Tonight marks the end of the third season of the Sleepy Hollow TV show on FOX and it very well may end up being the series finale as well. The show has been doing very poorly in the ratings and now, the producers have made a move that will likely infuriate more than a few loyal viewers. Should this Friday night show be cancelled or renewed for a fourth season?
A supernatural police drama, Sleepy Hollow follows Ichabod Crane (Tom Mison), a patriot who was killed 230 years ago. He finds himself resurrected in modern-day and partners with a female police lieutenant (Nicole Beharie). The cast also includes Lyndie Greenwood, Shannyn Sossamon, Nikki Reed, Lance Gross, and Zach Appelman.
The series was a hit in its early days but those great ratings are long gone. This season, Sleepy Hollow premiered to a 0.98 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 3.36 million viewers. Compared to the third season debut, the debut was down by a whopping 51% in the demo and down by 38% in viewership. SPOILER AHEAD.
The numbers got worse as the season progressed so the execs sent the series to Friday nights, likely hoping that the show’s loyal fans would follow and the ratings would stay at the same level. They looked stable for awhile but the numbers got even worse over the course of the rest of the season. The last couple episodes have attracted about a 0.65 rating with 2.6 million.
And now, in tonight’s finale, the producers have killed off one of the show’s lead characters — Abbie Mills, as played by Nicole Beharie. The executive producers, studio, and network released this statement to EW:
“The finale featuring the tragic death of Abbie Mills was a very dramatic ending and a bold move for the show, but Sleepy Hollow has always been known for its shocking finales. We feel we provided a wonderfully poignant conclusion for Abbie and showed some of the best moments between the Witnesses that we’ve seen on-screen. We thank Nicole Beharie for bringing Abbie and Sleepy Hollow to life. We are currently discussing season 4, and should the series be picked up for another season, we have some exciting scenarios and new avenues we want to explore.”
With such poor ratings, Sleepy Hollow, once again, is very much in danger of being cancelled. Now that one of the main characters has been killed off, should the series return? Should they bring Abbie back somehow or, is it okay that she’s gone? What do you think?
Bring Abbie back; she and Crane make the series.
I love sleepy hollow, it is one of the few shows on that isn’t riddled with so much sex and vileness I turn the station after 10 minutes.
They should being it back and Abby, this was just so ridiculous. Season 1 was great and Season 2 was good but this season was a disaster. Could have been a great show with the witnesses fighting all four horseman then ending with them saving the world together. No need for all these other characters and story lines, it just muddied the waters. Bring it back and let them defeat the Four Horsemen together!
Dennis, I agree with Anna. The Headless Horseman a.k.a the Horseman of Death needs to bring all Four Horsemen together in an epic confrontation with the witnesses. And since the Horseman of Pestilence is trapped in that void in the first season where Crane and Abby trapped him. He could still be a devastating threat moreover, since Crane’s son Jeremy is the Horseman of War… Upon his death in Second Season along with Katrina his mother who is Icabod’s wife. Katrina, could come back with Henry as the Horseman of Famine just as Henry could come back as the Horseman… Read more »
Add new characters if you want, but I agree with the others-bring Abbie back
Rumor has it that the actress has been wanting to leave the role for whatever reason and politely forged ahead. I guess this would explain why ever season it felt like it could possibly be Abbie’s last season. I love the Abbie character but I felt that Tom playing Crane had all the chemistry in to possibly it being a romance where Nicole felt like she was playing the pal card. Nicole let it be known in all her interviews she didn’t want a romantic connect but wanted it to be a series about to partners solving crime. You can… Read more »
Bring abbie back
Bring Abby back, you need both Abby & Crane for the show, without both of them I’m not interested anymore.
Renew show and bring abbie back……
Do not end the show and why did you not have Abbie and Crane kiss? The sensual tension between them is what keeps me coming back. I love both characters and want to see more. If “Dallas” was able to explain away an entire season as a bad dream, you can surely find a superNATURAL way to reanimate Abby. Thanks for letting us weigh in and I hope you make the right desicion for the fans sake.
amen 🙂
No one ever truly dies in Sleepy Hollow.
I’ve loved the show since the beginning. I really, really hope it is renewed. The loss of Abby hurts, but it can be recovered from. And the writing has kind of gone off the rails I think. The story was supposed to be about the witnesses and the Apocalypse. Not really sure how we ended up on Pandora and the Hidden one, and what they had to do with all that. If we can bring the train back on tracks I think the ratings will go right back where they belong. Crane is a wonderful character, I’d really hate to… Read more »
Exactly. I feel the same as you Charisma. Love the characters, but wasn’t happy with the whole Pandora thing. It indeed went “off the rails.”
Use season 4 to finish the show,don’t leave it with a cliff-hanger
Bring Abbie back or cancel it. Their friendship was the best part and it seemed the writers understood that this season, right until that ridiculous and abrupt finale. Why was she the one to get killed off anyway? I’m not interested anymore. What a waste this turned out to be.
They can always find a way to bring Abbie back! I believe in Crane finding a way to do it.
I definitely think they should bring abby mills back .Abby and crane aren’t done yet with chemistry,besides i love cranes accent and his good looks I also think u guys should do the shows here i Baxter mn. We have a sleepy hallow rd here!
please don’t cancel and bring Abbie back
Please let Abby live you killed young Corban and Jenny has no one but Abby. Bring her back please. Who does Crane have the chemistry for them was off the charts. Bring her back
You could have her meet Grace again who sends her back