had more views if they advertised on more channels, or radio stations.
I totally agree. I LOVE THIS SHOW! I DO NOT WANT IT TO BE CANCELED! And i agree that they should’ve advertised it more. Like they have shows like the walking dead but the walking dead is only popular because so many people talk about it and its literally advertised on every channel. They should definitely bring back Red Band Society.