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 on par with fox canceling firefly. How dare you. This happens so much. I find a show I like and Google it when. I haven’t heard about the next season yet and boom someone has foxed it up and said screw you viewers. This show deserves more than you gave it. Karma is a cruel mistress and you are due for a visit abc.
Like all good tv shows u jerks cancel them and always keep the really stupid ones on. Since u wont bring back The Whispers for a season 2 could u guys at least end it by finishing it with a movie or a few more episodes. I hate when u get into a seires and because u jerks think u arent getting enough people watching it u just drop it and never finsh it. I bet if u guys started finishing shows by making a movie or a few episodes to end them, u might actually have happier veiwers! For… Read more »
What a surprise…ABC (All Bullsh*t Channel ) gives viewers a series…has viewers get involved with the plot and invest in the characters, only to cancel at the end of the 1st season. Of course it ended with a huge Cliffhanger and all the big questions go unanswered. Thank God for Netflix, AMC and other networks that put their viewers first. Not a surprise that all your other programs suck!!
ABC I. Sure everyone will agree with me the show the whispers was AWSOME and you need to bring season two !!!! Why give us a great show then not continue it how do u expect for anyone to even consider watching your show any more, this is so wrong in so many ways please bring season two!!!
**** you abc. Best drama you had. The rest are ****. Diaf.
I have been waiting for the second season. Just learned it was cancelled along with Blood & Oil. ABC, I am tired of your standards. You seduce us into watching a new series, we get hooked into the characters & storylines & then you cancel. Have the decency to wind the storyline up or I will stop watching your new shows.
I loved this show. I’ve been waiting and looking forward to it starting up again! So bummed and sad it’s not coming back on. I do have to say though, because it was on at 10:00PM I watched it on demand because I can’t stay up that late during the week. I still watched it every week and was waiting for it to return!! So bummed
I would watch season 2 I enjoyed watching season 1 kinda bummed that its been cancelled
I liked the whisperers!! This sucks u r not bringing it back!!
ABC is a not a great network for people that like drama and fiction. They are into silliness and fantasy (hence the Bachelor and etc…that I will never watch) so sad for a once great network…
I ABSOLUTELY LOVEDDD THAT SHOW ! It was very intriguing, addicting and breath taking. I couldn’t wait for the next episode . Sad that it’s not coming on anymore.
Totally enjoy every episode.. you need to bring it back.. give it a second season, then decide!
I agree 100% with you
I absolutely LOVED The Whispers-every single episode and I CANNOT believe there isn’t going to be more. Why would the producers cancel such an AWESOME show?
Ugh, I just finished the first season and googled to see when season 2 will begin. I am upset to hear that there will not be a season 2. Yeah, at first, I was not feeling the show, but by season three I was all in and I could not stop watching it. Please being back a season 2. Screw the low ratings. I would love to see how Claire will get all of the kids back home see how clever she is in finding a way to communicate to Sean and Wes through electricity. Claire can get them back… Read more »
Keep cancelling shows without answered will eventually make us skeptical to watch anything on your stations. Who want to watch something that just leaves you hanging?????!!!!