ABC hasn’t had much luck Sundays at 10pm. GCB was cancelled last year and 666 Park Avenue was dropped this season. Has the network found a winner in Red Widow or will it be rubbed out as well?
Red Widow revolves around a suburban mom whose husband is killed after he steals from the Russian mob. She finds herself caught between the interests of the mobsters and the FBI. The cast includes Radha Mitchell, Clifton Collins Jr., Luke Goss, Sterling Beaumon, Suleka Mathew, Erin Moriarty, Jaime Ray Newman, Jakob Salvati, Lee Tergesen, Wil Traval, Rade Serbedzija, and Goran Visnjic.
The two-hour series premiere on March 3rd drew a 1.5 rating with 7.13 million total viewers. It was a disappointing start to be sure and Red Widow was in fourth place in its 9pm timeslot.
Compared to the debut of GCB one year earlier, the network was down by 32% in the demo and down by 6% in viewership.
In week two, the ratings fell about 25% and registered a 1.1 demo rating and 5.31 million. Last week’s installment dropped again, to a 1.0 rating with 4.36 million.
It’s currently the network’s lowest rated series currently on the schedule. Unless the show’s ratings quickly rise, Red Widow is surely doomed and won’t see a second season.
On the positive side, ABC will surely let all eight episodes air. The last episode of the season (and likely the series) is scheduled to air on May 5th. Hopefully the finale will give viewers some sense of closure.
But what do you think? Should ABC cancel Red Widow or renew it for a second season instead? Why do you think it hasn’t caught on? Is Red Widow a better show than the ratings seem to indicate?
KEEP!!!
Please do not cancel!! It is the best Sunday night show since Desperate Housewives! Keep it going…
Please Please please don’t cancel red widow. I look forward to it every Sunday. I turned my husband on to it. He doesn’t watch anything but sports and occasionally a movie. I have turned many friends on to it. I don’t understand why it wasn’t on TV, the last two Sundays. We absolutely have to see the rest of it. Please go back to the 4/7 episode and air it because it hasn’t been on since then.
Please don’t cancel, I love love the characters and the
Story line, will defiantly watch another season
Come on ABC get it together great show!!
Do not cancel, we enjoy this show.
I love the show, look forward to Sunday nights!!!! Please keep.
My husband and i are bith obsessed with this show. Would love to see what happens next season. Please dont cancel!
Red Widow is a great show. ABC should not cancel a show that is so entertaining. In MN we didn’t get to see the last Sunday epsisodes. Maybe if they would show a complete series without a bunch of interrupts ratings would be better. You get involved in a series like Revenge or Red Widow and then it is not on in a constant fashion so people lose their interest or think the show has been cancelled. Then when it comes back people don’t remember what went on so they don’t go back and watch. Run a series from start… Read more »
c,mon. Television is becoming less and less enjoyable thanks to your greed and stinking commericals. Red widow was a great show with a perfect cast. This happens all the time. why the heck am I even paying for cable?
I love the series – great cast!
Anything that is ever any good gets cancelled I really don’t know how they figure this stuff just leave it alone gcb was hilarious and 666 park Ave was awesome and now here we go again they want to cancel something else
I love Red Widow and have turned a couple girls I work with on to it too….they caught up on the internet so they could be current….I agree please don’t cancel it….
Please keep it going. I see lots of ways it could go. give it a chance!!!
Dont Cancel Red Widow !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But of Course …. they will … because all the good ones they cancel…. The keep all the crap on tv.
Please keep!!