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The staff at Chastain Memorial has been let go. To little surprise, FOX has cancelled The Resident so that it won’t be back for a seventh season.
A medical drama series, The Resident TV show stars Matt Czuchry, Manish Dayal, Bruce Greenwood, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Jane Leeves, Anuja Joshi, Jessica Lucas, Miles Fowler, Kaley Ronayne, and Andrew McCarthy. The series follows a group of doctors at Chastain Memorial Hospital, as they face personal and professional challenges on a daily basis. Although its motto is, “Committed to excellence,” the hospital is staffed with human beings, and humans are flawed. The staff includes Chief Resident Conrad Hawkins (Czuchry), resident internist Devon Pravesh (Dayal), cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. AJ Austin (Warner), veteran doctor Randolph Bell (Greenwood), neurosurgery resident Billie Sutton (Lucas), surgical intern Leela Devi (Joshi), emergency doctor Kincaid “Cade” Sullivan (Ronayne), renowned pediatric surgeon Ian Sullivan (McCarthy), and CEO Dr. Kit Voss (Leeves).
Airing on Tuesday nights, the sixth season of The Resident averaged a 0.34 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 2.77 million viewers in the live+same day ratings (includes all DVR playback through 3:00 AM). Compared to season five, that’s down by 19% in the demo and down by 11% in viewership. In the live+7 day ratings, episodes picked up an average of 60% more viewers.
While The Resident has been one of FOX’s most-watched scripted series, the show was nearly cancelled a year ago during negotiations with the series’ studio, 20th Television (now owned by Disney). The cancellation doesn’t come as a surprise this year since the show’s sets have been taken down and much of the furniture has gone up for auction.
In response to the cancellation, Resident co-creator Amy Holden Jones wrote, “It was a great run. The Resident lives on Hulu where you can watch commercial free. Today is a day of gratitude for our amazing cast and crew and the life altering experience we shared.”
The Resident won’t be back for the 2023-24 season, but FOX hasn’t given up on medical dramas. The network recently gave a series order to a new show titled Doc.
THR reports that Czuchry is set to join the next season of FX’s American Horror Story, which is also produced by 20th Television.
What do you think? Have you kept up with The Resident TV series on FOX? Are you disappointed that this medical drama has been cancelled and won’t be back for a seventh season?
Very disappointing, really enjoyed that show. New Amsterdam was another medical show that was canceled coming up by Fox, but it was very good, too……..what a shame
We loved the Resident!!! So sorry to see it go!
I have thoroughly enjoyed watching The Resident and hate to see it cancelled. Was looking forward to see why their future held. Would love Netflix to pick it up. Their story is not over
I am very disappointed.The Resident was a great show.Why cancel The Resident and bring another medical show in its place.
Very disappointed. This is a great show!
Very disappointed. Thoroughly enjoyed the show. Watched it every week.
I AM SO SAD!!!! This is one of my favorites 🙁
This was my favorite show. We looked forward to it every week. We’re very disappointed!
I don’t get it. Shows like Gotham nights are still being aired even though the views are below 500,000 . Give me a break! The resident is at least good, not dull entertainment.
Very disappointed. A great show.
My husband and I have watched every episode. This is very disappointing news. We are hoping maybe Netflix will pick it up.
I’m so disappointed! I loved this show and the characters. I’m really going to miss it!
I enjoyed the show and watched every week.I am disappointed that it was canceled. Hoping they change their mind
Very sorry to see this go. It was one of my favorite shows.
Maybe it’ll get picked up by a streaming service. Who knows.