Though ABC didn’t have much luck with their Eastwick drama, the network is trying another kind of supernatural series, The Gates, for the summer months. Will this one make it to season two?
The Gates revolves around a big city cop who moves his family to a quiet gated community where many of the residents aren’t exactly what they appear to be. The ensemble cast includes Rhona Mitra, Colton Haynes, Frank Grillo, Janina Gavankar, Chandra West, Luke Mably, James Preston, Marisol Nichols, Skyler Samuels, Travis Caldwell, Victoria Platt, and Justin Miles.
The series debuted on Sunday, June 20th, to an unimpressive 1.5 rating in the 18-49 demographic and just 4.78 million viewers. Considering all of the network’s promotion, this was a disappointing start. The premiere ranked first in the demo and second in total viewers for the timeslot.
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In week two, viewership for The Gates dropped by about 30%. The demo fell to a 1.1 rating and total viewership came down to only 3.24 million. That put the show in second place in the demo and in third place for viewers.
Though ABC has lower expectations for this summer show, the ratings do not bode well for the show’s future on the network. Unless more people start watching, it’s hard to imagine that we’ll be seeing season two.
For now, let’s hope they show all 13 episodes of season one. The Gates is expected to run until September 19th but, with ratings like these, it’s not hard to imagine the network replacing them with something else.
What do you think? Is The Gates worth watching or would you just cancel it already? (Want to know how Scoundrels is doing? Go here.)
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I found this show on Netflix…I loved it. I watched season 1 within 2 days. I just found out it was cancelled when I tried to look up the start date for season 2. I am very disappointed because I never knew about this show when it was on ABC. Which means to me they gave it no publicity. I hope they reconsider and bring it back.
i think the gates is a great show, i really want a season 2. everyone i know likes it too, even my brother does. please bring it back
Just found out the show was cancelled! This sucks!!!!
PLEASE BRING BACK THE GATES!!! It’s a great show!
Please bring it back I loved the show and I am not a huge sci-fi fan but with the gates it was like watching my neighbors with a twist!
PLEASEkeep this show!!! Found it on Netflix and I watched all episodes and let me watching for MORE….
PLEASE OMG THE GATES IS AN AWESOME SHOW, I LOVE THIS SHOW PLEASE BRING IT BACK.. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT….
PLEASE! PLEASE! BRING BACK “THE GATES” AND “V”! THEY WERE THE ONLY SHOWS WORTH WATCHING!
I wrote them a nice long letter, saying the same thing about The Gates and V, I hope they are still reading these posts and the petition. It is nice to see people are still writing them about these two great shows, hopefully they will RENEW BOTH OF THEM.
I love the Gates please Bring it Back on ABC for this Summer 2011 really Good Show please bring the Gates Back on. Tv Give anothe Chang!!!! Thank you!!! DHJon Gonzalez. Tulsa okla
Bring it back. I found it through Netflix. The publicity on this show was very poor. I remember something about it and saw maybe one add for it. I was glued to the series via Netflix and wish they could round up all the actors and start again. I hate to get into something and have it canceled.
It is one of the best shows I have watched in the last couple of years. PLEASE give it another chance!!!
I love the show just not on at a good time for me.
So stupid for canceling the show all that needed to be done was more publicity so that people would know it was on I only found out about the show through netflix now do you really think if a couch potato didn’t here about this awsome show you did a great job of publizizing the show.
Keep the show…I love it….
Yes please keep we loved it. We also watch Vampire Daries and True Blood please keep it on the air. Some of the Monday comedy shows are terrrible we looked forward to it every Monday. Thanks Sherri
please keep it…. this is the show i look forward to seeing more of. i absolutely love it.