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Elena is out of a job, thanks to Freeform. The cable channel has cancelled The Watchful Eye so it won’t be returning for a second season. The first season’s 10 episodes finished airing in March
A mystery thriller series, The Watchful Eye TV show stars Mariel Molino, Warren Christie, Kelly Bishop, Amy Acker, Jon Ecker, Lex Lumpkin, Henry Joseph Samiri, and Aliyah Royale. The story follows Elena Santos (Molino), a bright and savvy young woman hired as the live-in nanny to a wealthy widower and his young son. When Elena moves into The Greybourne, a landmark Manhattan apartment building, she quickly learns about the complex politics among its wealthy inhabitants and a history riddled with mystery and tragedy. Luckily, Elena is more than equipped to handle anything that comes her way on her own terms. Elena works for Matthew (Christie), a self-made and handsome architect dealing with grief and confusion over his wife’s death and its impact on his intelligent and withdrawn son, Jasper (Samiri). Tory (Acker) is Matthew’s sister-in-law who instantly dislikes the fresh-faced and eager young nanny.
Airing on Monday nights early this year, the first season of The Watchful Eye averaged a 0.04 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 117,000 viewers. The series launched to a viewership of 180,000, but by the end of the season, several episodes drew less than 80,000 viewers.
The cable channel has also cancelled Single Drunk Female after two seasons.
What do you think? Have you enjoyed The Watchful Eye TV series? Are you disappointed this Freeform show wasn’t renewed for a second season? Were you respecting it to be cancelled?
I’m extremely disappointed that the Watchful Eye was cancelled. The characters were deep, well rounded and memorable. Not only that, the show was a rare mystery series among a sea of police dramas and reality shows. Why is it that any show that requires thinking, is a bit complex and isn’t superficial doesn’t last long. I was really looking forward to seeing where the show went next and who the villain was. If these shows are worried about viewership then maybe they should advertise the show better, put the shows on days when more people are watching TV or put… Read more »
Sad that this show as well as Si gle drunk Female were canceled. There’s garbage shows on TV & not enough series!! No one wants to watch half these shows on TV that are reality shows. It’s the same old garbage. They fight, go on a trip, then attend events, then the reunion to recap. Who cares! At least this show provided a story line that left you on the edge of your seat!! Now we don’t know who the killer is!!
Pretty sad news come on netflix pick this one up
I’m very disappointed to see that The Watchful eye has been cancelled.
Very disappointed to hear The Watchful Eye has been canceled. I very much enjoyed the first season, and to leave it on the cliffhanger they did isn’t right. They could at least give us another season to wrap up the story
I can’t believe they cancelled the watchful eye and leaves on not very good shows up to its calibre. I don’t know who’s in charge of all of this, but someone should take another look.
I was so sad when I heard The Watchful Eye was cancelled by Freeform. I will not watch Freeform again. I also cancelled my Hulu subscription. I agree with other commenters that there is just so much garbage on television. I think The Watchful Eye required an attention span more than what many tv viewers have, and it was an intelligent show with good actors like Kelly Bishop, Amy Acker and Warren Christie. Disney owns Freeform and Hulu so what else is new! They are losing massive amounts of money with all the poor decisions they have made as far… Read more »
I agree with you on that one!! Well said!!
So much crap on and this was a GREAT show to watch. Such a shame! Im very disappointed it was cancelled. I really hope its picked up by another network.
Very sad to hear this series was cancelled!! Really enjoyed watching it!!