ABC Family has decided to pass on ordering a second season of its freshman sitcom, Ruby & the Rockits.
In Ruby & the Rockits, former teen icon Patrick Gallagher (Patrick Cassidy) has been living quietly with his wife (Katie A. Keane) and their two sons, teenage Jordan (Austin Butler) and sarcastic preteen Ben (Kurt Doss).
Things change when Patrick’s former band-mate brother, David (David Cassidy), shows up with David’s previously unknown teenage daughter, Ruby (Alexa Vega). David doesn’t want to give up his show-biz life and leans on his brother to help raise his daughter, who’s a rising star on her own.
The show debuted on July 21st to 1.6 million viewers and 654,000 in the 18-49 demographic, making Ruby the second best sitcom launch in the network’s history. It even built out of the audience of fellow freshman comedy 10 Things I Hate About You.
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Unfortunately, those numbers didn’t hold up and the sitcom lost steam in the following weeks. While the network has renewed 10 Things for another 10 episodes, ABC Family has decided to dump Ruby after one short season.
The final episode is scheduled to air on Tuesday, September 22nd. In the episode, titled “Smells like Teen Drama,” Jordan and Ruby compete for the attention of the same girl. Privileged’s Lucy Hale guest stars as Ruby’s best friend and Jordan’s new girlfriend. Meanwhile, Ben is being bullied at school. David and Patrick want him to fight back while his mother has a very different point of view.
What do you think? Should the show have been cancelled or did ABC Family make a mistake?
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Ruby should not have been cancelled it was an awesome show it was about a real family.
I didn’t know they cancelled the show. I really enjoyed it. Granted I was a huge David Cassidy fan in the 70s. It was cheesy in the way 70s sitcoms like the Partridge Family and Brady Bunch were, which was refreshing. I am tired of all the reality shows and message sitcoms. I want to be entertained, not preached at. Badly done ABC Family!! Badly done. I loved the movie 10 things i hate about you as I watched it with my daughter who had as big a crush on Heath Ledger as I did on David Cassidy. However, the… Read more »
WTH!!! I love that show! I can’t believe they cancelled it! ONly one season! GRR ABC!!!! It’s better then Secret life! Well at least 10 things is still on, but still! Think it’ll be back on a different channel?
bet it would have stayed on if they didn’t put all those new series on all around the same time
Dear ABC Family
I meant to say Ruby & the Rockits is a good show. I thought that cancelling the Ruby & the Rockits was a bad news to me & my father.
sincerely
John Hill
I loved both shows. I’m definatly bummed that it’s not coming back on. BIG MISTAKE abc family.
I hate to read that this show will no longer be on. It was a show we could watch as a family, kind of a re-make of the 70’s style sitcoms we used to watch. I’m very disappointed.
Lame! I wanted a seaon two…..abc family better make a new on or they will get not so nice e-mails….
The Show I Love To Watch Ruby & The Rockits . This Show was a amazing to watch also is funny . This never be cancelled at all. All the fan’s love the show a lot . ABC Family should bring back the show for Season 2 .
This show was hilarious, alexa vega is very talented. I think this show is better than 10 things and they kept it so I’m confused. Another show suffers because of the antequated ratings system, the television execs aren’t smart enought to move forward and take their ratings from dvr stats.
I am so upset they cancelled this show. This was one of my Favorite shows. I always looked foward to watching it every week. I wish there was a way to fight them from cancelling this show!!! It is a Very Big Mistake!!!!!!
I cannot believe it; a funny, wholesome show- cancelled!!!! Shame on you Shawn Cassidy for putting a show on the air that was not only funny, but where the whole family could watch it together. David and Patrick were hilarious; the 80’s flashback videos a riot, it was a watercooler show. David Cassidy still has a huge fan base, and that he doesn’t take himself to seriously makes his fans talk… This is why I don’t watch new shows, if there any good they cancel them. Examples, Blind Justice for one, Trust Me for two, and now Ruby and the… Read more »
i loved that sow and so did all my friends, y did they cancel it, music was ok but jokes were great any way to get it back on the air
ABC Family
I think that cancelling Ruby & the Rockits because when I seen that show I thought that it was a good show.
sincerely
John Hill
i thought this show was a lot better then 10 things i hate about you and it should not have been cancelled. i will really miss it
ikk right who wants to watch a show about a movie that we can juss watch the movies was so much betterrr not so much the show i loved ruby in the rockits im not even going to watch 10 things i hate about you (the show) anymore!!!
RUBY AND THE ROCKITS FANN!!