Will V be back for a third season? That’s still up in the air as ABC execs decide their new schedule for 2011-12. If you look purely at the ratings, it seems quite likely that V will be cancelled.
V was saved last season, despite lackluster ratings in the latter part of the season. The sci-fi drama ended up averaging a 2.8 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 7.44 million viewers. They were surely hoping that ratings would climb in season two but they didn’t. The 10 episodes averaged a 1.9 rating and 5.49 million viewers, a demo loss of 32% year-to-year.
If ABC does order a third season of V, showrunner and executive producer Scott Rosenbaum has some ideas on how that will happen. Here are a couple brief video interviews from his appearance at WonderCon in San Francisco.
What do you think? Will V be back for season three in the fall, mid-season, or just cancelled? After two seasons on the air, is it reasonable to expect that the ratings could go up?
Image courtesy ABC.
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I vote to keep going. I personally have enjoyed Season 1 and Season 2.
I’d be disappointed if ‘V’ is NOT canceled. I’ve sat through and watched every episode in season 1 and wasn’t at all impressed. Regardless, I gave it a second chance and watched all of season 2 as well. Nothing changed. Poor writing, uninteresting plots, uninteresting and unbelievable characters, and just mediocre and unoriginal story telling. Most of the time I felt like I was watching a standard fare cop show, with some kind of weird X-Files twist with alien conspiracies. Would a season 3 change this? I seriously doubt it. I’m not even trying to compare it to the original… Read more »
Beware of losing all the colors of your ABC symbol, just like the NBC peacock has lost all her feathers due to poor judgment: Example: cancelling “Friday Night Lights”. Sometimes it takes courage to step outside the box of ratings and listen to the viewers & blodgers (see above). V has held its own for over 30 years, and my kids and theirs will continue to follow one the greatest Science Fiction Series ever told. Scott Rosenbaum is masterful in all aspects of V and their is no one who can compare to his talents and abilities. Forgive the cliche,… Read more »
It just started getting good, and the Queen Anna’s daughter is smoking hot!!!!
So true, my friend. FYI: Anna’s daughter, Lisa, played by the ever beautiful and talented Laura Vandervoort, also left her endearing mark as Kara-El on Smallville.
If ABC cancels V, I will never watch another series on ABC again. Too many great shows that they get you hooked on and then cancel at their whim. I’m done!
The Gates was a great show, but what did they do? Cancelled it. They don’t care about their viewers at all.
Long list: Invasion, Farscape, Moonlighting – the list goes on and on.
And, TJ, you are correct, most do it. Fox stayed true to 24 though for a long time. I’ll give credit where credit is due.
We have agreed if V gets cancelled, we’re done with all new broadcast network shows. Disappointed too many times by ALL the networks, this is the line.
I love V. So interesting, well-written for Sci-Fi, great characters that you really care about. BRING IT BACK!!!!!
Change around the day of the week it comes on and play around with the time before you decide to end it. I prefer FRIDAYS at anytime slot. You took away FLASH FORWARD so at least give a great effort in saving the V.
Is any ABC show available on ON DEMAND? Not on Comcast, from what I can see.
Wow. I’m a regular reader of this site, and I was surprised — and honored — to see our interview with Scott here. Thank you for noticing it and including the “Sidewalks Entertainment” interview in your “V” posting. I’m glad we got a chance to interview him (we were the very last one at WonderCon and a little nervous that Scott had to leave before our turn). Additionally, I’m happy he answered the online question. Myself included was disappointed that the 2nd season of “V” was not on-line. I, too, missed some episodes and my DVD recorder didn’t record the… Read more »
I liked it, good job. 🙂
Thanks very much Kat. I appreciate the comment. I wished I had more time to talk to him — get more secret information. LOL. Surprisingly, it was a 6-minute interview. I think we got a lot out of him. I got less time with the “V” stars and “Human Target” executive producer and cast. Take a moment to visit our site.
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Richard
@Aaronite – YOU NAILED IT WITH THE MARKETING ISSUES… Additionally, they totally screwed up by not making episodes available online or on demand. I’m sorry if I have a life and occasionally leave the house on a Tuesday. I missed the last four episodes because i had to miss two in a row and wanted to watch it chronologically. That killed my viewership. Pretty much every tv show is available online after it airs, what’s the issue with V? ABC needs to do a better job of keeping up with the times, especially when so many people are taking advantage… Read more »
Apparently Warner Bros and ABC couldn’t come to an agreement/contract for showing them online. If you owned a VCR (what is this, the year 2000?? Yeah, I know, I’m old school), you could’ve taped them. That’s what I did, since I don’t own a DVR… but yeah, you shouldn’t be punished for having a life, heh.
No, they shouldn’t. They gave it another chance for a second season. They should cut their losses now. Cancel it!
i agree cancel it
Just because you don’t like a show doesn’t mean you have to diss it. All shows have a fan-base, whether or not YOU like it! It is so annoying when trolls come on a discussion board and wish a show cancelation just because they do not like it. YOU DON’T HAVE TO WATCH IT!!!!
You guys really need to stop saying ABC has given V a chance, or any show by that matter. They never gave V a chance at all! V had phenomenal ratings when it premiered in November of 2009, but ABC screwed up by only airing 4 episodes and then giving the show a hiatus for nearly 4 months. By the time they came back in spring 2010, people had forgotten all about V, or just had no idea it was coming back thanks to a complete lack of advertising. Then ABC released their fall 2010 pickups and V was missing,… Read more »
@ReeceR I could NOT AGREE WITH YOU MORE. For some reason it seems that ABC is the most lunk headed when it comes to quality scripted shows. You are absoutely correct; the network is totally to blame for V’s “low ratings.” They bray about the 18-49 “demo” but to take a fair perfoming show and put it on “hiatus” is not logical. It almost seems like someone, for some reason, wanted this show to fail. Why because it requires an attention span? It’s not “dance dance dance your butt off” or some crap like that? So sure you blockheads at… Read more »
You hit the nail on the head. Plus is 7 million that much worse than LOST was doing??? When will the nets realize that the market is segmented. Put on reality shows for the dim and easily amused, put on sci fi/fantasy for the ones who want to be mentally engaged.
Bring back V!