It won’t be long before The Crossing “crosses over” to the television afterlife. The TV show was one of the many cancelled TV shows of the 2017-18 season but clearly, this series has some devoted fans. Why won’t there be a second season?
An ABC sci-fi thriller, The Crossing stars Steve Zahn, Natalie Martinez, Sandrine Holt, Georgina Haig, Tommy Bastow, Rob Campbell, Rick Gomez, Marcuis W. Harris, Grant Harvey, Jay Karnes, Simone Kessell, Kelley Missal, Luc Roderique, and Bailey Skodje. Luke Camilleri recurs. The story unfolds in the small Oregon fishing town of Port Canaan. Tranquility there comes to an abrupt end, when 47 evacuees from a war-torn country wash up on the shore. The newcomers aren’t just any refugees seeking asylum — they’re Americans from 180 years in the future. As the hunt for the truth grows, it will change the lives of the townies and their new guests, forever.
The show got off to lackluster start in the ratings. The premiere of The Crossing drew a meager 0.94 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 5.40 million viewers. The second and third episodes saw significant declines and later episodes dropped as well. Last week’s installment attracted a meager 0.40 demo rating with 2.53 million.
With ratings like these, it’s easy to see why ABC decided to cancel The Crossing. It’s also no surprise that the network decided to air the final two episodes on a Saturday night.
Could the show have picked up more viewers if it had been given more time? Considering the downward trajectory of the ratings, it’s hard to make that argument. For whatever reason, The Crossing just didn’t resonate with a broad audience.
What do you think? Did you like The Crossing TV show? Would you have watched a second season of this ABC series?
I wish CW pick this up, they would know how to handle this show. This is as good as The 100 on its first season, look what season they are now. I would love to watch this even up to 4 seasons only. Except for maybe one or two characters, the acting if far superior that other long running shows on the big networks.
Yes! I would absolutely watch a second season. If another network doesn’t pick it up, I’ll definitely be cancelling my cable and just going with Netflix from now on.
I like Crossing and I think ABC was way too quick to cancel the show.
The show is intriguing. Not enough good sci-fi shows anymore. Would watch it wherever it would land. Thought ABC might have the next answer to Lost, but we’ll never know now.
We have a bunch of good sifi series atm. This show is the worst type of all.
Yes, I definitely would watch a 2nd season. I have thoroughly enjoyed the show! Hope that if ABC does not reconsider that perhaps another network will pick it up. REALLY fascinating & intriguing story!
So often the Sci-Fi shows that I like get cancelled after the first season. I wish networks would think twice before cancelling. Sometimes Sci-Fi stories take time for people to get into.
Examples: LIMITLESS—cancelled after 1st season
EXTANT- (think it did make 2 seasons, then cancelled)
My husband and I love The Crossing. Very suspenseful! A wonderful show. Steve Zahn is a great in it as are the other actors. It’s a shame the network won’t give it a chance.
Yes, I really enjoyed the series. Would continue to watch another season. Was different from the same old cop shows, legal dramas, detective shows with banter between girl & guy. I found it extremely watchable and felt it had potential for more seasons. Would be nice if ABC would rethink the cancellation. Well, maybe if one of the shows they plan on replacing it with doesn’t do well hopefully ABC may consider another season! Maybe a different time slot to give it a ratings boost might be another consideration. Seriously, Monday at 10:00pm what did ABC think it would do??????
I LOVE THIS SHOW.
IT SHOULD NOT BE CANCELLED.
THE PRODUCERS REALLY MESSED UP WHEN THEY CANCELLED THIS SHOW.
ITS A WINNER!
This was my absolute favorite show that premiered this season. I would have continued to watch it for many seasons.
Great show, give it time.
We love this show. Seems like anything that requires people to think or pay attention these days gets cancelled. Come on, ABC!
yes I liked it. definitely would watch another season.
I did like this show. Would watch another season if comes back!
Yes I would be very interested to watch S2. I think broadcasters have to realise that their is a whole world beyond the USA they can market to. If national audiences are to lazy or fickle to see potential.
I watched the first episode and found it a little difficult to follow, but I tried it again, and found myself looking forward to seeing what will happen. I hope it gets picked up again. The acting was better quality than some shows I’ve seen.