ABC Family execs have certainly been busy with the renewals and cancellations. The cable channel has renewed Make It or Break It and Switched at Birth, ordered more episodes of The Lying Game, and cancelled The Nine Lives of Chloe King. Now, they’ve cancelled sitcom State of Georgia as well.
In the TV series formerly titled The Great State of Georgia, Raven Symone stars as aspiring actress Georgia Chamberlain who leaves the south to pursue her dreams in New York City. She’s joined by Josephina “Jo” Pye (Majandra Delfino), her timid best friend and a graduate student in physics. Honey Dupree (Loretta Devine) is Georgia’s nymphomaniac aunt who offers advice and owns the apartment where they live. Recurring characters are played by Kevin Covais, Hasan Minhaj, and Jason Rogel.
State of Georgia ran for 12 episodes, between late June and mid-August of this year. The first episode attracted 1.32 million viewers but the second installment fell sharply to 807,000 — a loss of nearly 40%. Subsequent episodes did even worse and the season (now series) finale attracted just 590,000 total viewers.
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Despite the poor ratings, up until a couple days ago Symone was campaigning on Twitter for a renewal. She hasn’t tweeted since the cancellation notice came down.
Co-star Delfino tweeted, “State of Georgia fans thank you so much for watching! You’ve been simply the best. You even loved the crazy hair! Speaks volume(s). teehee x”
Rogel tweeted, “single tear ;(” and Delfino responded, “Totally. We’ll just have to do our own private nerds show and gear it towards Showtime.”
What do you think? Are you sorry that State of Georgia has been cancelled? Why do you think it didn’t attract a bigger audience? What would you have liked to see happen in season two?
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38 Comments on "State of Georgia: ABC Family TV Series Cancelled, No Season Two"
I think it’s dumb for cancelled “State of Georgia” the cast was funny and especially Raven Symon’e, she my favorite and I wish Disney/ABC Family renewal a season 2 of State of Georgia.
This is a out raged. I loved that show. It more than likely would’ve regained momentom after while. Too sad. Wish I had my own network. I wonder what’s replacing it something totally lame of course. ABC idiots!
Seriously! I LOVED THAT SHOW!!! A little gutted that it was cancelled. Raven Symone is the best of the best and I grew up with her from That’s So Raven, and so on! Why the cancellation!?!? Seriously peeps, State of Georgia was what we ‘Raven Symone’ fans needed to see and now it’s over. BOOOOOO!!!!
i really loved this show i watched all the 12 episodes on netfleix and i looked online to see a season 2 but sadley it got cancelled im very sad 🙁
i also saw the television show on netflix, and now i am hooked! sad that it got cancelled, love raven 🙁
Awh, man! I really liked this show!! It didn’t get many viewers because (like others have said) it was poorly advertised!!! I didn’t even know about it until after I saw it show up on my Top Ten on Netflix… I just googled season two because have watched the entire season at least 3 times. I have only seen 2 ABC shows I’ve liked ever and its only because of netflix that I’ve even watched them. They keep getting rid of everything decent and their movies are garbage! Not a fan of ABC and this is why…
I love the show I keep watching the episodes over and over…. It kinda reminds me of me and my acting career I see my self in Ravens Character minus the rich aunt… I think it didn’t last because it wasn’t given time.. I am very disappointed I was looking toward Season two and now all I have is 12 episodes on Netflix… But I will krep pushing toward my career just like GEORGIA!!!! Xo
I totally agree with you. I LOVE Raven, I’ve watched her since “That’s So Raven”. I hope she continues to make movies or shows. I loved this show gosh!
i am so bummed to read this!! I just discovered this show on Netflix and i watched all 12 episodes in one day!! I laughed so hard most episodes. the “aunt honey” character is priceless! Raven-Symone as always is adorable! I really was hoping there would be a second season coming down the pike! 🙁
NO! NO! Abc should not have canceled this show. I think it didn’t get good ratings because no one knew about the show. Not that many people watch abc anymore so they should’ve done a better job advertising/promoting the series. Raven Simone is a very talented actress and so are her co-stars. You would think that a show with such a great cast would attract a huge audience, but not if no one knows about the show. Come on abc do a better promo job then you wouldn’t have to cancel so many shows.
NO! This is the only show on abc family that is actually worth watching! It’s funnier than any other show on there! Why can’t cancel one of those depressing shows. There plenty on there!!
State of Georgia was great. I love the relationship raven had with her crazy aunt and quirky BF it was great TV especially for young girls- not sexually or negatively driven. I think the show had very poor advertisement, in relation to other shows like that Melissa and Joey thing -not that funny, and very predictable. I love Raven Symone she is a positive role model for young girls unlike other Disney Stars.
I think it didn’t do as well because it lacked the hype that all the other shows have. I only saw one preview before it aired and never knew when it was actually on. I watched the whole season on Netflix in the past few days and fell in love and now I’m heartbroken to hear that it’s been canceled. I love Raven and was so excited to see her quirkiness in a more adult role. She stuck right along growing with her original Disney viewers. State of Georgia will be dearly missed in my home.
OMG!! I LOVED State of Georgia, it was such a good show!!! They didnt even freaking put up any ads about the show b/c no one freaking knew about it!! I saw it on the ABC family website and I never saw it being advertised anywhere! this makes me really sad because I was hoping for another season!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
State of Georgia only had low ratings because nobody knew about it. I abcfam all the time pretty little liars&idk if the lying game or state of Georgia started first but I only knew about it from watching abc family. Maybe more people would’ve wanted to see it if there were ridiculously huge signs all over the malls like there were for pretty little liars and the lying game. Honestly this show was awesome, why would yuu purposely cancel your own power to bring the sitcom back? AND RAVEN!!!<3 (: