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?
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I loved this show! But I can see where the story line could get old very fast.
Im sorry but scroundrels is aweful if you want to see the proper version watch the origanial OUTRAGOUS FORTUNE you’ll see the difference, ABC just copied it word for word all they did was change the names of the characters and maybe one or 2 lines, its a joke i hope they did cancel it
I totally loved this show. I was skeptical at first, but i became addicted! Patrick Flueger is so awesome in his double role and I love Virginia Madsen! I even started watching Outrageous Fortune because of this and am hooked, been watching it a week now and up to season 4 and it only gets better!
I loved this show! I agree another network should pick it up.
i,m very dissapointed it well not be on.i waited every sunday to watch scoundrels,i enjoyed it
What could have been such a promising show turned out to be garbage! A great cast deserved better writing!
I loved Scoundrels I can’t believe it’s over! Please give it a second chance and re-air it. I think it wasn’t advertised enough I missed the first few episodes but after watching it twice I loved it. It’s funny, romantic and interesting, alot better than anything else on tv this summer! Please give it a second chance.
Loved the show. Hope it continues.
They can’t possibly leave us hanging – what will happen next??? Loved the show. Have to admit, I wasn’t sure at first but became a fan in the last four episodes. Please, please, please – no more reality or game shows!!!!!
My mom and I are both huge fans of Scoundrels and I wish that the show could it least be aired on a different network.
I love the show, it’s a great dramedy with a fantastic cast! It’s a breath of fresh air to finally see a show with a plot that I have not seen. “A criminal family maintaining their place in society yet trying to turn good”. This show is in no way corny though. It has just the right amount of racy, exciting, suspenseful plot to keep you going. I am anxious to see what happens now that Wolf’s home.
Give it another chance, don’t cancel it! I am doing my best to tell everybody about the show. Please Keep it!
“A criminal family maintaining their place in society yet trying to turn good.” That quotation is from your comment, and you also claim that the notion is a completely novel one…since Scoundrels is likely never to return, thankfully, I would like to let you know that what you had written above is the EXACT plot of Showtime’s Weeds. Don’t let the show’s title disuade you from checking it out, because it is on a COMPLETELY different level of quality than Scoundrels. If that quote is what you are looking for, then I hope that you can try out the major… Read more »
I really enjoyed this show. It was different than the other summer shows. This show was for an young adult- adult veiwing, rather than the teenager shows aired during the summer. I hope that this show isn’t canceled. It would be a total bummer. I say keep it, give it a second chance.
We loved the show. The rest of the junk that is on TV this summer-unbelievable! The Scoundrels, The Gates and Wipeout (for a laugh) were the only things really worth watching (The Good Guys on CBS was good too). Big Brother, Minute to Win It and all those type of unreality reality shows are for brain-dead ……never mind—-I think that’s what this society has become-zombified! Good writing and good acting are just not appreciated anymore. To all the know-it-all television executives, just collect your huge undeserved salaries, sit back and know that you’re all partially responsible for the dumbing of… Read more »
Sorry, but u can’t blame the network executives for cancelling this show. If u want to point fingers, then point them at the American public. They were the ones that ditched this show (rightfully so, in my huumble opinion), and if u check the viewer statistics on Wikipedia u would see that. The pilot brought in (if I am remembering correctly) over 3 million viewers. After that first episode, the ratings PLUMMETED, with the series’ finale garnering the least amount of viewers ever. If the definition of insanity is doing something over and over again expecting different results, then ABC… Read more »
(Oops again) and also Entourage and True Blood, just to name a few – and our so-called “brain dead society” has backed them up by continuing to tune in. I just think it is unfair for u to throw the execs (not to mention all of society!) under the bus on this one – they, and TV viewers everywhere, got this one right. If ABC doesn’t have the viewers to back them up, what would u have them do? It’s just basic knowledge, and sorry if the truth hurts. Personally, I miss Arrested Development and The New Adventures of Old… Read more »
And don’t forget to add Dexter to that lineup of great TV shows.
The problem with this show besides the god-awful acting of David James Elliott is that the characters are not likeable. If you don’t like the characters, you can’t like the show.
Please bring it back on. I LOVE IT!!!! I just think it had a bad start and time slot. Please give it another chance!!!