ABC has renewed some of their summer TV series but The Whispers isn’t one of them. The drama won’t be returning for a second season. To no surprise, the network has cancelled The Whispers after one season of 13 episodes.
On The Whispers, several Washington, DC children start talking about and playing with an imaginary friend. When their mysterious games turn dangerous, FBI child specialist Claire Bennigan (Lily Rabe) is called in to investigate. The rest of the cast includes Barry Sloane, Milo Ventimiglia, Derek Webster, Kristen Connolly, Kylie Rogers, and Kyle Harrison Breitkopf.
The series debuted in June to a 1.5 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 5.66 million viewers. That was a decent start for a summer series but the ratings took a big drop in week two and got much worse as the weeks progressed. The season ended up averaging a 0.83 demo rating with 3.43 million.
ABC let the options on the cast expire at the end of June. Despite that and the low ratings, network execs were supposedly still considering bringing the series back for a second season. Ventimiglia has since confirmed that that won’t be happening.
Sloane recently shared an image that shows an inside joke with the cast and crew.
Found a @TheWhispersABC tee shirt we had made for the crew. This was an ongoing joke. #TheWhispers @MiloVentimiglia pic.twitter.com/lP7T387tGE
— 𝙱𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝚂𝚕𝚘𝚊𝚗𝚎 (𝙾𝙵𝙵𝙸𝙲𝙸𝙰𝙻) (@BarrySloane) October 16, 2015
Ventimiglia retweeted and joked that “it was always f***** aliens. The best times my brother. Miss em.”
Unfortunately, the fans of the summer series were left with a cliffhanger ending. Hopefully, at some point, the producers will share what might have been.
What do you think? Did you like The Whispers TV show on ABC? Would you have watched a second season? On another channel?
I’m really really disappointed about this! It’s shameful that ABC is not interested in 3/4 millions people that watch the show and of course will never do it again with other shows produced by ABC. They must do at least an episode to end the story, because how can we know what was the end? Embarrassing. Really embarrassing.
I’m following this show from Italy and I’m really disappointed! My 8 years old is a fan and it’s unbeleaveble that ABC don’t take care about his customers. I’ll never follow anymore 1 of their shows!
I’m not surprised, but I am disappointed. UGH. I hate that they canceled Forever and now The Whispers. I’m all about genre TV and hate reality shows and the standard fare, so this is another huge blow. Shame on you, ABC. I’m about done w/broadcast television in general. They keep playing this antiquated Nielsen ratings game, and it’s just inaccurate rubbish. Progressive platforms like Netflix will soon make all this garbage obsolete; I can’t wait.
Didn’t this show replace Forever, another good show that ABC canceled despite its having decent ratings and the largest cult following on TV, with a petition to save it of around 100,000 signatures? OK ABC, I get the message. Don’t even get started watching one of your shows or the last thing I will see of my favorite characters is them hanging froma cliff.
This is why I never watch shows on ABC. They never last.
A brilliant show. Always on the edge of my seat. Very disappointing to find out there is no season 2. What a waste!!
Loved this show. It had just enough suspense without all the explicit sex and violence of so many shows. Was so looking forward to the next season. All the good ones get cancelled.
DRILL WINS!! ABC LOSES!! AND WE THE VIEWERS ARE LEFT HANGING ONCE AGAIN BY ABC!! Including ROOKIE BLUE, REVENGE AND OTHERS WHY DO WE CONTINUE TO WATCH ABC ONLY TO BE LET DOWN!!!!
Pleasssssse noooooool, what an amazzzzzzing series!!!!! Pls bring it back!!!!!!!!!
I liked the show overall. It did have creepy moments as well as boring ones. But, it was a show I watched every week and would have continued to watch if it was renewed.
You’re ruining my life!!
ABC is really starting to suck.
A good show…a bad decision (to cancel) by ABC. Mad, but not surpirsed.
I was hoping for a renew. Now we will never know what happened to the children
I am displeased with ABC for cancelling another great TV series. I would have loved to see another season.