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?
This is sad. So was waiting for season2. They always get rid of the ones that are good. I loved this show. Just can’t believe it.
Extremely disappointed one of my fave shows The Whispers won’t be airing. ABC does this to just about ALL my fave shows!!
I loved this program…so disappointed it will not even close the storyline!
feeling sad now… there are only a few tv shows that I really like and the whispers was for sure one of them.
and LILY RABE is the best!!!!!!!!!!
she’s not on AHS and now the whispers are notcoming back… sucks.. hope she goes back to AHS as soon as possible.
I really liked the show. I’m disappointed it’s not coming back. Great cast.
I really do hope some body picks this show up……. it really was a very good show. Just can’t figure it out
awwwww man! This TOTALLY sucks! the show was amazing and original! My whole family loved watching it. we were anxious and excited for season two!
I was really excited when I first heard about the show airing! From episode one I was hooked I would watch it every week and then I got my sisters hooked to it as well.
This show was different from all the others it had a completely different plot and every episode left u wondering and questioning so many things.
I’m extremely sad to know that one of my favorite shows is canceled and I won’t know the ending to it.
Please air it back ABC
My son and I loved the Whispers… never missed an episode. So sad it won’t be returning
**** ABC that was my favorite show. They better not cancel The Middle also
Am I the only one feeling that good shows that brings suspense and new concepts always seem to get axed after 1 season, and some of the other shows that I give up after 2 episodes make it to multiple seasons?? ABC, please bring back season 2! Its a show that kept my whole family entertained and news of this just made everyone so disappointed…
I am from Indonesia. I really a big fan with this show.
I hoped that this would continue. theme idea of the show is very unique and different from others
I really liked the show, I was hoping for next season.
The show was a one-concept show – and they were afraid to complete the story so the last 8 episoses just dragged on with irrational behaviour.
They should have scripted a plot that could complete in a 13 episode arc. Cancelling it was a mercy.
NO CANT BE CANCELLED:( i loved that show
It’s was amazing and left me hanging every week with frustration because I wanted so badly to know what happened next! It should’ve have been canceled if anything it should have been on twice a week!! I am so devastated that The Whispers is no longer going to be aired. I begged to stay up later just to watch that one show even if I didn’t get to stay up the next night! It was a unique and different type of show that I’ve never seen or heard of before. The idea with the children having an imaginary friend who… Read more »