Fans of ABC’s summer drama, Scoundrels, may have noticed that the series isn’t on the schedule any longer. Has the show been cancelled?
Scoundrels revolves around the West family, a clan that’s had many run-ins with the law. Dad (David James Elliott) has been sent to prison and his wife (Virginia Madsen) is determined that she and their kids not follow him. The TV show’s cast also includes Leven Rambin, Vanessa Marano, Carlos Bernard, and Patrick Flueger (in a dual role).
The series debuted on June 20th to a disappointing 1.3 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 5.23 million viewers. In week two, viewership dropped to a 1.0 in the demo and 3.66 million viewers. The numbers got even worse in subsequent weeks. It hit a demo low 0.6 and, the finale attracted the fewest number of total viewers, just 2.73 million. Those are some terrible numbers for a major network, even for the summer months.
Only eight episodes of Scoundrels were produced and, to ABC’s credit, they aired them all — despite the low ratings. Unfortunately, the network has little reason to want any more. So, no, ABC has not officially cancelled Scoundrels but, it is highly unlikely that they’ll order a second season.
What do you think? Why do you think Scoundrels didn’t fare better? Is it a better show than the ratings reflect?
Image courtesy ABC.
I was so disappointed it was taken off. I feel like they did not really give it a fair shot. I agree with Izzy it was up against two other very popular shows. Now I don’t watch The Gates. I know the numbers were not adding up, but give it another chance at a different time. The characters were quirky and different. Quirky shows are in. Look at some of the other popular comedies/dramas that are making it. Personally, I thought it was a great cast selection.
I can’t believe the show is off the air……..I loved it, I recorded it every week. I hope ABC gives it another chance, they should’ve advertised it better. I never saw a commercial or anything for it. The actors were great, the story line is new and refreshing, it has sex appeal, it was awesome. I hope they give it another try and offer another season!!!!
I enjoyed watching the show each week and would like for it to continue. No more reality shows please!
I loved the show and have been terribly disappointed that it has not been on!!!
I really hope they DO bring it back on the air.
one of the best shows i have seen. I think the only reason people were not watching it is they did not know about it.
Really like this show. It just had a real human side to it. Please don’t cancel this show.
My husband and I looked forward to watching it every week. It was put up aganist some other good shows. Duh! The networks always do that. Thank goodness we were able to record the show every week. We always watched it on Mondays.
Part of the problem is that it was put up against Leverage and Drop Dead Diva.. All three are great shows, so one of them had to lose… Change it to a different day and put it at 10 pm when the kids are in bed and then see how it goes…
The showed aired too early in the day as most people were still enjoying summer festivities.
This show was boring at best. Couldn’t ABC at least afford to hire twins to play Cal and Logan? The scenes that included both of them were terrible. Never got off the ground and really cared about these characters. Definitely a waste for David James Elliott and Virginia Madsen.
I really enjoyed this show, in fact it was one of my very favorite new series. I think the network needs to give it a chance to to acquire a regular following.
I love this show!! ABC cannot cancel it! It’s WAY BETTER THAN THE GATES!!
I absolutely look forward to this show every week and with a little better advertising I believe this show would have taken off. Don’t cancel this show, STOP getting rid of every show I like.
I am really disappointed, I was hoping to watch it tomorrow…..Please reconsider, give it another try….I absolutely love that show
I really liked this show and found it different and refreshing. Please ABC, give this show a chance.