Though many critics loved the FX series, Terriers just couldn’t attract enough viewers to stay alive. FX has announced the TV show has been officially cancelled.
Terriers follows a pair of unorthodox and unlicensed private detectives. They’ll take just about any job, no matter how small or how strange. The show stars Donal Logue, Michael Raymond-James, Kimberly Quinn, Laura Allen, Rockmond Dunbar, and Jamie Denbo.
The series debuted to a 0.5 rating among the 18-49 demographic and 970,000 total viewers. When compared to other FX shows, that was a poor showing right from the start. The numbers went lower for subsequent episodes and the recent season finale attracted a 0.3 demo rating and 784,000 viewers.
FX President John Landgraf is expected to discuss the decision later today but ultimately the reason for the cancellation seems quite clear.
What do you think? Are you sorry that Terriers won’t be returning for a second season? Why didn’t it catch on? Was it simply a confusing title or something more?
Image courtesy FX.
I am incredibly heartbroken over the cancellation of this wonderful television show. Although, I knew it was doomed from the start being it had some of the worst advertising I have ever, …..or should I say never, seen. Also what is up with name? My husband thought it was about aliens and my daughter thought it was about dogs. Until I googled it I had no idea Terriers was a nickname given to private invertigators. I guess maybe it had something to do with sniffing things out like a dog? Who knows, but anyhoo…. it was fabulously written and the… Read more »
best show!!!!!!!!!
Justified get picked up but not Terriers???? some people have their head up their a22…BRING BACK TERRIERS!!!
Here, yet again, we have a fine example of a network making a poor decision. This program was well acted, snappy show that kept you poised for the end of the show which then would lead to wanting to see the next show, etc. What are you people looking for in a program? Some trashy chicks prancing around, gyrating bodies all the time (please, I’m no prude, but enough is enough of that crap), or some hot hunks poorly translating an equally poor transcript. I don’t usually come on these sites. I hate having to be negative since there’s so… Read more »
I’m so upset! I adored this show and was really looking forward to season two.
This sucks Terriers is a great show
I really really appreciate the show’s awesome originality. I watch over 12 shows continually, and by far is Terriers my upmost favorite. Please try your best to keep it going on… the actors deserve that at least. they were brilliant. Also, the director did a fantastic job making the cop show genre seem new.
Terriers, Breaking Bad, Mad Men, and The Walking Dead. Maybe the AMC network should look into adopting a show like Terriers. Beeing that AMC clearly knows what the viewers want. As for FX, now I only tune in for The Sons of Anarchy. Terriers was cool show and more………..
Why oh why…. best show i have seen in years, maybe if they addded a vampire or two the show would stay on, people are stupid, if people have to think they dont watch,,, this is just sad…give the show some time to catch on,
So disappointing to finally find a well written, believable, “cop” show with great acting and great directing, only to hear that it will only have one season. There are just too many stupid people in the world who like formulaic, predictable crap!
Was looking forward to more episodes. Very disappointing.
This is the way it goes…a show comes along that is truly entertaining, thoughtful and witty, and what happens? Canceled! Sometimes these shows need to be given time to catch on, not all people are brain dead watching so called “reality shows”
Soooooo disappointed!!!!
And meanwhile, NCIS keeps on trucking…
Ugh.
agreed, this show makes NCIS look like Walker Texas Ranger
I was looking forward to it……It was the coolest show since the Shield…..
What’s wrong with these ppl? This gets cancelled while there’s a new “completely-new-type-of” crappy Bruckheimer police series coming up, which are all the same..
You guys behind this decision, I hate you!