Has US 'Life on Mars' been cancelled?
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I do think the show will see a 2nd season on ABC though I feel the show would of suited cable better with the smaller seasons and ability to have more freedom in terms of writing.
Here are the ratings for the first 7 episodes...
11.33
8.47
8.06
8.41
8.92
8.94
7.97
Apart from the 7th episode LoM was recovering well and I think with LOST the show will stay between 8-9 million, which for a 1st season 10pm show ain't bad and is worthy of renewal. The demo while not huge is pretty good for 10pm going from 3.8/10 to 2.6/7 but normal levels have seen it around 2.7/2.8.
I think on ABC LoM will probably last no more than 3/4 seasons due to story constrictions but we should see a good show like the UK version.
Here are the ratings for the first 7 episodes...
11.33
8.47
8.06
8.41
8.92
8.94
7.97
Apart from the 7th episode LoM was recovering well and I think with LOST the show will stay between 8-9 million, which for a 1st season 10pm show ain't bad and is worthy of renewal. The demo while not huge is pretty good for 10pm going from 3.8/10 to 2.6/7 but normal levels have seen it around 2.7/2.8.
I think on ABC LoM will probably last no more than 3/4 seasons due to story constrictions but we should see a good show like the UK version.
How do you know all this?
It was reported several weeks ago, I even mentioned it in my TV threads. I was calling for a LOST/LoM partnership for a while so I was so happy to see ABC do it.
Doesn't that usually mean it will get a lot of early or late viewers that stay over and bump up the ratings? I would think that would elongate it's stay.They're pairing it with Lost next year... which probably means it will be cancelled.
The problem is that a big lead-in audience carries the expectation that your show will hold onto that audience and when you don't, the axe falls even for viewership levels that would be okay in a different timeslot.
Losties like to jump online to yell about the show right afterwards. They don't watch anything on TV at 10pm. ABC just will not accept it and keeps killing shows with that deathslot.
Doesn't that usually mean it will get a lot of early or late viewers that stay over and bump up the ratings? I would think that would elongate it's stay.They're pairing it with Lost next year... which probably means it will be cancelled.
The problem is that a big lead-in audience carries the expectation that your show will hold onto that audience and when you don't, the axe falls even for viewership levels that would be okay in a different timeslot.
Losties like to jump online to yell about the show right afterwards. They don't watch anything on TV at 10pm. ABC just will not accept it and keeps killing shows with that deathslot.
LOST gets only around 12 million now so if LoM gets around 8.5, I don't see a huge issue there. Greys will get probably 5-7 million more than PP but don't see ABC caring about retention over a shows own viewers in the current climate.
Life on Mars had an initial 13 episode order (not counting the David E Kelley LA pilot). ABC then ordered 4 additional episodes. Not a full back nine but still an extension. ABC has several mid-season shows coming in and literally doesn't have room for them all on the schedule so all of their new shows are having episode runs cut.
So far Life on Mars has been doing alright in the ratings. Not a major hit but not currently in danger of cancellation according to the usually spot on TV by the Numbers.
So far Life on Mars has been doing alright in the ratings. Not a major hit but not currently in danger of cancellation according to the usually spot on TV by the Numbers.
That's the current timeslot numbers. Shows lose viewers when they're placed in new timeslots, for example, we don't know how many of the current LoM viewers are watching simply because of carry-over from the lead-in, CSI. Those people won't follow it to the new timeslot. You never really know how many "fans" a show has till you put it to the test by switching timeslots.
LoM is pretty close to the chopping-block already. It can't afford any slippage.
Also, the last figures I can find for LoM is 7.77 M, 2.5/7, not 8.5M, and the trajectory was down, with no leveling off through the season.
http://tvbythenumbers.com/category/renewcancel-index
Right above the chopping block is not what I could call "out of danger" for a new show that is changing timeslots, on a network that isn't desperate to hang onto anything that is working, that has zero buzz, and whose premise makes it a poor candidate for product placements. It's got a lot of strikes against it.
(insert Montgomery Burns voice here) "Excellent work, Temis! You've managed to completely crush any remaining hopes the LoM fans may have had for their show. Now they all feel like those little piles the hounds leave behind on the lawn! Bahahaha-*cough*, *choke*"
Eli Stone was the other show that tanked. At least it lasted a little longer than Invasion... and certainly The Nine.
SHIT!!!!!!!
Why the FUCK do my favorite shows always get fucking CANCELLED? Wish we could find out what the hell happened to Sam, or what that weird-ass final scene in the last episode (about Sam going to the cabin and getting that phone call) was all about. FUCK FUCKITY FUCK FUCK FUCK.
You could always watch the UK, PROPER and REAL version.
(insert Montgomery Burns voice here) "Excellent work, Temis! You've managed to completely crush any remaining hopes the LoM fans may have had for their show. Now they all feel like those little piles the hounds leave behind on the lawn! Bahahaha-*cough*, *choke*"
Well I've always identified more with Kang and Kodos, but that's the right general idea.
Hey, I was trying to be objective and not raise any false hopes....but why are people in this thread assuming the show's been cancelled? It's still alive according to TV By the Numbers. And who knows, maybe it can overcome the post-Lost curse.
I don't get BBC America.
Doesn't that usually mean it will get a lot of early or late viewers that stay over and bump up the ratings? I would think that would elongate it's stay.They're pairing it with Lost next year... which probably means it will be cancelled.
The problem is that a big lead-in audience carries the expectation that your show will hold onto that audience and when you don't, the axe falls even for viewership levels that would be okay in a different timeslot.
Losties like to jump online to yell about the show right afterwards. They don't watch anything on TV at 10pm. ABC just will not accept it and keeps killing shows with that deathslot.
Dabney Coleman's sitcom "Madman of the People" got huge numbers. But because it was still a massive dropoff from its Seinfeld lead-in, it got axed after one season.
Not cancelled from what I've been reading.
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