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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This is absolutely an awesome show that leaves you hanging at the end of each episode!!! Don’t replace it with stupid dumb show!! It is a show that my whole family enjoys very much!!!
Love it. Tired of all the reality/game shows. I don’t watch it on regular TV though as I don’t own one. I watch it on Hulu as many viewers do so we don’t get counted into the Nielson ratings which are pretty much garbage at this point.
Please keep it!
The first 3 episodes sucked so I quit watching until the last couple of days. I went onto hulu and caught up on the show and found that during the last few episodes the show has improved a lot. If the storyline and character development continue to improve they should definitely keep this show. It’s getting really good now. I hated when they canceled Moonlight and Eastwick……….
I thought this show was great from the very first episode! I can*t wait for Sunday*s at 10pm and I am not much of a TV watcher. I say please keep the show it really is a great show!
Love it. The one show that me and my husband (who can’t stand twilight and other vampire movies) enjoy together. I look forward to every episode. I want this to be a long term series.
I LOVE THE SHOW, PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL ANOTHER GOOD SHOW!
I Love the show..
Please KEEP IT! 😀
I love the show..please KEEP IT!
I love “The Gates”…. why doesn’t anyone want to enjoy just plain television anymore… everything is reality-based and they are so outrageous!!!!!!! This has happened more than once that I just start watching something and getting into it and it is cancelled. It is a joke between my husband and I now not for me to get too comfortable with a show because it is going to be cancelled.
Please DO NOT CANCEL THE GATES!!!!
Really enjoy the show. It does take a while to figure out what is going on. Now that the characters are developing it’s starting to get much better.
I say keep it. Who cares if the ratings go up or down? It’s summer and it beats watching re-runs. I love the show and am tired of all the good ones getting cancelled. There are too many lawyer, cop, and reality shows on TV so having something for the rest of us to watch is nice.
My daughter and I really like this show! PLEASE DONT CANCEL IT! Its mixture of supernatural creatures is awesome! Vampires, Werewolves and Witches, OH MY!
Im so tired of the networks cancelling the good shows!!!!!
The Gates has steadily improved and the plot line deepened. We have been seeing more complexity to the characters in recent weeks. So by all means, all 13 episodes should be shown and I vote for it to come back for a second season. I am liking it!!!!
Please keep the Gates! I love the show. It’s a more down to earth fantasy show that most of those that have run for several seasons!
Superficial garbage.