When The Event was being promoted last summer, the producers made a point of saying that the series would be different from ABC’s failed FlashForward series. It turns out there were more unintentional similarities than they would have liked. Like FlashForward, NBC’s The Event has been cancelled after one season on the air.
The Event follows Sean Walker (Jason Ritter) who’s investigating the mysterious disappearance of his girlfriend. He slowly begins to uncover a huge cover-up that’s beyond belief. Others in the cast include Sarah Roemer, Laura Innes, Ian Anthony Dale, Scott Patterson, Clifton Collins Jr., Taylor Cole, Lisa Vidal, Bill Smitrovich, Zeljko Ivanek, and Blair Underwood.
The serial drama started out with healthy numbers on September 20th, registering a 3.6 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 10.88 million viewers. Unfortunately those digits started to fall immediately. The series lost 19% of its demo viewers in week two and another 17% in week three. From there, things basically just got worse and worse.
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NBC announced that they were putting the TV series on hiatus over the holidays and indicated they would give it a relaunch in early 2011. That’s never a good sign and it certainly didn’t help the ratings. The Event lost more than 26% in the demo between its last episode in November 2010 and its first in March 2011. The ratings stabilized but not at an acceptable level.
The Event currently averages a 1.8 in the 18-49 demographic and 5.72 million viewers. As poor as that is, the average is only that high because of the early season numbers.
It’s no surprise that NBC has decided to pull the plug. There are two episodes remaining in the series and thankfully they’ll provide some sense of closure for the devoted fans that hung in there.
What do you think? Why didn’t The Event survive? Why did so many people bail on the series, even before the long hiatus?
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The alien leader chick was too annoying. She is why I stopped watching.
This really makes me mad…I loved this show…and I am done with NBC. I hope they go out of business.
I followed the series throughout its run, but there were definitely issues with suspension of disbelief. The aliens, just coincidentally, came in exactly the same ethnic varieties as humans. They always spoke English to one another, notwithstanding mention of an alien language. Hal Holbrook’s conspiracy was so implausibly perfect that the killing of all the officers in a small-town police station didn’t leave a ripple — yet when the young girls are caught in transit, he only nods sadly, and does nothing. The characters dashed all over the country, supposedly by car, somehow without wasting any time traveling. And where… Read more »
I’m done with NBC shows. I have been watching The Event like clockwork every Monday night. This was a great show and to just end it the way it did with no final closure is just ridiculous. I went through this with Flash Forward.
A very disappointed fan.
This show was awesome! I can’t believe they are not going to continue on with it. My wife and I watched every episode and if we missed one we would watch the show strait from the website. We a very dissapointed that we will not be able to enjoy this show anymore. The Event made TV interesting again. Great plot. actors and storyline. I am in a state of awe!!! Bring it back please!! We will watch it!
My husband and I LOVED The Event. We are both so upset they cancelled it. What’s with these networks cancelling their best shows? They’d just better NOT replace it with a reality show!
So gutted!!! Really enjoyed everything the show has offered so far!!! Just hope they give more closure to the ending and don’t leave it on a cliff hanger like flashforward did 🙁
It was probably too close to the truth.
It was and still is one of the best show on TV. It was not marketed correctly, and it did not help that it stopped coming on for a while.
OMFG The Event was my favorite show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why would they cancel it? great plot
Are you freakin kidding me?
The Event was a great series! The major thing that upset me the most was that they put it on a night that was in direct compitition with other, favorite television show. If they wanted it to really get good ratings, they should have put it on a night when nothing else was going on, like Friday or Sunday. The premise and story line of The Event was compelling and had me hooked right away. What I didn’t like was having to watch it in the bedroom on our 2nd tv while my husband was watching his favorite shows. I… Read more »
Really sorry to see this go.I watched every episode! Why would you cancel something that was a nuckle ride like this? Great actors.great writing.As usual,it’s always about the money.I’ll sign the petition!
where do i sign the petition i think it was as good as 24 and so do many of my friends
So typical! Networks wonder why they’re losing viewers. Maybe we need a network for people with brains. So many really good program cancelled while crap like “American Idol” carry on and on and on! Up next on NBC, “Who Wants to Marry A Dead Porn Star”. Followed by “Are You Smarter Than A Network Executive.”
I saw not much about UFOS. this is what i though it was about.
just another mysterie show