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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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! AUSTIN BUTLER IS FREAKING HAWT SO THATS WHAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION BUT THEN AFTER WATCHING IT I REALIZED IT WAS FUNNY, ENTERTAINING, RELATE ABLE AND SOMETHING I LOOKED FORWARD TO EVERY WEEK. ENOUGH OF GREEK(NO ONE AT ALL WATCHES IT) AND THAT ONE SHOW WITH THE WHITE GUY AND BLACK GIRL( TOOO OLD IF U ASK ME) BRING BACK THE ROCKITS! BRING BACK THE ROCKITS! BRING BACK THE ROCKITS!
This is a big mistake. Why don’t they let shows come into their own by actually giving them a chance to succeed? Trying a different time slot or actually PROMOTING for a change it would be a novel idea. This was a very enjoyable show and one of the few I watched regularly. I will miss it.
THey made a HUGE mistake! That was an AWESOME show, and I know a ton of people who loved it! I sure hope they change their minds, is there any way they would?!?!?
i think they made a mistake
Is Shelly high or what? Do provocative! Cosby, Family Ties, et.al. are REALLY the ones that do not make sense. I am not saying bring back the 50s sitcoms, but PLEASE. Years ago when Fox wanted to take off Married With Children because of some housewife who deemed it unsuitable – hey ever hear of parental controls or just changing the channel. If your children were watching Ruby where were you? When my niece and nephew were growing up it was in the age of Nick and parents sitting there children in front of the TV to “babysit. I watched… Read more »
Although it was not the best show, I grew up witih David Cassidy and found it entertaining. The young lady who plays Ruby has tremendous talent and I will miss the show.
They are makeing a HUGE! mistake. This show is great. It’s smart and funny, the music is good as well as the cast. I think this show has a better standing then 10 things. I was expecting 10 things to be good but that disappointed. Save Ruby!
This sucks!!! ABC Family cancels all the good shows like Kyle XY and Wildfire. The only really good shows on it is The Secret Life and Lincoln Heights. ABC should renew it.
Got better with every episode! I think it would be a huge mistake to cancel, it was a show for the whole family’s enjoyment!
Got better with every episode! I think it would be a huge mistake to cancel, it was a show for the whole family’s enjoyment!
Please tell me where to write and who to call to get this show back on the air. The folks at ABC family are so very wrong in cancelling this show. I went to see David Cassidy in concert this summer and because of the show over 25,000 people showed up!!! They keep the most horrific violent disgusting shows on, and a nice family show that makes people LAUGH they cancel??? BOO to you ABC family !!!
ABC gets a great show and then cancells it? My family loved this show!
It was a great show. ABC Family should have given it a 2nd season.
This is so aggravating. I love this show. Why don’ t they get rid of a pointless show like Greek.
Ruby & The Rockits was too good to be cancelled and for such a short little 10 episode season. ABC Family is losing my view, unless they reconsider the show! Luckily, I have 2 eps. on VHS tape….yahoo!!