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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ABC you have a a great show…..why can’t you leave the good message shows alone, and cxld the really stupid ones…like 10 things I hate about you…that makes sence.
This is a huge mistake!!! I love the show and I watch it every week! The cast just works great with each other and the music is wonderful! Keep the show running ABC Family!!!
Another decent show bites the dust, and Austen Butler was so hot!
Big mistaked!!! I LOVE THIS SHOW! KEEP IT!! 😀
I guess good family shows just can’t survive anymore. I liked Ruby and the Rockits. I looked forward to it every week.
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was a Partridge Family fan in the 70’s , so I tuned in the watch David and I just love this clever family show. The whole cast is great. My 16 year old daughter and her friends get a kick out of this show, too. ABC, please reconsider!!!!
Big mistake. Show is very funny. The cast is awsome
huge dumb mistake the show should stay on and tell those dumb heads at abc familey if they don’t bring back my ruby and the rockits they will losing ratings and viewers really badly
I hate that they are cancelling th show. It is so good. Alexa Vega and Patrick Cassidy are soooo good.
Big mistake. My 2 little girls love this show, its music and the characters.
Abc shouldn’t have cancelled it. It was such a good show. I wish they didn’t cancel. 🙁
So sad that a show that is good and decent would be cancelled. I am a 42 year old mother and enjoyed watching the show with my daughters who are 22 and 15, laughter all around. Go to another network – Ruby is great!!
This show is so cute! My parents and I watch it every week and everybody laughs. I was really hoping that there would at least be a proper series finale. Big mistake ABC family… Someone should start a petition.
Sweet / Funny show. End of summer is the hardest time for us to watch TV BUT we made the effort on Tuesday nights. I wish ABC would have made the same effort and not bailed out so fast.
It figures! Just when I find a show that I can really LOOK FORWARD to watching….they cancel it! I really enjoyed roommates and they cancelled it! Now Ruby and the Rockits!
THIS IS THE FINAL STRAW! I’m DONE watching abc family and I will boycott anything else they put on!
For ALL you non-believers just wait and see!