After a disappointing run, ABC has decided to prematurely end the forgotten’s freshman season. Is the Christian Slater TV show being cancelled?
Airing on ABC, the forgotten follows a group of talented civilians who work together to find missing persons once the police have reached a dead end. The series features the talents of Slater, Michelle Borth, Heather Stephens, Bob Stephenson, Rochelle Aytes, Anthony Carrigan, Judith Hoag, and Lily Rains.
The show debuted on September 22nd and attracted a 2.6 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 9.54 million viewers. It lost a large percentage of its lead-in and 12% tuned out before the episode was over. The second installment of the forgotten fell significantly and the rest of the season has been averaging just a 1.7 rating 6.49 million viewers.
Last week, ABC announced that they were preempting the March 16th installment of the forgotten in favor of a FlashForward recap show. Now, they’re pulling the March 23rd episode as well. Next week’s installment, “Donovan Doe,” is the episode that was originally scheduled for the 23rd and may well wrap up the season.
Considering the poor ratings, the series is very likely to be cancelled and won’t be back for season two. It also doesn’t seem likely that they’ll get around to airing the remaining two episodes anytime soon, if at all.
What do you think? Should ABC find a way to air the remaining two episodes? Should the series be cancelled? Where did the forgotten go wrong?
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I totally agree. This is an amazing show. I don’t think that it should be cancelled. They should definately bring it back. It’s unique and completely unlike other shows. And I mean come on, it’s Christian Slater.
This was an amazing show, it wasn’t your typical crime drama series like all the others and that’s what made it so interesting. I can’t believe it’s cancelled and I think ABC needs to reconsider and bring it back!
I was looking all over the channels and couldn’t find it. Finally to the web only to find out they canceled it. No way, it’s a good show and most of the new reality crap that they put on TV is stupid. Bring it back ABC
i really like the show…..i hope it stays on 🙂
i really need a good show on and you cant just leave it like this you should do alot more seasons
Please don’t take the forgotten off the air. Finally there is something worth watching on TV. I won’t even watch the reality shows anymore. This one is good, heart-warming, clean, and who can’t help but like, (fall for), Christian Slater?
The problem with viewers might be that one week it on and the next its not.
It’s one of the best shows on TV right now and ABC is not going to give it a chance.
I thought, it being canceled, when I saw he found his daughter already.
Bring it back for another year for a full schedule and see who watches, I’ll tell my family and fiends to watch.
You are crazy, it was a good show, yeh let’s put on another reality show. Flashforward and V–V was a bad show when it 1st came out in the 80’s, lizard that eat human’s how horrible. I hated it the first time, do you think it is any better the second time. Well this chick is going to watch it find out. Come on bring back forgotten, it was the only good thing to watch on tues. night, I guess we will watch ncis reruns count me out on abc at 9:00 p.m., Forgotten was fresh and made a point.… Read more »
I have been wondering why I can’t find this show recently. It is great. It should definitely be brought back and given a little more time. Everyone I know who sees it totally enjoys it.
I really liked this show. I’m really disappointed to see it go. I basically do not get attached to shows easily. There is something about this show that I really was drawn too. They should give it more of a chance. I have been going bonkers wondering why it hasn’t been on. Everyone is right, with all the crap they air, it was nice to have the breath of fresh air The Forgotten offered.
I’m a real Christian Slater fan and I love just about all of Jerry Bruckheimer’s work. I’m really sorry that ABC might be cancelling The Forgotten. It’s one of my favorite shows. The concept for the show is very different and I definitely prefer it to most of the stupid reality shows that seem to be taking over the networks. ABC, please reconsider!
I really enjoyed watching the Forgotten. I think the concept is really different and I wish ABC would give it more time.
I like The forgotten. I feel that it needs to have another chance at viewers tuning in more. I know that I have talk to serval people that wonder what happened to the show. I want it to stay in air.
I like the forgotten and feel need to give it a little more time. Nowadays by the time you watch a few episodes of something an decide ya like it they cancel it.
I really enjoyed the show, it was different.