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Was tonight’s episode the end for the Salvation TV show? Viewers of the CBS summer drama series were likely shocked by tonight’s finale and it seems unlikely that the cliffhanger will ever be resolved. Do you think the network should renew Salvation for a third season, despite some very low ratings?
A CBS suspense drama, Salvation, stars Santiago Cabrera, Jennifer Finnigan, Charlie Rowe, Jacqueline Byers, Melia Kreiling, Ashley Thomas, and Ian Anthony Dale. The thriller follows MIT graduate student Liam Cole (Rowe) and tech genius Darius Tanz (Cabrera), who discover that in six months, a huge asteroid will crash into the Earth. In season two, the truth is out. Now that it is no longer a secret, the impending threat elicits both the best and worst from humanity.
The TV series debuted in July 2017 and drew pretty mediocre ratings right from the start with a 0.70 rating in the 18-489 demographic and 4.90 million viewers. The numbers didn’t get any better as the season progressed and ended up averaging a 0.52 in the demo with 3.53 million. Despite the lackluster ratings, Salvation scored a second season renewal.
In season two, the ratings have been even lower. The 12 episodes that have aired thus far have averaged a 0.33 demo rating with 2.67 million viewers. Compared to the first season’s numbers, that’s down by 38% and 24%, respectively.
It’s unclear if CBS Television Studios has a special streaming deal that would help reduce some of the production costs for this series (ala Zoo) but it seems clear that the regular commercial ratings aren’t strong enough to land Salvation a third season.
But, what do you think? Do you think that Salvation should be cancelled or, renewed for a third season — despite the low ratings? Would you watch season three?
Yes totally!!!!
Yes, renew, no question about it!
Renewed obviously!!! It was fabulous!!
Keep the show and quit canceling the good ones,You’re ruining TV as we know it,
I Find it hard to watch any show that is new because they never finish the story And cut the show by ratings that mean nothing. Just politics is the new Hollywood.
A huge problem with ratings is that most of these networks pay attention just to what’s called the 18 to 49 yrs. old demographic group, which in and of itself is a joke. After all, how many people in their 40s, much less late forties (at least among those who continue maturing as they age) have the same tastes in entertainment that they did while teenagers or in their 20s? And that ignores those over 50; I’ve literally seen it where, from what I read in several sources, a couple series had higher overall (among most if not all ages… Read more »
Not boring at all, I’ve been pleading this case for a while now, to deaf ears it seems unfortunately. The population is indeed getting older, the younger crowd prefer to watch Netflix rather that the big networks, while we remain faithful in spite of being totally ignored in the ratings. It’s about time they started to consider and target the 50+ group who are the ones who stay on.
Definitely. Completely hooked on this!
Absolutely! Why are the best shows always cancelled and the mediocre ones go on and on for years past their primes
Salvation should be renewed for a third season. Consider a different time slot.
I love this show as I am a techie at heart. Great actors and a great storyline should be continued.
Absolutely, I would definitely watch several more seasons. That show had so much potential and it was scientifically interesting. Maybe it was too scientific or too techie for most people but I enjoyed the fact that the writers felt like the viewer would understand the science behind the show. I guess if they put a zombie in the show they’d have more viewers.
Yes, bring it on! Great show.
Yep bring it back, they left a cliff hanger and I want to see what happens.
YES Bring it back
yes, I would watch another season of Salvation
Absolutely! Why are the best shows always cancelled and the mediocre ones go on and on for years past their primes?
So I just voted for season 3 and so did 80% of everyone else so what is the problem? Sell the rights to Netflix of amazon prime or something but I want to know where this story was going. I’m hooked and waiting for more.
I’d think that trying to get the series onto one of those sub-channel networks (like a .2, ..3, etc.) is a good option also, besides Netflix and so on. For those of us who are switching back to broadcast (over the air for the younger crowd) and streaming from ‘free’–with commercials, as if streaming never had them–websites to reduce our tv expenses without cutting back extensively on our viewing options, to free up $ for other things in life. Oh well, just a thought. Please type here to add a comment. (Note: spam, name-calling, and personal attack comments will be… Read more »