FOX had high hopes for their Utopia reality series but the ratings were anything but perfection. The network has now cancelled the show after less than two months on the air — 10 months short of the network’s social experiment plan.
Utopia follows a group of regular people who are relocated to a remote area and given limited resources. They must figure out how to survive and create their own society. Those who are dispensable can be voted out and replaced with newcomers.
The series started out airing twice a week, on Tuesday and Friday nights. Utopia had a decent debut thanks to a special post-football debut on Sunday, September 7th. The ratings dropped about 50% a couple days later with its first Tuesday night. The Friday airing did even worse.
After a handful of showings, FOX dropped the Tuesday episodes and now they’ve dropped the dismally-rated Friday ones as well. The live-streaming feed will be shut down today and the participants — who committed to spending a year in this social experiment — will be sent home.
Utopia’s Friday night timeslot will be filled with repeats of MasterChef Junior starting this week. Season two of the young cooking competition launches a new season this Tuesday — filling Utopia’s former timeslot.
What do you think? Did you like Utopia? Why didn’t it catch on? What should have been changed?
this show was entertaining. surely there are far worse shows still airing on fox. a real glimpse into real people is hard to find, yet now its gone. the host was wierd but i didnt think he was a pedo, just an old hipster. the dream of utopia is over with the modern world a stones throw away. boo fox, you displease me, now I will never see Bella get kicked off. first time i ever saw anyone hug it out with themselves. lol
Well **** ! What would Red say you can’t fix stupid ! I was ready to see nxt episode to see those 2 new strange characters & which one they were going to pick to stay. I don’t watch but few things on tv. Everything I watch I hv to record on DVR & watch in piecemeal. Prob like most folks do. It kept me interested enough to hv seen every show. I hv cancelled recording many a shows on my own after watching once or twice. But not this one. Think Fox jumped the gun on this one. Really… Read more »
FOX you suck, I liked the show, maybe if it had been on another night it would have done better. Just started getting interesting when you cancelled it and put that stupid Junior Chef show in it’s place. Will not be watching anymore shows on Fox, you never know when they will cancel a series midway, won’t take the chance. Lost a good viewer
Dumb move utopia was the best thing besides shark tank. Least number two live with it
We really liked the show. Red was a mess but he made the program. The ones who left are what made it worth watching. I couldn’t have survived a week there. I guess Fox doesn’t care about its watches when they just pull the show. I guess they are trying to keep up with NBC..good luck with that one. Now there’s nothing on Friday at all, except Hawaii 5-0. SHAME ON YOU FOX!!!
I did like the show a lot. It did seem to jump ahead too quickly with the cast. It didn’t show enough about what lead up to certain events where characters left, such as when the preacher broke his hand or when the lawyer got the call about his mom and had to leave. They needed to show more about how they acquired their amenities such as laying the plumbing and running electrical to the different locations on the property. This would have better revealed how one does survive in Utopia after only bringing a huge box of necessities. Maybe… Read more »
The show was good but should have stayed with original cast longer. The group should’ve got chose to lose ppl not network and America that’s a real utopia
We really liked this show. Fox, lots of people DVR it. Does that show up on your ratings? Plus people get together and watch it. You really have no clue who is watching it. Only the people you have chosen as experts give their option. May need to give this opportunity to a more open minded group. Just saying it wouldn’t hurt!
Cancelled???? Wow. I watched it on demand so I’m not sure if they take that into “ratings consideration”? Anyway, loved this show!!!! But I have never seen such a creepy looking host in my life!!! Where did they get that guy. Felt like we were looking into the experiment WITH the crazy peeping Tom! While most of the cast was bore, I really liked watching Bella and Josh, and Hex. I think the dramatic highlights were recalled, but it was super easy to get lost as they had so much “life lived between episodes” Like when Kristin was crying saying… Read more »
I found the show a bit boring at first. But would have been nice to get a warming it air that they were going to cancel the show. To bad so sad. They must have been embarrassed they didn’t make it the year
Utopia was not that bad. The thing “I Think”that killed it was too many people in and out too soon The survivor element has been done to many times over The host looked like a dandy pedifile. The other show I think that should GO INSTEAD is Gracepoint Who the hell wants to watch a show about a child’s MURDER Thats as bad as the show about the police officer “secret” father is a gangster/drug dealer in witch he puts in jail Thank god that show IS GONE!!! I did like Utopia I think the ratings were bad because FOX… Read more »
I really liked the show. Watched every episode. The only thing I didn’t like was the host/announcer. I think he was not right for the job. He was kind of a bore. I would almost turn the channel instead of having to listsen to him talk. I think replacing him would have helped wonders. Some one more interesting. Red was a handful but people enjoyed seeing him. I think if some of the pioneers where replaced that would also help. I’d really like a second chance for utopia!!
What will Bella do!!!!????!????
Hug herself for 10 more months!!!
Not a great show ,But you invest your time in it and they just jerk it with no warning or any attempt at an ending, Then replace it with a rerun. Why should I invest my time in any new shows.
This show was a farce from the first airing, every contestant was left to a screaming liberal, the only right leaning was the pastor, and he couldn’t get off fast enough. The whole premise of the show was to make a point, that only a society lacking morality and a socialistic view point is a perfect society.
It left a lot to be desired but I liked it compared to most of Fox’s TV shows with the exception of Gotham and Gracepoint most of their show suck this was better than most. I saw that it was from the producers of big brother and big brother was awesome this just wasn’t as awesome. Nevertheless I’m sorry that it got canceled because well it was worth watching.
My husband and I have been watching Utopia and have enjoyed it. We didn’t like the nudity but you could not see much. The fighting was shocking to me, especially when cans were thrown on the floor real hard and other things flung around. I wanted to know where does that kind of anger come from. I thought that people would see that with human beings of all backgrounds come together, there will be problems. I expected it because of the nature of our souls. And sure enough there were flare ups. Thorough the whole show you could see they… Read more »
Utopia was anything but a utopia. There was too much fighting, the participants were so mismatched that it took away from the show, and it ended up being very boring. The show showed intolerance, a lack of purpose, and was trashy. I like the concept of a utopia and decided to continue to watch it, even though I was skeptical after the first episode. To me, it fits into the category of shows that would be cancelled.