Network: FOX
Episodes: 13 (hour)
Seasons: One
TV show dates: September 17, 2014 — February 7, 2015
Series status: Cancelled
Performers include: Octavia Spencer, Dave Annable, Griffin Gluck, Nolan Sotillo, Charlie Rowe, Astro, Zoe Levin, Ciara Bravo, Mandy Moore, and Rebecca Rittenhouse.
TV show description:
This dramedy is the coming-of-age story of a group of rule-bending friends and the adults who mentor them through the ups and downs of adolescence in Ocean Park Hospital in Los Angeles.
The narrator of the show is Charlie (Griffin Gluck), a 12-year-old who’s in a coma. He introduces the audience to this band of unlikely friends.
Jordi Palacios (Nolan Sotillo) is the “new kid,” a 16-year-old who comes to California by himself to try to get treated by the renowned hospital’s top surgeon.
Charming and independent, Leo Roth (Charlie Rowe) is the 16-year-old leader of the group. His best friend is Dash Hosney (Astro), a 16-year-old rebel with a big personality. He’s determined not to let his cystic fibrosis stop him from living his life.
A know-it-all, 15-year-old Emma Chota (Ciara Bravo) is Leo’s on-again-off-again girlfriend. She’s coping with an eating disorder. Meanwhile, Kara Souders (Zoe Levin) is a “mean girl” cheerleader who shares a room with comatose Charlie. Although her heart is failing, she is realizing for the first time that she actually has one and begins opening it up to her new friends.
The pediatric ward at Ocean Park is run by Nurse Jackson (Octavia Spencer). She’s a caregiver who has a take-no-prisoners approach to helping these teens get the most from their lives. She ends up putting her own life in second place. Her stern manner hides her incredible heart that secretly makes their lives more ordinary.
Nurse Jackson has little use for naïve and gullible Nurse Brittany Dobler (Rebecca Rittenhouse), who allows the teens to get away with things they probably shouldn’t.
Overseeing much of the kids’ treatment is Doctor Adam McAndrew (David Annable), the country’s top pediatric surgeon.
Episode #13 — Waiting for Superman
The group copes with the loss of one of their own, which results in new hope for one of them. Love is in the air as Nurse Jackson and Dr. Naday take things to a new level, however Dash’s love interest could cost him his life. Shocking news leads to new hope and Emma and Kara start facing their family issues.
First aired: February 7, 2015.
What do you think? Do you like the Red Band Society TV show? Do you think it should have been cancelled or renewed for a second season?
I am so sad to see this has been cancelled. Red Band Society was a terrific show. You don’t see too many shows where kids are so supportive and band together to help one another. Most shows with kids are mean or immature. This show and The Fosters are my favorites.
This show was great! I am so sad to hear it’s been cancelled. I genuinely think people just didn’t know about it. My kids LOVED it and can’t wait for new episodes!
KEEP it please!!!!
Please do not cancel this show!! My teenage sons and I LOVE this tv show! It is a wonderful show with great characters!! It shows characters overcoming incredible challenges. It models what’s really important in life. There are always great discussions in our living room during and after Red Band Society. Please keep it!!!!
Please d0 not cancel this show. I LOVE IT! I am disabled and it reminds me of my childhood experiences in the hospital.
PLEASE????
Please do not cancel, this show is very heartwarming and interesting. My sister and I watched and looked forward to every episode. I don’t know what the reason is for cancelling but I am sure it is for some more killing, kicking butt, and gang related garbage. Why can’t we have a good show for families to watch.
I just found Red Band Society. Have been watching all the episodes that have aired.
I think it is a great show. I just hate it when I get all involved in a series and then find
out that they aren’t going to renew the series. I think that is really tacky. I hope that
they reconsider and renew the series.
Please don’t cancel the show!!!!! My family love this show. This show was well written. The cast is awesome. There has not been a dull moment on here yet. Please reconsider canceling the show.
I urge you to reconsider ….please do not cancel Red Band Society. This allows a glimpse of what young people think about, struggle with, and have to endure when facing huge medical issues. I am shocked and surprised to see an informational and touching show gettting the snub, especially in light of the trash that remains on TV.
This really upsets me , what is wrong with people. what no killings no real blood, not much fowl language, really pissed,
98 percent of fox’s shows end up cancelled, granted most of them very sad. Example Mulaney. Ashamed they found Red Band not worthy, Toooo much Honey Boo Boo quality that appeals to the majority. Thank you Red Band cast a show worth watching.
Save Red Band Society.
THIS SHOW IS MY LIFE (other than vampire diaries nd stuff but…..) IT CANT BE CANCELLED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I loved watching this show every Wednesday and i don’t want it cancelled and me and my friends just love talking about it when we get back to school. So in the end please don’t cancel red band society:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(
I always enjoyed watching Red Band for this reason:
I am able to relate to the young teenagers in the show because I was in a car accident when I was 15 years old and I was put into Acoma. I also struggled to overcome weakness in a hospital. So I am able to understand Red Band Society like no other. I will be very up set and very disappointed if this series gets canceled.
I loved watching this show every Wednesday. I don’t know what I will do if it’s cancelled.
This show is amazing and it was my favorite show and I’m really sad it’s going to be canceled cause it seems like everytime I like a show it gets canceled and this show is to good to be canceled