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?
My husband and myself love this show , we can’t wait until every Sunday night to watch it. Keep the same characters .
I love Ryan Phillipe and I love the show. So does Tom get killed in prison? I don’t like that. He is the best part of the show. Someone needs to save him from himself. Natalie is so beautiful. She should have a good future. So, please don’t kill him off…..
Great show!
The show has been renewed!!!! Season 2 is coming..Google’d it.
EXCELLENT show! Keep it on and the characters should return!
We love this show! Please , please, please renew this show! The actors are great already, you don’t need to change them!
OMG this show has to be on next season !!! its a fantastic show……great cast…..superb storytelling………..I love it !!!! please do not cancel this smart thrill ride 🙂
Love this show – Would like to see Cornell convict Abby and Ben and his wife get on with
their lives.
Love this show – please renew and let Cornell get enough evidence to convict Abby then go on with Cornell solving new crimes. I think she is great!
I want this show to be renewed so bad. I’d love to see the same characters back. And would love to see just how far Abby would go while her sister & Cornell try to get new evidence to convict her. And would also love to see Ben still alive. But even if ABC decides to start off a new season with a different case; I’d still love to see them keep Juliette Lewis as Cornell. She plays the part of detective so well. So come on ABC. Please bring back Secrets & Lies for another season. I bet ratings… Read more »
My husband and I love this show! Please do not cancel it and yes all of the actors are fabulous they should all come back!
OMG AMAZING SHOW! I got all my co -workers , family and friends to watch and so far they all love it! I can’t wait to see more. Great twists in the story, had me sitting at the edge of my seat. I suspected everyone but “that person”
LOVED IT!
Terrible ending, why did you kill off Ben? That was insane….you took an excellent show and ruined it. don’t bring it back. the best character is gone
Sadly agree. I could have accepted the ending just fine had there not be speculation that Ben is dead. Now things feel “tainted”.
Please renew!! Worth it just for Cornell!! There’s still so much to resolve in this storyline so hope it will be the same characters.
Please do not cancel this show. The writers are great – one minute you think you know what will happen and the next minute you have changed your mind. This happens over and over. A great SHOW