ABC has been promoting Secrets and Lies as a “10-episode drama”. Presumably that means that the series won’t be cancelled before the storyline concludes but anything can happen if the ratings are bad enough. If it’s a hit, could there be a second season? We’ll have to wait and see how things go.
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.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available — typically around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.
5/8 update: ABC has renewed Secrets and Lies for a second season. Details here.
Final season averages: 1.5 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 5.66 million total viewers.
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Note: These are the final national numbers (unless noted with an “*”). These are different from the fast affiliate numbers which are just estimates of the actual ratings. The final nationals are typically released within 24 hours of the programming or, in the case of weekends and holidays, a couple days later.
What do you think? Do you like the Secrets and Lies TV show? Do you think it should be cancelled or continued for a second season somehow — with a new case or with the same characters?
Did ABC ever air the final episode to this series, or did I hallucinate the preview with the older cooperating with the police?
WI knew that I wasn’t (totally) nuts — there was a commercial with a different ending. Video on Demand has four (4) extras. The last extra, dayed 503xtra is the final, and more satifying ending to Secrets and Lies. All four of the “xtras” total about fifteen minutes, and from Juliette Lewis’ screen time. It is a shame that these cuts were not televised, Cornell would have been far more sympathetic, and she would not have come off as a one dimensional Columbo clone. A second season may have been warranted, but we will know because of the cuts in… Read more »
I just love love this show I have all taped. Please do not cancel the show it is one of the best. Keep the same actors also
I would like to see Abby fry. (((;
Wait a second. If the U.S. version is renewed for a second, Shouldn’t the Australian version be renewed for a second season, too?
I think the show was great, however I’m extremely disappointed that it ended the way it did. I want to see them catch the real killer. Even if it is his daughter. Please continue the series with the same cast!
I totally agree. I enjoyed the first season but I felt as if the last episode kind of left me hanging. Hopefully the second season will be a continuation.
Bring it back and continue that story line with the same characters.
I LOVE the show! Keep it going with the same characters. I want it to play out and see what Abby is actually capable of. They can’t just let Ben rot in jail. It needs closure.
I really hope they renew this show. I’d also like to see the same characters come back and follow up as Cornell tries to put Abby in jail.
I just love this show. It would be real shame to cancel. We need to see how it ends and see what happens to the actual killer of Tom. Please don’t cancel it.
We LOVE LOVE LOVE this show& look forward to it each week. Not since Desparate Housewives went off have we talked about a shoe during the week, anticipating its’ return. We SEARCHED for the final episode & are sooo let down that we cannot see it. BRING IT TO US!!!! RENEW IT for next year!! Please, please, pretty please-give it a chance!! Our friends & family all love it as well. This is the 1st time we have ever written in for a shoe because we are not big T.V. people, but we ARE for this show, with its’ superb… Read more »
Huluplus has the entire season….but don”t wait go now…..$7.99 for a month!
I really loved the show but I do want to see it end storyline of Abby. I would really like to see her father come back.
I watched every week. I can’t believe they didn’t air the last episode, that’s not the way to win ratings!! I love the show and hope they bring it back but very disappointed in how they let me down!
I think Secrets and Lies should come back and continue where it left off, with the same set of characters. To be left hanging the way the last show left us wasn’t fair. I would like to see it returned and continued where it left off.
My husband ad I don’t watch much TV but enjoyed this series. The acting and story kept us excited week to week. We want another story with or without same characters. w Why did they not air the final episode? How disappointing to not see the finale after watching week after week. I think there should be more mini series like this and American Crime.
Come on!! Who cancels a show and leaves us hanging on a “who-done-it”. This is crazy. Bring back the last show at least….then we’ll talk about another season, but don’t do your audience this way!!!
The finale did air with Abby being the one who did it and Ben going to jail for her! But I too hope it will come back with same actors, loved the show!
Actually that wasn’t the finale…… it showed the finale episode preview showing big sister helping/speaking with Cornell to help get sister caught….. wonder why they haven’t played that episode yet 🙁
That is just a four minute clip you can watch at abc.com/cornellconfidental.
PLEASE BRING THING SERIES BACK FOR ANOTHER SEASON. I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THE SHOW, THE ACTORS ALL DID A WONDERFUL JOB AND MADE IT VERY INTERESTING EVER WEEK. WISHED IT CAME ON MORE THE ONCE A WEEK. I LOVE HOW IT KEEPS YOU IN SUSPENSE AND YOU JUST WANT TO KEEP WATCHING AND ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT EPISODE. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS SHOW. PLEASE BRING IT BACK!