After a poor start, FOX pulled Sons of Tucson from the schedule. The network maintained that TV show was not cancelled. Well, it is now.
Sons of Tucson follows a sporting goods store clerk (Tyler Labine) who lives in his car. He’s hired by three boys (Benjamin Stockham, Frank Dolce, and Matthew Levy) to play their father for a school meeting after their real dad goes to jail for banking fraud. In case of future emergencies, he moves into their tool shed. The series also features Sarayu Rao, Edwin Habacon, and Natalie Martinez.
The series got off to a poor start with just a 2.1 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 4.47 million viewers. Subsequent episodes performed even worse, with number four attracting only a 1.4 rating in the demo and 3.13 million viewers.
The TV show was pulled from the schedule and the network touted it as merely a hiatus and not a cancellation. However, with ratings like these, you could tell that the show’s chances for a second season were in serious doubt.
FOX has now officially cancelled Sons of Tucson but new episodes are still scheduled to start airing on June 6th. The remaining nine installments will air over the summer and the series finale is expected to air on August 1st.
What do you think? Are you sorry to hear that Sons of Tucson won’t be back for season two? Have any ideas on why the show wasn’t a success?
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i loooved sons of tucson WHY cancel it? it was funny, stupid, and just an all-around good show to watch? anyone agree? just cuz it wasn’t the most popular doesn’t mean it wasn’t good?? dang now i am really sad and i am gonna have to watch all the old episodes ;( i should write a letter to fox, i will include this article and comments…:)
I think the concept behind this show was a neat idea, but it ended up too much like a sloppy rip off of malcolm in the middle.
I absoulotly love this show, I can’t beleive Fox canceled it. They didn’t even give i a chance, it was great!
Too bad they canceled it. The Stockman kid is funny, and so is the Handelson kid, who was on only twice.
The show was unbelievable, like a cartoon, but the jokes were mostly good and there were a lot of them, and the gags were even better.
I think sons of tucson should continue cause Ron moved back in at the end the episode last sunday and Robbie came in and asked him to teach him to make arm farts so they should continue on with the show cause everyones cool with each other so FOX Please continue with Sons of Tucson.
Sons of Tuscon is my favorite show!! I can’t believe it was cancelled 🙁
agreed
I love this show. Fox is making another huge mistake. Remember what they did to Futurama. The show is amazing it just comes on at a bad time and isn’t advertised at all. I never saw a commercial for it once. I dont even think they made one. I couldnt find one on youtube just sneak peack preveiws. Also here is a message for Joel, no one is supposed to care about role models on television. If you take your moral values for a tv show then your an idiot.
Man this would suck! I totally love this show and it was at the verge of the climax on episode 13. Was so hoping to see the follow up stories on it!! I hope FOX will reconsider and put it back on the air !
As everyone has mentioned, Fox is horrible at advertising.
I just heard about this show from a friend, and now all my friends are getting hooked on it.
The whole premise of the show was bad. It was bad kids with a bad dad trying to cover it up with a bad role model. There was no reason to care for the characters and what happened to them. When they disappeared, I thought they had got canceled. Luckily as I write this the last episode will air. I miss Hank Hill and the gang!
the show was great. dumb that it got cut
i agree this show was just really bad advertised i only seen one commercial for the show, and even though i just seen one i was interested towards it but since only being showed once it slipped my mind and forgot as probably many peoples and i would have bin glad to spread the word about the show know many people that would like this show and they have watched it and they agreed. To bad its canceled.In my opinion would have bin a grate hit had the potential to be bigger then Malcolm in the middle. FOX IS JUST… Read more »
Fox is stupid for canceling this show
Yeah, FOX has done a terrible marketing job lately. They must have really stupid people in charge of programming and what shows to cancel. It’s a weeknight, primetime show that should be on at 8:00 on a Wednesday or something like that.
I’m really disappointed this show wasn’t given a better chance to shine. We watched it every Sunday night in my house. With the right marketing it could have been a big hit for FOX.