FOX drama Shots Fired won’t have a second season. The series creators have said they weren’t ruling out the possibility of a second season but it seems like there won’t be one.
The 10-part drama explores the tense aftermath of two racially charged shootings in a small North Carolina town. The cast includes Sanaa Lathan, Stephan James, Helen Hunt, Richard Dreyfuss, Will Patton, Aisha Hinds, Conor Leslie, and Stephen Moyer.
Not only was Shots Fired planned as a limited series, but the show’s ratings have been pretty poor. Season one, which wraps next Wednesday night, is averaging a 0.89 rating in the 18-49 demo and 3.56 million viewers. Still, the viewership numbers make the drama FOX‘s seventh most-watched scripted series for the 2016-2017 season.
Earlier, creators Gina Prince-Bythewood and Reggie Rock Bythewood said there’s always a chance for a second season down the line.
Word has been that the series wasn’t going to be coming back. Both a network spokesperson and Prince-Bythewood have confirmed that May 24th’s season finale will also be the show’s series finale.
Catch up or come join the conversation. #shotsfired on Hulu, On Demand or https://t.co/GrnhSgECS8. Only 2 hours left til the series finale. https://t.co/yn9BJ9dyQG
— Gina PrinceBythewood (@GPBmadeit) May 12, 2017
What do you think? Did you watch Shots Fired? Would you have watched a second season of this FOX series?
What do I think well I’m getting sick and tired of them putting something on TV that I like and after one season it’s cancelled I get sick and tired of getting into something everything I like they cancel it’s really getting irritating when you get into something and then they cancel the show that’s just wrong please do not cancel shots fired put shots fired on after designated Survivor on a different Channel 10
So disappointed there’s not going to be a second season of Shots Fired!! It was a terrific show! Seems like FOX does this a lot…puts a great show on TV, gets viewers hooked, and then pulls the rug right out from under them! Shots Fired was dealing with issues that our country is struggling with on a daily basis…but in such a way that many people, I think, could better understand by watching this show. It was a way to give them perspective from both sides in the confides of their own living room (or wherever) without being judged, getting… Read more »
I was hoping for a Season 2. Season 1 ended with an end but a no end. It had me on the edge and dealt with some life circumstances that the world faces today.
I am very disappointed to hear this show is ending. Were the ratings that bad??? I really was hoping to see a second season. Please reconsider!
I’m so glad this horrible show will not be back! I am all for diversity, but I’m tired of it being so one-sided. Why is it, every handsome, educated black guy you see (on network TV) is loving on everyone but a black woman? We see White men loving on White women all the time, so why can’t we the handsome, educated Black man loving on Black women? Also why can’t we see a black woman in a healthy loving relationship? For a healthy boost to diversity, Sanaa’s character could have been in a healthy interracial relationship being in love.… Read more »
You clearly need to watch more TV…
Omg!!!! I’m so upset I was so looking forward to a second season of this show!!!! Completely devastated
I love this show and I was hoping that they would have been a season 2
TOTAL LOSS : The show was very well structured I think would do racial tensions good to see A second season. More soothing than you would imagine.
Please please.reconsider this show it was awesome
Very disappointed that there won’t be a second season. I enjoyed the show and thought it was information that our viewer’s needed this day in time. It also educated folks about our history and we all can use that knowledge to know about where we can from and try to make our future and community a better place. I really wish they would reconsider the plans of ending this series.
WHAT!!!! That was a great show, I was hooked and glued to the show! VERY VERY disappointed this show will not continue!
Would definitely watch a second season. It is needed!
Really enjoyed the first season. Was looking forward to season 2…disappointed to hear there will be no season 2
I got hooked on the first episode! I was so looking forward to the show returning! Sorry to learn of the sad news Shots Fired will not return.
Although I had to watch season 1 on demand I really liked it and would like a 2nd season!!