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Talk about a letdown. The Rise TV show has been cancelled after just one season on NBC. The high school drama from Jason Katims, who knows a thing or two about shows like that, premiered on the Peacock Network on March 13, of 2018. Ratings for the first two episodes were good enough, but the series just couldn’t sustain its performance in the Nielsens, thereafter.
An NBC musical drama, Rise stars Josh Radnor, Rosie Perez, Auli’i Cravalho, Damon J. Gillespie, Marley Shelton, Rarmian Newton, Ted Sutherland, Amy Forsyth, Casey W. Johnson, Taylor Richardson, Joe Tippett, and Shirley Rumierk. The series centers on Lou Mazzuchelli (Radnor), who is the fictional analogue to Lou Volpe in the Michael Sokolov book, Drama High. Although he is committed to his students at Stanton High School, Lou knows he needs to shake things up, in order to rekindle his passion for teaching. To that end, he petitions to direct the school’s theater program, but soon realizes he signed up for a whole lot more than he originally expected.
Rise: A Look at the Ratings
The first season of Rise averaged a 0.85 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 4.44 million viewers. Find out how Rise stacks up against other NBC TV shows.
What do you think? Did you watch the first season of the Rise TV series on NBC? If it were up to you, would it have been cancelled or renewed for a second season?
This show was amazing. It was a great family show we watched with our teenagers. So sad to see it was canceled.
Such a great show. So sad it’s cancelled. Finally a show with everything. Seriously NBC, reconsider !! Renew for season 2 !!!!!!
Rise is a great show. Please don’t cancel it. Nice to have something besides reality garbage to watch.
More Rise please. Fabulous show!
NBC seriously needs to reconsider!
Why NBC? One of the quality shows on network television
Rise was an excellent, moving, and creative, original show and should have definitely been renewed. We’re deeply disappointed!
Have started watching this series about three episodes in and have been transfixed ever since! The thought of it not coming back is so depressing please NBC fix this
Omg!! This is only one of two series I’ve watched in years!!!!! This Is Us and Rise were my family’s two favorite shows!!! We all loved it!! Can some other network pick it up?
Renew this series, it is the best thing,,,
PLEASE pick this series up!! I don’t understand! This series has EVERYTHING!
It is a really good show. Sonething different from one cop show after another. I am so disappointed it has been cancelled.
Season finale was riveting! Beautiful! Emotional!
Amazing! Please someone pick up this series!!!
Definetely, if people do not like this they probably trumpies,,,,lol
Seriously can’t believe NBC is canceling this show. Finally a show that has a plot and a lesson that isn’t all violence or a take off of another show. Bad move NBC@
I loved the first series. It was life as seen thru the theater. It’s on the stage everywhere. They should do a season 2. It’s great acting and singing. It could strengthen our Drama Clubs all over the country.