FlashForward was canceled by ABC on Thursday night. There had been rumors that FlashForward would get canceled, but with the fall line-ups not due out till next week, ABC had been holding back news on what they would
be doing with their shows. The news ended up being bad for fans of FlashForward though, and this was something that they probably should have expected. The ratings for FlashForward have been dipping a lot in the second half of their first season, and for the May 6 episode, the Nielsen ratings said that FlashForward only drew 1.75 million viewers. That was only good enough for third place in the time slot, well behind both Survivor 20 and Bones.
The 8 p.m. time slot on Thursday nights has just seemed to get worse for ABC and FlashForward, and this past Thursday was probably what tipped the scales for the ABC brass that couldn't make up their minds. Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains pulled in 12.81 million, Bones on Fox drew in 8.88 million viewers, and Community on NBC was able to attract 4.49 million viewers. The worst news for FlashForward though, was that they placed dead last (5th) among the networks when it came to the 18-49 demographic that advertisers most care about. Even The Vampire Diaries on CW beat them out, and Survivor tripled their numbers in that category.
FlashForward was supposed to be one of those big news shows that were going to carry ABC this year, but the audiences just didn't stick around after the first few weeks that the show was on the air. Then they delayed a number of episodes until spring rolled around, and by then even more viewers had simply tuned out. There are only a few episodes of FlashForward left, but fans should prepare themselves for disappointment, not just because their show has been canceled, but because there are most likely going to be unresolved storylines in the season finale. Thursday is a tough night for any show to survive, and FlashForward just became a big victim of this past television season.
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