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?
This is one of my favorite shows, hope to see more.
Leaves me wondering what’s going to happen on the next episode.
I watch Walking Dead and watch Resurrection on Demand. Maybe if Resurrection was placed on another night. I love the show.
How will the ratings of the show improve if they don’t give it to us to watch? Me and my mom watch it every week, we still love it, nothing went wrong in the show it was completely fine.
I really liked the show an watch it on my Roku 3. I wish they would bring it back.
Love this show please don’t cancel.
I think that they should continues resurrection and it was good shows.
Please do not cancel Resurrection, I have been waiting for it to come on every Sunday at 9:00, I do not understand why you want to cancel the show, there are many other shows that should be cancelled not resurrection!!!!
Wish at least they would have another season to finish storyline…for the fans
please don’t cancel this show yet. At least one more season to finish it properly.
I agree, a lot of people would like to have the show stay on.
If you go by way of what had been done to Star Trek, in its infancy, can’t you at least think about bringing it back as a motion picture if you don’t want to continue the series?
I agree. Finish what you started please. One more season.
Finish what you started. One more season please
PLEASE do not cancel this show. I really like it and want to continue to watch.
As a mid-season start up, Resurrection was always going to struggle with the Australian market. The Oz TV season, like the weather seasons, are reversed down under, so an 8 part mid-season program in the US tends to run out mid-season in Oz, then await the following year. Although getting off to a good start, schedule-shifting and large increases in the number of broadcast football matches (Aussie-rules football) by the same network created a spattered schedule which frustrated drama audiences. I gave up and started buying the show for 2.99 per episode on X-box 360.When the season started up again… Read more »
NO!!! You shouldn’t cancel the series!! I’ve been watching it from the beginning and am anxiously waiting for the next season especially considering how season two ended with so much left unresolved. I hate it when they cancel a show without any real conclusion. At least finish what you started. It makes me not want to really get into watching any new series anymore.
I agree with Bethany 100%. We want our show to stay on