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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ABCFamily-Please bring back this family-oriented show. Give it more time to grow and audience and much more publicity.
Good family shows don’t last anymore? Over the years, I have enjoyed watched and listening to the work of the Cassidy family, way back to the Partridge family days.
My whole family loves this show. Its so funny.
abc family is making a huge mistake.
Who are you people that you consider this a “family” show?? I refuse to let my kids watch it after it began to be rated TV-14. If your child is under 13 some of this subject matter was way inappropriate. Glad ABC family cancelled it- I have loved David Cassidy forever and even I couldn’t enjoy this show. The writing was weak, the story lines contrived, the parental figures pathetic, and the story line between the cousins actually being attracted to each other is disgusting. You people who love this show need to think back to classics like Family Ties,… Read more »
Such a shame! Love the show! A great family show. I hope they reconsider.
Such a mistake! A really funny show with a great cast.
Funny, smart and witty comedy’s usually get cancelled …they should keep this show around. Our family loves it.
I still can’t believe it. It’s really hard to swallow. I don’t understand why abc family is canceling this amazing show. I’ve been a huge fan of David Cassidy since the Partridge Family, and I was only eight when it stopped, but I’ve never forgotten it, it was the greatest show of my childhood. I was so happy to see him again even more than 35 years later, he’s so funny and handsome after all this time. All the cast is great , especially Alexa Vega, such a wonderful voice and a very sweet character. It’s a pity! Can someone… Read more »
I have been a loyal viewer every week of this show. I have been leaning more and more on the cable channels for this exact reason. The networks are become increasingly notorious for cancelling good, solid wholesome shows like this so I had hoped that the cable channels would be a bit better. I guess I was a bit too quick to judge. If the cable channels were smart, they would team up and put together a good lineup of shows and I think they would give the networks a run for their money.
I was tempted To watch But It looked Boring
What a shame! A very good cast plus excellent writing. Particularly good to see Shirley Jones appearing, the bond shared with the Cassidy boys being a source of fun and possible future script ideas. Please reconsider.
man, this was one of my favorite shows!! (Why is it that all my favorite shows are being cancelled?!) Bring back Ruby & The Rockits!!!!
I saw the commercial for the show before it even aired. In that short, single minute I knew that this show was a doomed. It had turkey written all over it. Disney needs new focus groups.
I am a huge David Cassidy fan. This show although silly is a fun sitcom to watch. There are many many things this show could do to entertain young and old alike. Loved it when David said on last weeks show at the tent “Get Happy” he should have sung “I woke up in love this morning” after his date with Ruby’s teacher and before he ate cake. This is a loss of a family program. It is just something to sit down and watch for a 1/2 hour and relax and enjoy. Huge mistake please reconsider.