Tomorrow night marks the season conclusion of Secrets and Lies and hopefully we’ll finally learn the truth — who’s responsible for the death of young Tom Murphy? After that, the biggest question on the minds of fans of this show may be, “Is Secrets and Lies going to be renewed for a second season or will it be cancelled by ABC?”
On Secrets and Lies, a house painter and family man discovers a neighbor boy’s dead body in the woods and he quickly goes from being a Good Samaritan to a murder suspect. The lives of everyone around him are turned upside down by the ensuing police investigation and media attention. Did he really do it? The series stars Ryan Phillippe, Juliette Lewis, KaDee Strickland, Natalie Martinez, Dan Fogler, Indiana Evans, and Belle Shouse.
Debuting in March, the first two episodes of Secrets and Lies attracted a 1.53 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 6.06 million viewers. It wasn’t a great start but ABC’s been struggling to fill out its Sunday night schedule so it wasn’t bad by comparison. The numbers dipped only slightly in week two — a good sign. Most shows drop at least 15%. The numbers dipped lower over the next few weeks but then started to rise ever so slightly. Last week’s episode hit a series high in the all-important demo with a 1.7 rating and 5.83 million.
While the show’s ratings haven’t been great, the network has plenty of other trouble spots to fill — especially now that they’ve cancelled Revenge — and Secrets and Lies has performed well enough to be invited back for another 10 weeks. I suspect ABC will renew Secrets and Lies for a second season — likely with new characters and a new storyline (ala Fargo or True Detective).
But, what do you think? Do you like the Secrets and Lies TV show on ABC? Do you think it should be cancelled or renewed for a second season? If it is renewed, do you think any of the characters should return or should they start fresh?
I realllllly love this show!!!!! Please bring it.
Great show. You half to let me and my wife see Abby go down. Then start another nail biter case to work on.
Both my sister and I can’t wait to watch every week and then call each other when it’s over to talk about the episode. Please, please bring it back another season. Will be waiting desperately for 2nd. season!!!
Love the show but you HAVE to show us what happens to Abby !! Didn’t like the Death Stares at first when watching Cornell, but she grew on me. I think it took realizing that she is fair and not some crazy, nut job Detective. Now she is one of my favorites. Please bring it back but continue the story line somehow….even if its just showing her day in court, etc…….. Don’t leave us hanging like this!
Love the show. Please continue with same characters.
YES WE HONESTLY HAVE TO KEEP THE SHOW GOING BECAUSE THAT JUST LEAVES THE FANS OF THIS SHOW ON A VERY BAD CLIFF HANGER!!! i mean if you watched the corrnell confidential man it was good and its a cliff hanger alright!! lets just keep it going becuase it a great show!!!!!!!!
This is the first television I’ve been crazy about in 20 years. I am normally only a movie watcher but this series hooked me from the first airing. Please don’t cancel this series.
Keep it on! Keep the story line going and
keep the cast with a few new people if you want.
But keep the show on, look forward to it each week.
Hope they renew, I looked forward to it on Sunday evenings!!
Please don’t cancel the show. My son and I love it. Keep all the same characters. We love the suspense and story line. Great writing!
Great, well written show! Great cast. Please keep for a few more seasons!
PLEASE BRING BACK SHOW FOR SECOND SEASON WITH SAME CHARACTERS WE HAVE BEEN GLUED TO TV EVERY WEEK PLEASE DONT LEAVE US IN SUSPENSE
Love this show!! My whole family has been glued to the t.v. on Sunday nights to watch it. Please bring it back!!
Bring the show back, Sunday night tv SUCKS, on all 3 networks. This story is deeper than we thought. Keep it going, I’m hooked!!!
Please renew Secrets & Lies for another season with the same cast. We feel like we were left hanging with the finale and want to see the next shows! What is the detective going to do next?? We do not have cable, and this was an interesting show to be able to watch on antenna-TV.