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?
Ive just literally finished watching the last episode of The WHispers and was on the edge of my seat. I googled to see when season 2 would be starting…..to my dismay its been cancelled!!! Im fuming…..surely steven Spielberg can get another network to pick this up…..what about netflix??!!?? Come on guys…you cant leave us with this cliffhanger. I feel like ive lost nearly 13hrs of my life!
Me too. Just watched the season in a week, now I find out, it’s gone!
Could sky not produce a second season?! Absolutely binge watched this and loved it. So addictive and keeps you on the edge of your seat at all time. Then I google when season two will be released to find out it’s been cancelled! I’m fuming!!
Gutted!!!!! Best show!! Why does sky put it on knowing there’s not another series irritates me! Can’t believe there is not another season first thing Iv been glued to for years!!
Totally binged watched the whole series in 2 day!! I loved it. Gutted they’re not making another one
This is probably one of the best TV series I have ever watched, and I watch a lot.
The story line, actors etc. Are absolutely brilliant I’m just very baffled as to why there will not be another season? I think the only problem that was possibly there was the fact there wasn’t any advertisement when the show first came out? I only ended up finding it when it was put onto the sky box set range which in all honistly isn’t fair if they are not going to continue it as it’s highly addictive
Fed up of idiots cancelling quality to shows without at least some sort of wrap up episodes. They should be ashamed.
The event
Flash forward
Limitless
Revolution
To name a few, genuinely gutted and starting to feel like avoiding certain studios productions entirely.
Definitely worth making a follow up season, so addictive I watched the whole boxset on sky in one day , absolutely gutted to find out season 2 had been cancelled.
Absolutely gutted.. Fab season 1. I’ve only just found it on box sets.. I can’t believe it would be left with a cliff hanger not to finish the story. Please reconsider.
Just watched season 1 and it was amazing best series on TV very classy, I never seen it advertised and found it on sky box sets if it had of been advertised I know the viewing figures would of been higher, got to do season 2 and 3 and so on.
Fumming Sky put this on Catch up as Top pick. why?? They must knew it been cancelled..Amazing show ruin by no follow up, we had two left of the series, but don’t wanna watch it now..
I’m gutted just watched season 1 and I loved it. Truly disappointed
I really want a series 2 as it left on a cliff hanger and we need to see what happens and how they will solve it, Claire, the FBI needs to come back and all the children so please make a series 2. Thank you x
Iv been watching The Whispers gutted that iv just found our there won’t be a second serious. Hopefully they release some in the future. Even if it an online download.
Nooooo!!!!
Just found this and watched it all in a few days. We want series 2!
Omg !!!! I have just found the whispers series watched it to the end only to find out there’s no second series !!!! ……. what a complete waste of my time ….. gutted …. I’m not happy one little bit please please make a second series and to get the numbers up you need to promote it on other channels ffs ….. it’s too good to be swept under the duffer pile