FOX has cancelled a number of series this week and some have been a bit of a surprise. Lie to Me, Human Target, and The Chicago Code were all canned and most had been expecting at least one to survive. One cancellation that doesn’t come as a shock however is Traffic Light. No one was expecting the low-rated sitcom to be back for a second season.
Traffic Light follows the lives of three men who’ve been friends since college — Mike (David Denman), Adam (Nelson Franklin), and Ethan (Kris Marshall). Now in their thirties, they find themselves in different places in their lives and various stages of relationships. Mike’s married to Lisa (Liza Lapira), Adam lives with girlfriend Callie (Aya Cash), and Adam’s still the perpetual bachelor.
The premiere of Traffic Light attracted just a 1.9 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 4.59 million viewers. In week two, the numbers fell more than 25%, to a 1.4 rating and 3.49 million. With figures like these, it was pretty clear that Traffic Light was doomed.
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The ratings for subsequent episodes kept falling and even went as low as a 0.9 in the demo and 2.24 million viewers. The newbie sitcom averages a pitiful 1.5 in the demo and just 3.66 million viewers. It’s currently the lowest-rated series on the network, even ranking below Fringe which airs on Friday nights.
FOX has now officially cancelled Traffic Light after one season and 13 episodes. The final unaired episode of the series is scheduled to air next Tuesday, May 17th. The last episode produced, titled “Tommy Guns,” ran last night.
For now, FOX plans to air repeats of Traffic Light at least through the end of June. In light of this cancellation news, that schedule may change.
What do you think? Are you sorry that Traffic Light didn’t get a second season? Is the series better than the ratings indicate?
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DAMN IT!
Loved this show- thought the writing and actually, the editing, which is something I wouldn’t normally notice, was extremely good. Feels like a Studio Sixty kind of loss.
I loved this show and I am sad to see it go…:(
This is truly disappointing. I love this show. I am 25 year old female that works a lot of hours and being able to look forward to a funny show each week is a highlight not a chore. Fox has made a big mistake by canceling this show. I think they should give it a second chance and let it attract more viewers. Bad move Fox.
Really!!! My wife and I really enjoyed show. It was well written and although the situations were a little over the top they were realistic. I think the show was hysterical and am sad that it is being cancelled. It’s a shame when shows like this, that actually take some thought to put together are getting cancelled and Jersey Shore lives on.
Really!!! There are few shows that my wife and I enjoy together. I think this show was really well scripted and hysterical, I’m really surprised the ratings were so bad on this show. It’s a shame when good shows like these are canned and Jersey Show remains on the air as a hit.
Traffic Light was a great sitcom, it had everyday real world situations that were so funny. Fox messed up by not advertising for this. I tell everyone I know how funny this show is, and no one has even heard of it! This show needs to be picked up by someone other than Fox.
I agree I never saw any good advertisement for this show so I was lucky to know about it! The only reason I looked it up on hulu one night was because I saw that “roy” from the office was in it and wanted to give it a shot. It became one of my favorite shows quickly! No thanks to fox! NBC should pick it up. It is the source of most of my other favorite shows.
no this is so frustrating seeing all the shows that I enjoy the most get canceled. perfect couples, breaking in, traffic light…….and walking dead is taking forever to start up again.
Bummed I really liked that show
This sitcom was very funny and I loved watching it with my husband. We loved the idea that there was a married couple, a dating couple and the single guy. It was unique.
Super sad to see it go. My bf and I liked it a lot.
Bummed about this too. This was my favorite new sitcom this year (way above “Mad Love” and “Perfect Couples”), I was hoping it’d get another shot.
THE SHOW SHOULD BE PICKED UP BY ABC , IT WOULD FIT IN BETTER WITH THERE WEDNESDAY LINEUP…REALLY SAD TO SEE IT GO….
This sucks! Traffic light was so smart and funny! Great characters too…
Seinfeld had problems, then became one of the biggest sitcoms. Traffic Light should be given a chance, like these idiots will listen!