It looks like we finally have the first cancellation of the 2015-16 season. Four new shows have seen their episode orders cut (Truth Be Told, The Player, Blood & Oil, and Minority Report) but they’ve all stayed on the air. Tonight, ABC cancelled and pulled their low-rated Wicked City anthology drama after three airings.
Wicked City is set on the seedy Sunset Strip in the early 1980s. It revolves around Detective Jack Roth (Jeremy Sisto) and his new partner Paco Contreras (Gabriel Luna) as they try to solve a high-profile serial killer case. The rest of the show’s cast includes Ed Westwick, Erika Christensen, Taissa Farmiga, Karolina Wydra, Evan Ross, Anne Winters, and Jaime Ray Newman.
Airing Tuesdays at 10pm, Wicked City had trouble right from the start. The first episode attracted a meager 0.88 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 3.28 million viewers.
The second episode dropped more than 20% and this week’s third installment took another big fall, registering a 0.45 rating with 1.69 million. The latter rating is believed to be a historic low for an original episode on ABC; tying shows like NBC’s American Odyssey, NBC’s A To Z, and FOX’s Mulaney.
The Tuesdays at 10pm timeslot has been a real troublespot for ABC in recent years. Lucky 7, Killer Women, and Mind Games were all cancelled after a few airings. Forever and Body of Proof saw full seasons but also ended up being cancelled.
Word is that work on episode eight will be completed before production is completely shut down. The network will fill Wicked City’s timeslot with reruns of Shark Tank for the immediate future. At this point, it seems unlikely that ABC will air the five leftover episodes but they will probably be released online at some point.
What do you think? Do you like the Wicked City TV show? Do you think it should have been cancelled? Would you like to see the remaining episodes?
From the title I thought it was an off take of the Wizard of Oz and Wicked Witch, so never tuned it. Never will need to now.
I can’t believe they are cancelling this show ,, LOVE , LOVE this show,, My daughter is already hooked and my coworkers so how can the ratings be so low,, let us at lease finish the episode please. i will never watch shark tank I hate reality shows way to many out there if this show is cancelled I will never, watch ABC again ,,finally a show based in the 80’s . They are making a big Mistake. when I saw the preview’s month’s in advanced I was already hooked I couldn’t wait to watch it.. This really Suck’s.
I agree with everything you said I will miss this show they should at least show the rest of the episodes
I Have a friend who doesn’t invest time on a show anymore unless it has more than one season. I’m not mad at ABC for this one because I had no interest in this show. Maybe ABC should of promoted this show as a one season deal, and change the cast every season like True Detective or American Horror Story, and Fargo. One show I am sorry to see go is The Player with Wesley Snipes. I think the concept of that show goes over a lot of heads trying to explain the plot, but it did has potential.
The one new show that I started to enjoy, mainly because it’s different and intreging. I am so tired of all the terrorist shows like Quantico and Blindspot, The blacklist and only enjoy Homeland on cable because it is so well done. To take off a new show after only 3 episodes,before word gets out about it, makes no sense to me,and from what I can see from these postings, to not many other people either.
This is why the networks will soon be history. Short-sigted and nevous nellys! What, you can’t wait for a whole season to see if word of mouth picks up ratings? There are so may shows on TV now, one can’t possibly watch every new show. When someone does and likes it, they tend to talk about it to friends and co-workers and then others may tune in. Just plain STUPID to not air the episodes already filmed. I don’t watch Shark-Tank’s new epsodes. Why would I watch re-runs??
So upset!! Why would yall do something like that!! Just because the ratings aren’t good on TV doesn’t mean we don’t watch from our phones or have it recording. I’m about to stop watching ABC altogether. There was also talk of blood and oil canceling too. Keep the shows!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is a bunch of crap three out of the four shows I watch and I am pissed. Wayward Pines sucked, but you aired all 12 episodes. I think ABC should at least let us watch the rest of Wicked City, The Player, and Truth Be Told. You always do this I liked Crisis that got cancelled never saw how it ended same with The Glades. Makes me not to watch anything, but ID they don’t cancel shows. Shark tank never watched sucks all these stupid cooking shows. Blackish, Dr. Ken, Fresh off the Boat sucks, too.
the BOYCOTT ACROSS ABC is to blame. Millions have been Boycotting ABC since 2012. ABC doesn’t care. We will continue to Boycott and cancel more shows until ABC fixes their daytime lineup. Get Rid Of The Chew.
I didn’t watch it, but understand the anger others feel about all these cancellations. I don’t really have anything I enjoy on tv/movies anymore for other reasons(unfair/mistreatment of certain castmembers). It’s all a bittersweet disappointment to me.
Very disappointing to hear. I’d agree that after 1st episode, we were tempted to not watch 2nd, but have it a couple more weeks and have found it a great drama. It would be nice if ABC at least some airs to end of episodes they have made and at least wrap up the show so we aren’t left hanging as so many drama episodes with detailed plots get canned and never have completion. Please create the ending and at least air all the episodes. With this news not sure we should bother, but I like the intriguing story.
I’m very disappointed. I really enjoyed the way a villain, played by Ed Westwick (Gossip Girl’s Chuck Bass), portrays a serial killer in 1980s Sunset Strip, California, during big hair, rampant cocaine use, and metal bands. Not until the 2nd and 3rd episodes do we learn that he is a single father raising a young son, and he is seducing a young nurse to be his partner in crime, and explore her own inner darkness. The characters in this series are able to explore themselves so we see that like all people, they and we are a combination of both… Read more »
Unbelievable!! I’m really upset that Wicked City has been canceled!!….. and to replace it is reruns of Shark Tank? If I wanted to watch Shark Tank then I would tune in on Friday nights. The least ABC could do is air the remaining episodes…. sooo disappointed!!
I liked the series. Have been watching it on HULU. Hope they release the other episodes. Networks want an audience to invest in an ongoing storyline. When they cut it short, it makes me reluctant to invest my time in a similar style show.
WTF??? ABC must be run by a bunch of IDIOTS & MORONS!!! If you are going to put out a new series, at LEAST finish out the remaining episodes !! Don’t they know they are going to piss off a ton of people by doing this?? Why on earth would they show RERUNS of a stupid shark tank show instead of the new episides of Wicked City?? It makes NO sense at all. I think it’s time to boycott ABC if this is how they are going to operate. & btw, most people’s opinion SUCK!!!!
What kind of think tank is going on at ABC concerning Tuesday nights 10:00pm time slot? Obviously ABC is not really doing anything to make it work. They had a wonderfully written show with a following and that was ‘Forever’. But the execs screwed that up. Their entire rating system is totally outdated and just shows that there’s nothing but idiots making terrible decisions. The outcry for ‘Forever’ to return has been huge. But this is a network who doesn’t care about their viewers. And then to insult us more….oh yes, let’s put Shark Tank in there. Totally ridiculous. I… Read more »
All of the networks do it so don’t watch any networks really. The 18-49 age group matters to advertisers because it is only this group that is gullible / pays for their overvalued products.