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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We are very sad the event has been canceled We are not sure if we whatched the last episode or if there is another one. The last we saw was that laila was pregnant
sense of closure, really!!?
they left ep22 on the biggest cliff hanger then cancelled the show!!
I’m sick of this crap, I’m not watching any more of these shows, Firefly, Flash Forward, now The Event, etc etc etc etc
no wonder they don’t get the viewing numbers, who would invest time in a show when it’s likely to get pulled before you find out what’s going on?, not me, not any more
My boyfriend and I are sooo sad to hear it will not be back for a second season! NBC… Please reconsider!!! I want to see how Martinez will react when he finds out his wife is one of “them”!! And Leila is gonna have a baby… if she lives!! I guess we will never know! So sad. NBC could have had a hit!!!
My family loves this show. Please bring it back.
Watching the event here in the UK we are enjoying the programme very much. Its a shame they are not going to make a second series.
And loving that beautiful cia lady!!!
NBC should not cancel the show The Event. It is a great show. You get interested in the show and then NBC drops it. I am not going to watch any more shows on NBC.
This is why I hate getting into NBC shows, they did this to Kings as well. You get one good season and because it’s not an immediate block buster they cancel it. You would think that execs would have learned a thing or too from Star Trek, it wasn’t tops when it came out but look at it 40 years later, still going.
Initially, The EVENT jumped around alot and you really had to watch closely to follow it. But that was part of the fun. When it came back the storoes were smoother with great story telling and not so much of the back and forth ( sort of like LOST.
***** *Now just as the aliens are about to land, the show is off of the air? That’s just crazy!!!!
I’ve tried to watch FRINGE – it bores me to tears. Wrap up that show, and put The EVENT in that time slot!!!
THE MOST BRILLIANT OF PROGRAMMES! PLEASE RECONSIDER RUNNING A FURTHER SERIES!
I think that the script “switched” and “jumped” too many times during the hour episodes. It was hard on the continuity of the story line. Other than that it was a well acted and very interesting show/plot.
I really hate to see it’s demise! It will end up with a cult following I am predicting.
I finally found a show I follow faithfully and now I hear rumors of it being canceled. Maybe NBC should move the show to the ScyFy Channel, “Battlestar Galactica” did well.
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If you had been a bit more liberated in terms of limits were you able to earn billions. You will NEVER be able to demonstrate a new show AND profit from it by only showing it on TV. You have to push the boundaries and be innovative. I live in Sweden and have followed it on television at the beginning, then I went over to the internet and pirate shows (stream not download). If you had put it on the internet with an opportunity to look at it through a debit account, I would have done so without hesitation ..… Read more »
Jason ritter killed the show to me. I hate to see ot go but i hated his character