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?
Great show! Maybe Netflix will pick it up
The only new series I watched and enjoyed this season. I hope another network or streaming site picks it up so that I can see how the story continues. 🙁
Great show! My family and I would watch it together every Monday. Was always entertaining and suspenseful. We wish there was a second season! It is such a loss that they are cancelling the show.
This was my new fav series after being introduced i watch the first 6 episodes in one night got my sister hooked on it… only now to read that it was cancelled….this is sad news the story line was great, nice acting i was all excited for the next episode
I enjoyed the twists and turns. I would have definitely watched future seasons. Very frustrated it got cancelled.
Loved the show start to finish as I’m a huge Steve Zahn fan. More entertaining than the usual zombie apocalypse/vampire shows. (yawn!) Good acting, great characters. Needs to be shopped to ScyFy or Freeform if ABC can’t manage to see what they have here.
Absolutely should be picked up somewhere. This is an amazingly thrilling show. The networks these days are horrendous. Many hit shows from years past would never had made it in today’s “quick hook” era. Fans should start boycotting all these networks. They promote, promote and promote to pique your curiosity. They hook you in, then pull the plug. Especially ABC. Designated Survivor, Roseanne and The Crossing. All in the span of two weeks. Shameful. For the love of God people….give these freaking shows the benefit to grow an audience. More than likely the network is being run by a typical,… Read more »
My wife and I, both, watch this program (we don’t watch much together) and were hugely disappointed to hear of its cancellation. It’s suspenseful, well written, well casted and plots can go in so many directions. How about the network standing behind and supporting it. If, indeed, it’s too late to continue, how about at least shopping it around to other networks?
I can’t believe that the final episode for the season left us hanging for yet another season. Then I find out it was cancelled…WOW! I can’t believe it. The show was different, interesting and left us wondering what would happen next. Get rid of all of the reality shows and bring this back along with others that have been cancelled that entertain us. This news really disappoints me.
I watched the entire 1st season of The Crossing and liked it very much. Good story and characters with many avenues for its story continuation. Hope that some other network picks it up as I would like to see the show continue very much. One of my only favorites on the major networks and one I waited for every week. BRING IT BACK!
Wasn’t sure about this show in the beginning, but kept watching and I’m glad I did. It got better as the story developed. Hate to see it get cancelled. Hope another network picks it up for a second season. It amazes me that they keep bringing back garbage like The Bachelor/Bachelorette and American Idol when there are good, thought provoking shows that just aren’t given a fair chance.
I can’t believe they’re canceling The Crossing! We really loved that show. What’s up with ABC! They’ve canceled several shows that we really liked. Wasn’t American Gothic, Wayward Pines on ABC? Don’t recall for sure. We loved those shows as well.
Loved the show and I want to see what happens to the people that got away! Please bring it back it is so different than a lot of the shows that have become boring same old same old this show has really turned out to be good.
what happened to this show ? i really liked it, it was different, not the norm, please bring it back !!!
Every bit as good as Travellers, if not better. Hope another network picks it up.