An ABC TV show, the forgotten follows the cases taken on by a group of talented civilians once the police hit a dead end. The series features the talents of Christian Slater, Michelle Borth, Heather Stephens, Bob Stephenson, Rochelle Aytes, Anthony Carrigan, Judith Hoag, Lily Rains, and Elisha Cuthbert.
The drama got off to an okay start last September with a 2.6 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 9.54 million viewers. The second installment’s ratings were far lower and then, the numbers got even worse. The first season of the forgotten ended up averaging only a 1.7 rating and 6.49 million viewers.
ABC had intended to air all 17 episodes but the programmers ultimately had to do some reshuffling of the schedule late in the season. Two installments didn’t air but, thankfully, the last produced episode did.
An ABC representative told us that the unaired episodes of the forgotten could still see the light of day before the end of summer. If not, they’ll pop up on the DVD set when or if that’s released.
To no surprise though, the forgotten won’t be back for season two. ABC has officially cancelled the series, the second one for Slater in two years.
What do you think? The people who watched, seemed to love this TV show. Why didn’t the forgotten catch on?
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WHAT!!!!! THIS WAS MY FAVORITE SHOW ITS CANCELED ARE YOU KIDDING ME????
Sooooo sad! this show was great!
This has been a bad year for me, another show that I really liked that has been cancelled.
don’t understand why people don’t watch the good shows instead of the junk that they do.
And yet “The Bachelor” is still on tv. Stupid. This show was really good. At least I still have “Psych”
I CAN’T BELIEVE IT! why cancel a show that is good and works!
ABC, CBS and NBC seem to be doing whatever they can to alienate viewers with brains. USA offers several quirky shows (Psych, Burn Notice, In Plain Sight, White Collar) that are just different enough to be engaging. When the “major” networks get the message that not everyone wants to watch Reality TV, perhaps what is offered will become a bit more thought provoking. Totally agree that all the jerking around of schedules makes it really difficult to follow what’s out there. USA does this, too, and it drives me crazy. Really sorry to lose The Forgotten. It got better as… Read more »
I don’t understand why ABC canceled the show…I really enjoyed it and made it a point to clear whatever I was doing to watch the show. I think that there’s too many reality shows on tv and finally when a good show comes up, it’s canceled! Doesn’t make any sense!
Love this show….seems to me that all the good shows don’t make it. Why keep a show that actually makes sense and is different. It really makes me wonder why I watch cause the ones I like don’t make it.
I really did like the show. Jerry Bruckheimer makes really great shows. I think ABC was pretty stupid with moving the show around to fit around other stuff, if it had stayed at it’s original time, it would have been easier to follow. The shows tonight were very good. There is so much fluff television, it is a treat to watch something of substance. Nobody that I know who watched it didn’t want to join ‘The Forgotten’ Network. To me, that kind of impact on a person is what we need more of these days.
same here…..really liked this show!
I LOVED THIS SHOW !!!!!! HOW CAN YOU PEOPLE AT ABC GET A FOLLOWING WHEN THE SHOW IS ON A FEW EPISODES THEN OFF FOR 4-6 WKS. AND A FEW MORE EPISODES AND OFF AGAIN FOR A MONTH OR TWO…. HOW DOES ONE FOLLOW A SHOW WHEN YOU IDIOTS DO THIS !!!!!! I AM SO SICK OF REALITY SHOWS !!!!!!! ABC YOU SCREWED UP !!!!!! NO WONDER I WATCH CABLE SHOWS INSTEAD !!!!!!!!
ABC is F***** almost every show I loved and then got cancelled came from ABC honestly ABC doesn’t know how to 1. give a great show a chance, and 2. Not put a show up against American Idol or Survivor or some show that 10 billion people watch.
stupid ABC :((
USA baby White Collar… If my mind serves me
this was a really good show i really liked it … i dont understand why some of the good shows are getting canceled it seems like this season so many shows got canceled that i got into which made me so mad….. o well life goes on,..