ABC Cancels "The Crossing", "Deception", "Inhumans", "Kevin Probably Saves the World"

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ABC has opted not to renew new midseason drama "Deception" for a second season.

Written by "Chuck" alum Chris Fedak, "Deception" premiered March 11 and easily won its Sunday 10 PM slot thanks to a lead-in from the debut of "American Idol" on ABC.



"Deception‘s" bow drew a 1.3 in 18-49 and 6.1 million total viewers — the network’s best scripted premiere numbers in the hour since "Quantico" in September 2015.

It was a respectable start for a drama in the current ratings environment, though not a breakout. By April 23, though, the series had dropped to its lowest demo rating: a 0.6, with 3.38 million viewers. The series has since recovered a bit, drawing a 0.7-0.8 for its subsequent airings, but that wasn’t enough.

In most current ratings, "Deception’s" Season 1 average is 1.2.

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ABC has canceled "Kevin (Probably) Saves the World", its freshman dramedy starring Jason Ritter.

The series got off to a slow start in the network’s challenging Tuesday 10 PM slot, which has claimed a slew of short-lived drama series.




Formerly known as "The Gospel of Kevin", the show from creators Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters was in a similar hopeful, light, one-hour style as ABC’s breakout hit "The Good Doctor" but had a rough time building an audience.

It opened with a soft 4.2 million viewers and a 1.0 rating in adults 18-49 (Live+Same Day), and its ratings slipped in most of the subsequent weeks. The network ordered three additional episodes in November.

http://deadline.com/2018/05/kevin-pr...bc-1202379823/







"Marvel’s Inhumans" will not see a second season. ABC has canceled the action drama series.

The decision is not a surprise. The show premiered to modest ratings on ABC following its two-episode debut in Imax theaters two weeks before its linear premiere, and it never picked up steam. Box office receipts of $3.5 million disappointed all involved, and the show drew negative reviews from critics.

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ABC is not moving forward with a second season of drama series "The Crossing".

"The Crossing" premiered April 2 with "American Idol" as a lead-in, but that episode of the revived singing-competition series happened to match a series-low demo rating for a regular telecast. Post-Idol, the midseason drama managed to eke out a win in the 10 PM hour with a 1.0 and 5.45 million viewers.

It outperformed same night last year for ABC by double digits but fell short of previous week’s "The Good Doctor" wrapper and its season average, though that still left it ABC’s second-most-watched Monday 10 PM debut, behind "Doctor", in nearly three years.

http://deadline.com/2018/05/the-cros...on-1202383972/

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"Kevin (Probably) Saves the World" Creators on What Would Have Happened in Season 2
by Vlada Gelman
May 13, 2018


Now that ABC has cancelled "Kevin (Probably) Saves the World", we’ll (probably) never know if Jason Ritter’s unlikely hero was successful in his mission.

But we can give you a taste of what was supposed to come in Season 2.





As you’ll recall, the dramedy’s Season 1 ender concluded in March with Amy learning the truth about her brother’s quest and his friend, “warrior for God” Yvette. Speaking to TVLine for a finale post mortem, co-creators Tara Butters and Michele Fazekas hinted that bringing Amy into the loop would create more challenges for Kevin and Yvette.

“I don’t know how willing Amy is going to be, initially, to help out,” Fazekas said. “I think she is going to have a lot of questions and a lot to say to Yvette. That is a really interesting relationship to explore, because they’re two strong, smart women who are not necessarily on the same page. Neither one of them is a bad guy, but they have very different viewpoints.

And in some ways, I think it’s going to be harder for Yvette, because she’s not going to be able to push Amy around like she can push Kevin around.”





The revelation also presents “an interesting change to, potentially, Kevin and Amy’s relationship, because they’re twins,” Butters noted.

Added Fazekas: “Why was he righteous and not her? I think Amy is like, ‘You chose the wrong one on all levels. You chose the most incompetent one.’ Which also goes to her ‘What kind of decision-making process does God have? What’s happening?’.”





One member of the family, however, was fated to stay in the dark, with Yvette only allowing Kevin to spill the beans to his sis.

“That’s going to be hard for [Amy’s daughter] Reese, because now she knows that her mom is in on something that she’s not in on,” Fazekas shared. “And Reese has been sort of on board since way earlier, so that’s a hard thing for Reese to deal with.”

http://tvline.com/2018/05/13/kevin-p...-jason-ritter/