Why flashforward was canceled

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. This was such a clever and interesting show. Gutted theres no season 2. I think doing a new season would get loadsa views now that disney has aired the first season. I wasted my time watching this as the final episode was terrible. The show was good up until then. I would have kept watching it. I really got into flash forward, invested in to the characters the twists and turns.

Maybe it could restart now, as the years have passed in fact they could also have moved on to future, There will be a whole new audience to this better cgi new ideas!!!? Why is it you cancel good shows and make more of crap ones! I wouldve loved a second season! I cannot believe flash forward was cancelled. Its not as "dramatic" as the tv-series. Show 2 more comments. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. PearsonArtPhoto Bruce Clarke Bruce Clarke 1 1 silver badge 2 2 bronze badges. Add a comment.

Flashforward Showrunner Mark Gugenheim revealed how the show would have ended in this interview:. Community Bot 1. Keshav Srinivasan Keshav Srinivasan 1 1 gold badge 8 8 silver badges 23 23 bronze badges. The book is not a direct parallel of the series, and it is somewhat more grounded. Jeff Jeff k 28 28 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. I would say that the book is significantly different that the series, but they do share some common elements.

Robert Sawyer recently wrote about this topic on his Facebook page: Why are the bad guys so desperate to perfect the replicating of flashforwards? How long till they wake up this time?

They're not unconscious. They're dead. All seven billion of them. From there, you've got a great springboard for what could truly be the new LOST: a handful of characters who didn't die those wearing the QED rings, plus, if we want, others who were protected some other way ; disaster on a gigantic scale -- the entire world shut down, and no hope of food or electricity production, etc.

Info: Robert J Sawyer wrote the Flashforward novel. Eh, most important point: "But here's the memo I sent to the producers and staff writers five years ago today February 19, outlining my suggestion for Season Two" - whatever the show's writers were planning, this wasn't it, because none of the main characters were wearing QED rings.

Sawyer novel of the same name, ABC series FlashForward was originally developed by HBO but sold because it was seen as a better fit for a broadcast network. It aired in over countries worldwide and got off to a more than promising start, premiering to a large US domestic audience of nearly 13 million and receiving both strong critical acclaim and audience buzz for its alluring pilot and provocative plot.

Ad — content continues below. The meeting point between mind-bending sci-fi mystery like Lost , from which FlashForward was meant to be picking up the mantle, and an all-guns-blazing counter-terrorism drama like 24 , which was at its height in , the show follows a core group of FBI agents who embark on a mission to find out what the blackout was, who was responsible and why.

The main protagonist is Agent Mark Benford Joseph Fiennes , a recovering alcoholic in a strained marriage who obsessively takes on the investigation by virtue of him fortuitously studying the wall of clues complete with cliched red string to this very case in his blackout. FlashForward was by no means perfect and not everyone stuck around for the long term payoff as it haemorrhaged viewers throughout its run.

By the time it was taken off air at the series midway point in December, the viewership had nearly halved to seven million and fewer than five million Americans tuned in for the final episode upon its return.

One issue was that the show tried to be too many things. Networks have thin skin and if the show isnt an instant hit, out the door you go.

FlashForward just didnt pull in the rating they were anticipating. However, FlashForward gained a strong cult like following. I crave for shows like this. A thinking show that expands beyond the borders of ones imagination. I do wish you luck on your other projects and hopefully a reboot or continuation of a new FlashForward.

It was very high quality with great actors and a really engrossing story. Sure wish ABC had stuck with it or someone else had picked it up. Flash forward came up in conversation at the office today. It made me do a search to see whatever happened. I wait until they are complete and all available on boxset before I will commit. Bought the book and enjoyed it immensely. Thank you. I loved this show and was extremely upset when it was cancelled!

Watching season 1 again now and really wish someone would pick the series back up and continue the story. Glad that others feel the same way…. So furious stupid ABC then President cut it…. Absolutely gutted this shows been cancelled binged in 3 days on Amazon Prime. I really hope someone picks this show back up soon and tries to revive it. Would really work in this day and age Charlotte :. According to Sawyer, the decision to pull the plug on the show was down to its time slot and […].

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