Fans don’t have to worry that FX will cancel The Strain TV show, but only because in September of 2016, the cable network announced the last renewal was for a fourth and final season. Although the show is ending, we’re still tracking the ratings because it’s fun, and because it gives us a benchmark for the performance of other FX TV series. So while we don’t have to wonder if The Strain will be cancelled or renewed for season five, stay tuned.
Based on the novel trilogy by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan, The Strain is a vampire horror drama starring Corey Stoll, David Bradley, Jonathan Hyde, Kevin Durand, Ruta Gedmintas, Miguel Gomez, Richard Sammel, Max Charles, and Rupert Penry-Jones. Season four kicks off on FX, nine months after the end of the third season. The strigoi are now controlling a world that has plunged into darkness. While the Master works to end the world as we know it, the white hats are struggling to save the human race.
In the changing world of television, TV execs look at many factors when deciding to renew or cancel a show. However, the ratings remain important. The higher the ratings, the better the chances for survival. While The Strain will end with season four, its ratings can play into whether or not there will be a reunion or revival. They also help us gauge which other FX TV shows will be cancelled or renewed. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available.
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For comparisons: The third season of The Strain averaged a 0.42 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 961,000 viewers.
What do you think? Do you like The Strain TV show? Is it ending at the right time, or do you wish it had been renewed for a fifth season?
I will definitely missed Strain.
Love Quinlan’s one liners. Just like the others, I wish there would be more seasons to look forward to.
Il miss this show so much. I wish they had carried it on for several more seasons to come. Such a great story could have had many more twists and turns before it finished. Quinlan has to be the finest vampiric hero that ever existed to film. Let’s hope they find a way to bring it back.
Good riddance.
If the Strain tv show rating were doing well , why not a season 5? Do i smell a warner bros. Movie deal” # hint /hint
Bring back the strain for season 5 please
I am really into this show. I want a fifth season and beyond. Why do tv shows end when they’re getting really good?
Maybe there could be a spin off with Dutch and her hacking crew. That would be ok.
Im so so heartbroken that tonight is the final episode of the strain. I used to wish the week would go by quickly just to get to Sunday for another episode. My Sunday’s will never be the same unless you all surprise us fans with more episodes or seasons which would be great.
I feel you, how I wish there will be season 5,6,7 and so on
oh well., next to the show grimm, that was the worst ending to what should have been a great series.!! the writer of the last episode should know the final episode, define the series.!! HOGAN you blew it.!! BUT: I WILL MISS, THE STRAIN.
wed, and still no ratings for episode 9.?? the strain.
Ratings are delayed due to Hurricane Irma.
Love the show from the very beginning. Very sad to see it end so soon. Thank You FX, Sunday nights won’t be the same…
I honestly don’t understand why they couldn’t renew for a season 5. They’re only keeping track of the ratings from FX, but not everyone has cable… They don’t account for anyone that streams or downloads the show, or anyone that watches it on DVD. This is one of the best, exciting and most original shows to come out on tv in a while. F*** you FX for not renewing for ONE more season, would it have really killed you? You guys have some of the best shows but you have a habit of ending shows early or cancelling them before… Read more »
FX, cut the budget on THE STRAIN, big time.!!! dutch has got to be the most boring actor on this show, that is the 3rd episode, they shoved up are a*s with dutch in it.!! i going to hate the ratings for the 4th episode.?? eichorst please drink DUTCH.!!
really this ratings are BS, people and their f**k**g DVRS. then they wine about their shows being cancelled.!! FULL OF CRAP FANS.
Unless you are a neilsen household are fill out a mailer, it doesn’t matter if most people watch it on dvr, ondemand or streaming. All that matters is the people with the neilsen box.
I don’t think so. We had a Nielsen Box and everything I watched kept getting lower and lower ratings. They make up numbers but the 2nd episode is already straight garbage.
Ratings / DVRs aren’t that important for cable networks like FX. They get a lot of money because of carriage fees on cable and satellite. They are at least as interested in having the cable / satellite customers complain to their provider to give into their demands as they are selling commercial time in the broadcast. If The Strain was continuing after this season, the 1 million viewers are more important than the 0.37 rating. While this information is old and might be out of date, FX gets $0.58 per subscriber per month, which is about $290K per month from… Read more »
not so good second episode.!! put me to sleep.!! hope it picks up on the 3rd.??? 8 to go and its over for THE STRAIN.!!!
great first episode. sad that their is only 9 more, before it ends.!! THE STRAIN, will be missed.!!