Bones has been a quiet hit for FOX but the same can’t be said for its spin-off, The Finder. FOX has now cancelled the low-rated series after one season.
The Finder is a procedural series that revolves around a man (Geoff Stults) with the extraordinary ability to help people find the unfindable. Other castmembers include Maddie Hasson, Mercedes Masohn, and Michael Clarke Duncan.
The spin-off debuted on January 12th to a disappointing 1.7 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 5.50 million total viewers. It was fourth in its Thursday night timeslot right out of the gate and lost nearly 30% of the all-important demo from its compatible lead-in, Bones. This was not a good start.
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Things picked up a bit in the following weeks, thanks in large part to the show having FOX’s blockbuster American Idol as a lead-in. Still, the numbers weren’t as high as they should have been.
After seven weeks on the air, FOX put Finder on hiatus and then moved it to Friday nights, giving its Thursday timeslot to Touch. If The Finder could maintain a healthy percentage of its viewers after the switch, it would likely garner a renewal.
But that didn’t happen and Finder’s numbers dropped like a rock. In its first Friday airing, the freshman series attracted a 1.1 demo rating — an episode-to-episode loss of 53% — with just 4.03 million viewers. The numbers for future episodes fluctuated a bit but didn’t really get any more encouraging. The network could do just as well or better by running cheaper reality programming.
The season finale of The Finder is set to air this Friday night and there won’t be any episodes after that. Hopefully the producers saw the writing on the wall early enough and won’t leave viewers hanging with any major unresolved storylines.
What do you think? What went wrong with this show? Why do you think The Finder failed to attract a bigger audience? Was cancelling the series the right decision? How would you have fixed it?
One of the dumbest endings I think I’ve ever seen for a series.
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In the adverstiment, Fox = Fun… but hey.. the Finder = Fun = Fox..
Cant believe that the show’s cancelled..
Bring back the Finder…………………
cheers from Indonesia
THIS IS A GREAT SHOW / WE WANT THIS SHOW BACK .
We unfortunately live in world where 10 million morons count more than 5 million people who are intelligent enough to appreciate the Finder.
The Finder became my favorite show this season. I actually found it kind of addicting. And this is in spite of the fact that I could tell they must have aired some episodes out of order. I can’t even say how upset I am that it is cancelled. What are the chances of the decision being reversed or it being picked up by another network? Fox, I really hope you are paying attention to ratings numbers from alternative viewing such as hulu. That’s where I watch all of my tv…remember, we watch advertisements on hulu so it’s not like you… Read more »
Finally a show that provides great entertainment and you cancel it. Try it in a different time slot. Please don’t cancel the show.
I’m so upset this show was cancelled. I loved that show and don’t want it back!!!!
I want it back!
Please help put this show back on.
Please Help to put this awesome show Back on the Air, Please Save The Great and truly unique series ‘The Finder’, please sign these Petitions, pretty please ♥ thx everyone ♥ http://www.thepetitionsite.com/406/663/146/save-the-finder-on-fox/ or http://www.savethefinder.org
My wife and I might not be in your demographics,but we loved the show. Its is absolutely insane that you’re going to shut such a clever and appealing show down The characters are great , most of the writing’s great.
Reality TV might be cheaper to put together, but… oh, wait that’s the point isn’t it?
I hate that this show has been cancelled. It was a great show! It is so much more fun to watch than all of the stupid reality TV crap that’s on now a days. Big mistake FOX. Shame on you!
NO PLEASE DON’T GO! I AGREE WITH MOST OF THE ABOVE COMMENTS. IT WAS AN EXCELLENT , FUN , ENTERTAINING SHOW THAT MY HUSBAND & I BOTH LIKED. WE LOVED ALL THE CHARACTERS & THE WAY THEY INTERACTED & THE FUN THEY SEEMED TO HAVE. WILLA WAS ESPECIALLY GOOD & CUTE FOR A YOUNG ACTOR. NO MORE REALITY SHOWS!!!!!!!!!!!!
My husband and I LOVED The Finder! We are bummed and totally disappointed that Fox cancelled the series. Why end it on a cliff hanger then?? I also watch Touch and if I had to pick between the two, I would pick The Finder to be renewed any day and twice on Sunday. Fox, you suck.
We loved the finder but we didn’t discover the show until we bought a Roku and watched it on Hulu. We are very dissappointed to find out the show got canceled due to low ratings. I wonder if the producers are looking at the ratings from other venues such as streamlined tv watchers.
You have got to be CRAZY!!!! How much more can we take. Finder was a GREAT show.
You did not give it enough of a chance to hold onto an audience….moving it to Fridays was a death sentence. You have to give these shows more time ……if you were smart you would pick up Finder and Alcatraz for one more full season to see what would happen.
I started watching it from the beginning and my husband just started when it moved to Fridays and he fell in love with it. Bring back Finder and Alcatraz…….please!!!!!!
FOX is the reason I don’t watch mediocre prime-time programming. They cancel shows that are good and replace them with the crap that is dumbing down the audience. (blame my spelling errors on FOX)
whodonit!!