Only nine more days to go before the drop dead date to hear official word on the fate of “FlashForward”, but the ratings are not promising a positive outlook. This week, ABC’s “Lost” replacement, “FlashForward” has lost a whopping 19% of its viewers from the previous week to an all time low for the freshman show. The show logged 4.7 million viewers total on a night where all other shows held steady.
Whether this loss of viewers has anything to do with where the show is going, I am not sure as I thought last week’s episode “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”, revealing FBI Agent Janis Hawk’s (Christine Woods) past and true identity, was a powerful stroke in the show’s momentum.
Despite news earlier about “FlashForward”’s strong overseas numbers and low production cost making it a better bet for renewal, these latest ratings are not encouraging.
Only three episodes remain in the season, concluding on May 27th. “FlashForward” may end its one-season series with a twist. Robert J. Sawyer, whose book the show is based on, stating that fans will be “satisfied”, but intrigued for another season:
“Everyone who has stuck with us to find out what happens on April 29th, which was our promise at the start of season one, will be satisfied. That said, we take great pains to make sure the story you thought it was, isn’t, and that there’s a springboard for a [second season] that creatively is even more interesting than season one.”
[Source] THR, SciFi Now, DigitalSpy
