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 would have loved to keep it going and i hope that maybe they see a demand and make a second season
I think they should make more episodes because that show really WAS freaking awesome, like, I cried when the first episode started and laughed a lot while watching it and cried a lot too… well it kinda put the difficult stuff but even the kinda nice things about being in a hospital into light, and yes, i believe that somewhere it actually is a hospital that have crazy kids like this do. so just please put this show back up! I’m in if you need an actress for free:))
I absolutly loved this show! I cried when season one ended. Ive been hoping for a second season no matter the channel. I really hope they do end up making another season eventually. I really do.
Yes! I loved Red Band Society! I hate that there will not be a second season. I don’t know how the ratings and views could go down so much… I couldn’t stop binging off of it!
I am possibly the most dedicated person to the Red Band Society. it breaks my heart the series will be ending.
I & my kids are so very disappointed the show was canceled ! We would have followed it to another netwoork that’s not even a question! The acting was good, & it dealt with the harsh reality of very ill kids & teens while often trying to give it a lighter side. I personally know someone who has lived through that type of situation and it the show helped not hindered. It needed more press in my opinion. It is a shame such a great show was cancelled and yet family guy, american dad and the likes still polute our… Read more »
I couldn’t agree more about those other shows polluting our airways!!
i like the red bane society it was fun so kip it!
I am quite sad to not the see the show go on. I was very invested in the characters and really wanted to know more about their futures. The finale was slightly too bleak of a way to end it. I still hope to know what happened.
I played catch-up with this show and have fallen in love with it! If there’s any way possible to continue the series, PLEASE DO IT!
I am a retired senior and I loved the show. I could never watch it without tears at some point in the show. It seems that all the shows I truly love are cancelled. Too Bad Fox. I just watch one of many cable channels instead.
If another station picks up this show, I will surely watch even if it’s Netflix. They have picked up one of my other shows that was dropped.
This show was awesome. I wish they would bring it back. They could do what The Mindy Project did and air it on hulu or something. It’s a shame that they canceled it.
please , i want 2 . season red band .. I love it ! :(((((
i think that red band society should come back. It teaches kids to never give up even if you are in the worst situations. It is also very entertaining and heart warming. please bring it back please!!!!!!
I am very sad this shoe didn’t continue! It addressed so many different aspects of life and I personally found it gave me hope and the energy to live every day. I didn’t want that serires to end, it was one of the few I started with my old best friend, and something that I had hoped to continue. It was a solid hut with teens, and I wish they would be found a way to continue the tv show.
I would have followed this show where ever….I’d even be an actress in this show for cheap cheap to even free because I love it… I’m so distraught on not knowing what happened… please come back