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?
i like this show i was into it i was waiting until the next season
I just started watching red band society yesterday i finished in two days and I was so mad that there isn’t a 2nd season that I actually cried when it was over.
seriously guys, this is one of the best shows i ever watched. it’s a really disappointing thing now that it’s dead.
yea i know
This is very disappointing to me. My whole family lover this show. The ending was not good, left us hanging and wondering and now we will never know what was to come, they should give it one more shot.
i know right
I feel like this would have done a LOT better on mtv or tbs.
Wtf! I loved thay show… and been waiting on new season, i always had it set to record on my dvr…. wtf. 🙁
Very disappointed that Red Band Society will not return. Have been looking forward to this season. My daughter (who just became a nurse in a Pediatric Hospital) always looked forward to watching the show together. Sad viewer!
This truly is (was.. says with a tear in her eye) an incredible show. It definitely deserves another several seasons, not just one more. It is sad that every time a HUGE hit like this comes they are afraid of its success. They did NOT give it the proper introduction advertising it deserved as they do the crap they have on now. I’d gladly watch this over ANY show that is on now. Especially the reruns. I’d even LOVE TO WATCH this from the beginning again THEN ADD a second season just to bring EVERYONE UP TO DATE. That would… Read more »
Fox wtf man its a ******* rich company and they cant even make their watchers happy! -.-‘ **** them!
I cannot believe they’re not continuing to another season! What is wrong with you it’s an amazing show
I enjoyed this show last season…count me as disappointed that it’s not continuing…too bad its not even continuing on AmazonPrime, Hulu, or Netflix. I do understand that the station can’t keep a show on w/ low ratings in this day and age.
I saw the advertisement for this show and was not interested at all. The TV was on while my teenage daughter and I were having dinner and the first episode aired. We were hooked instantly and couldn’t wait until the next episode. We religiously watched the entire season together. This is the first and only show my teenage daughter and I have both gotten into. It is a HUGE disappointment that there will not be a 2nd season as we were both looking forward to watching a second season together. I guess I will have to find another show we… Read more »
To whoever is willing to spend your time doing good, I just finished watching the entire series of The Red Band society, I was initially just watching an episode to kill time mostly because I had nothing else to watch and I had no other way to entertain myself. I had seen the trailer like several times and each time I didn’t like it. When I finally decided watch the actually episode I saw just how much I didn’t know about people with cancer and other diseases and how they felt and their different coping mechanisms. I am currently in… Read more »
I am just a viewer who is disappointed like you, so I can’t do anything about it except to voice my complaint as well. I was not going to read what you had written once I saw how long it was BUT once I started reading it I couldn’t stop. You wrote that very elegantly. I completely agree with you. I do NOT think they gave it the proper advertising it deserved. They give all these other shows almost a desperation advertising like they are begging you to watch them, but honestly I barely remember seeing any memorable advertising for… Read more »
i am really angry. i enjoyed the show very much!!! its really sad that theres not gonne be a second season. 🙁
I am pissed that there isn’t a second season. I enjoyed the show very much and was looking forward to continuing the series. If there was better advertising I bet the show would have done better. I definitely would have followed the show to another channel need be. Hope this changes!