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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PLEASE KEEP
Keep it!! I love it! 🙂 I can’t wait for it every Sunday night. I have to DVR out it just in case I miss it. There was so much action in every show. I loved it!
I enjoy the show .I even had trouble sleeping because it scared me so much after watching one episode.
keep it, we all know not everyone watches television during the summer everyone is busy on vacations and bbq. I think is a very good show
really good actors…. good script especially by the 5th episode towards the final episodes…. good enough to keep watching since there isn’t much shows on other channels that are interesting and fun to watch….. and definitely not as boring as other shows on the same time…… hopefully ABC will be smart enough to learn that it takes awhile for people to catch on to tv series that are interesting, through word by mouth other people will start being curious and watch as well…..so keep the show for another season
I’m gonna lose it if they get rid of this show. There is a big following here I’m sure. PLEASE KEEP IT WHOEVER HAS THE POWER.. PLEASE!
Please keep this show going!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Have enjoyed all the episodes and their is such suspense and wonder about it. Love the vampire family! Very interesting concept. Hope ABC will keep this around for several seasons. Give it a good time slot and watch the following grow. Don’t cancel it!!
Please Keep The Gates………Luke M and Rhona M are fantastic!!!!!!
Keep the Gates, give it a chance. I think that the best thing to do is give it a better time slot. Sunday night at 9 pm central time is not the most favorable time to start a new TV show. Give it a great time slot and I guarantee that it will take off. This is a great riveting show and I think that you owe it to your viewers your actors and the characters to give them a chance to be successful. There are a lot of viewers out there that love this show and I think that… Read more »
Keep it. Don’t make the mistakes that CBS made. It’s a good show. However, Sunday night football may give it a run. Change the air day to a week day so the competition would be a little less demanding.
Definitely keep it. It’s a great, riveting show. And the premise is new. Usually it’s about a “good” vampire helping the humans. Now it’s the reverse — a human helping the vamps.
keep it
Cancel it. Didn’t go anywhere new.
My Favorite show! I hope you keep running The Gates.
Please keep it! I know they didn’t run all 13 episodes but hope they decided to give it another chance!