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?
Great Show. Do Not Cancel this show. Follow Up Season required.
Same actors / actresses. One of the Best Shows of late. Must Keep it on the air!
I have really enjoyed this show, although I don’t fit the demographic. I am 60. I hope they bring it back, resolve it, keep some of the characters, like Cornell of course. Dave would be fun, and a good segway.
I love this show hate to see it end season 2 come on
Keep show .Great writing and actors. Juliette Lewis a great actress!!!! And the rest of cast is good too!!! Cancelling Revenge is bad enough.
Keep the show! Great storyline. Very similar to Gracepoint on Fox last season. That show was not renewed in spite of the fact that it was also a good program.
Keep the show and the same people. They need to pick up where they left off. I want to see what happens to Abby and if Ben gets out of jail.
Liz likes it…..
Great show . Hope to see it renewed with the same characters
Love the show I look forward every week to watch it and love all the characters don’t change a thing 🙂
Keep it on!!
Renew. Good drama
please Please Bring it back
Season 2 please! Same Characters too. Build on Abby’s evil ways while Ben is about to be released. Just in time to save Natalie!!!
This show was amazing! It was twisty and had great characters! I am so anxious to see what happens next! The ending made it appear as if there would be another season, and I really hope that it will come back!
There are many stories still to be developed. It’s a difficult subject to start a series with. So far, certain actors giving expected enduring scenes, others growing as characters get better developed and more complex. Although executives will with almost certainty use viewership to decide it’s fate, I firmly believe it’s an asset to develop writing, visual filming language, an actors growth and development tank.
It’s also competing against long running cult following shows in other channels. Viewership takes time. Will appreciate a statement from the channel on wether we’ll get a season two or end of project.