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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?
I have been an RN for 25 years. I typically steer clear of any medical dramas because they are so hyped up and medically inaccurate. So, when I found this show, I was surprised at how well it was closer to accurate than any other show, and I have to come to love and appreciate this show. I was even more impressed when I read that they use doctors and surgeons to consult on the show. To cancel this show would be a huge mistake. It provides the public with information and insight as to what we all do on… Read more »
I can’t believe you canceled Resident. Best show we looked forward to it every Monday night.. Who are the people who canceled it? Wake up
One of my favorite shows and looked forward to watching it every week
They always cancel the good shows
Guess they will make room for another stupid obscene reality show.
I’m very sad that the Resident has been canceled. It was one of my favorite shows. I loved all the interactions with the medical staff & patients along with their family lives.
This is terrible this show is being cancelled. The good shows get cancelled and the stupid ones get to continue and more of those are added. Not happy about this show not being renewed.
So true
Shame to hear this show has been cancelled…I love it!!
I watched The Resident every Tuesday from the day it started. I loved the show and am sad to see it go. It touched on so many poignant issues.
I really liked this show in the beginning, but it has become “less” over the last few years. Nik’s death was a hard hit, and Conrad didn’t make an interesting single dad…it was a boring storyline for him. Couldn’t stand Devon’s wife, so of course they bring in her whiny sister. AJ, Bell, and Kit were great, but Kincaid and Billie were terrible (and had awful storylines). But I was enjoying Kincaids dads storyline a lot! Sorry to see it go regardless of the issues.