FOX has cancelled Riot, their new comedy improv series, after four episodes.
Hosted by Rove McManus, Riot is an unscripted show that pairs guest celebrities with a group of regular players for comedy song, dance, and sketch challenges. The regulars are John Ross Bowie, Jamie Denbo, Brian Palermo, Jordan Black, Jessica McKenna, Meryl Hathaway and Rob Gleeson.
The show debuted in mid-May to a dismal 0.5 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 1.34 million viewers. The numbers have gone up and down since then but have all been terrible.
The network has pulled the show from the schedule effective immediately, along with I Wanna Marry “Harry”. The four remaining episodes may surface at some point in the future but there are currently no plans. Reruns of FOX comedies will fill the timeslot for the time being.
What do you think? Have you been watching the Riot TV series? Do you think it should have been cancelled?
I freaking loved that show!!! It was soo funny, way funnier than all the garbage they give on Fox. BRING IT BACK!!!! PLEASE!
I cannot believe that this show has been cancelled!!!!!! I loved this show, especially when David Arquette was on it. I guess that it didn’t sell enough sex or something that I wouldn’t want my grandchildren to watch. This is exactly why I don’t like to watch fox, they can’t keep their line-up straight. Very disappointed:-(
I loved the show. Gonna miss.
I think FOX should be cancelled! They cancel every show I fall in love with. I’m staying clear of FOX from now on.
i loved it laughed my head off
I thought that TV show was great! It was so funny and I am so disappointed in FOX canceling riot. It was a good show and should try again and see what happen and also lout adds or commercial about it in advance and then people might turn in more than before. Love this show couldn’t stop laughing sometimes.
That is so not fair, Riot was such a good show my family and I enjoyed watching it more than any other show.
Good now that leaves room to bring back prison break
Good now that leaves room to bring back prison break
My family and I loved the show. We are so tired of all our favorite shows getting cancelled.
I 2nd that, we loved the show too!
Yeah because then I have to find a new show
The only show on tv we would watch. We use netflix and amazon prime, but we hooked up an antenna specifically for this show. Granted its no Whose Line? And you could tell it was heavily edited for time. Was still decent, especially if they wouldn’t have gotten in the groove and stopped trying so hard.
I agree that it was no Whose Line?, but it’s such a shame that it had to be cancelled. It had its ups and downs; I was hoping it would pick up in the next few episodes. Oh well…
Definitely not fair.!
That show has a lot of potential, ipersonally thought it was great along with my family and friends who have watched it. Not fair to put a new show on the air at the same time as the World Cup where nobody will pay attention to that, no wonder the numbers have been going down. All it needed was more time.
The World Cup just started this past weekend so had no influence on whether people watched Riot. Though not a soccer fan, the World Cup is by far better than Riot.
The show was terrible! Our family sat down to watch the first episode and it dragged on so bad, we didn’t finish the hour. That has not happened in the past. I usually try to be positive on new shows, but after watching that first show, I didn’t see how it would survive. We tried the following week and it didn’t last 10 minutes.
Finally!!!
We all hope this is a good sign that reality shows are on the way out.
More entertaining series should be scheduled. Even some they have cancelled would be better than most of the reality genre.
Good, now that they have all that free space, tell them to pick up Dracula!!!
Why would Fox pick up a cancelled NBC show?