Late in the 2013-14 season, NBC and ABC launched three new Sunday night dramas — all with single word titles. NBC cancelled Crisis and Believe while ABC renewed Resurrection for a second season. In retrospect, was that a good decision for the alphabet network? Should Resurrection have been cancelled as well?
On Resurrection, a small town in Missouri is turned upside down when long-dead loved ones return after 30 years. The cast includes Omar Epps, Frances Fisher, Matt Craven, Devin Kelley, Mark Hildreth, Samaire Armstrong, Sam Hazeldine, Landon Gimenez, and Kurtwood Smith.
Debuting on March 9th, Resurrection had a great launch with a 3.8 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 13.9 million total viewers. (Those numbers are about the same as this season’s How to Get Away with Murder’s debut.)
Unfortunately, Resurrection’s ratings dropped about 19% in week two and they kept falling nearly every week of the eight episode season. The seventh installment hit a low of a 1.9 rating with 7.85 million — half of the premiere’s demo rating.
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Considering the poor luck that the alphabet network had last year launching new dramas, it wasn’t much of a surprise that ABC renewed Resurrection. They didn’t have much choice. However, the ratings slide was a terrible sign for the future.
Now, the show has been really struggling in season two. After a positive second season debut, the ratings quickly dropped, falling to new series lows week after week. The October 26th installment registered a mere 1.2 rating with 4.36 million.
ABC recently ordered full seasons and additional episodes of many of their new and older shows. It was a telling sign that the network is only producing 14 episodes of Resurrection this season.
Unless the ratings improve, it looks very likely that Resurrection will be cancelled by May. Hopefully, the writers will give viewers some degree of closure before the end.
What do you think? Did you stop watching Resurrection? Should it have been a mini-series? Is competition from The Walking Dead and football the cause of the low ratings? Do you think Resurrection should be cancelled or renewed for a third season?
So sad, I really enjoy the show but the ratings are so poor it is sure to be cancelled. only 2 episodes left folks enjoy them.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL RESURRECTION!! I love this show and each week my family and friends all gather to watch it. Please keep it going!
Please don’t cancel this show! As with other comments, it is frustrating and disappointing
Please don’t cancel this show! Maybe move it a different day or something, but the show is amazing. Great acting, and great story line!!!!! I won’t watch ABC if it’s canceled, and this coming from a person that never gets attached to shows. This one is a winner!!!
Don’t cancel, but of course they will. There are very few shows my husband and I watch together, and this is one of them. If it conflicts with my football night, I simply record it and watch it later. Last night I watched it and didn’t watch the Golden Globes. It seems I am that person watching the shows that always get cancelled. Selfie was not a bad show either, didn’t give it much of a chance.
In Brazil we love this show!! It’s very good! Please don’t cancel it.
I love this show!! It’s very intriguing. Please don’t cancel it.
Please don’t cancel! It’s getting better and better each episode!
Please do not cancel Ressurection it is a really an unusual series with interesting character development, believable above average acting. The biggest mistake it made in the beginning was spending too much time on character development which can be a good and bad quality in a world where people want things to move fast. However, now we know all of the main characters the show is beginning to take on a more mysterious quality with unexpected situations, it is moving at a much faster pace and is becoming very interesting and eerie. I agree it was slow starter, especially up… Read more »
I totally love this show, my favorite of all, please please don’t cancell
I love this show and my whole family is hooked. The only problem I see with this show is it comes on at the same time of The Walking Dead. I wonder if anyone thought of that. Change the time to an hour or so earlier or later and I think it’ll have higher ratings.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! Every single time a GREAT show like Resurrection happens, a Network cancels it! What the H@!! is going on? Maybe Sunday night at 9 p.m. isn’t a good time since everyone is getting ready for the work week, so why not try another day and/or time slot before just chucking it? But that’s what Americans do, don’t we? We have a fight with our spouse so we get a divorce. OVER REACT much? It’s about time we ALL start hanging in there for awhile before throwing in the towel. COUNTLESS t.v. shows that ended up very… Read more »
Excellent show. Please keep it going!!!
Please keep this show on. It is my favorite. Maybe it would help if you all would stop taking large breaks in the middle of the episodes. It is so hard to follow withabc stopping and starting it for weeks on end,maybe if you are consistent with the airing of the show your rating will go up. No one wants to watch a show that keeps stopping and starting. It is hard enough to follow as is with all the returns. It is a great show leave it alone. The fans will watch if you stop going into all those… Read more »
Please don’t cancel Resurrection. I love this show. It’s the best thing on tv right now!