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The game is over. ABC has reportedly cancelled The Hustler TV series so there won’t be a third season.
A trivia game show, The Hustler TV series is hosted by Craig Ferguson. Each episode of the show follows five contestants as they collaborate to correctly answer a series of 10 trivia questions that are worth $10,000 each. Their goal is to build the amount of money in a collective prize pot that grows with each correct answer. The catch is that one of the five contestants, aka the Hustler, already knows the correct answers because of their personal experiences or interests. Throughout each episode, two contestants are anonymously eliminated by the Hustler. The remaining three players must collectively decide which one of them is the secret Hustler. If the two regular contestants are correct, they split the prize pot that could be worth over $100,000. If the two are wrong, the Hustler takes home the full cash reward.
Airing on Thursday nights, the second season of The Hustler averages a 0.29 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 1.74 million viewers in the live+same day ratings (includes all DVR playback through 3:00 AM). Compared to season one, that’s down by 44% in the demo and down by 40% in viewership in the live+same day ratings (including DVR playback through 3:00 AM).
The show aired for 19 episodes across two seasons, both during the 2020-21 television season. Season two was one of the lowest-rated ABC shows last summer. Variety was the first to report the cancellation.
What do you think? Have you enjoyed The Hustler TV series? Are you sorry that the show has been cancelled and won’t have a third season on ABC?
Sorry to see the Hustler go. We loved watching it.
Shucks! We really enjoyed The Hustler. We were looking forward to a new season. It’s rare that we find something enjoyable on network TV.
I always enjoyed the Hustler. Very entertaining! I’m sorry it was not renewed for a 3rd season.
Sorry to see the show was canceled! We really enjoyed the show
Ugh!!! I actually enjoyed The Hustler: it was an interesting, witty, engaging, fun game show. Why don’t DVR views that come after it airs beyond the 3 am cutoff count!? Disappointing decision.
It is a lot better than the other game shows,and a lot better than shows like the Goldbergs, Conners,bachelor,or 70% of the garbage that is on now. It is a great game show for game night. One the whole family can play, or is that what the problem is? Bring it back! Please bring it back!!
Spot on, James!
I can’t believe how the networks keep many of these reality TV shows going past their prime & then they go ahead to cancel The Hustler only after 2 seasons. This was one show that kept my interest where I wanted to watch it every week.
And they keep crap like The Bachelor/Bachelorette on??? Bring it back!!
So sad to hear that The Hustler was cancelled. One of the few shows that a couple of our friends and their families could watch together. That’s probably what it was cancelled!
Im very very sad to learn the Hustler will not be back on. I really loved that show. Who ever decided to cancel it is stupid.
We’re terribly sad to see this show canceled. It was a fresh approach to a game show and kept the audience guessing right through to the end. I’d be so happy if it were reinstated.
So sad to see that it’s been cancelled! Loved it – my sisters and I watched it “ together” from our own cities and enjoyed it so much!
Bring it back. Very unique format, and very entertaining. It wasnt well advertised and I didnt find it until the second season. Bring it back and advertise it more!
Bring it back !!!!
Great show…. Very entertaining, I never missed an episode. perhaps the necessary intelligence was too much for viewers… hope it comes back….
it was a great show and very entertaining. I dvr it for every episode didn’t want to miss any one of them.