Status: Cancelled
Aired: 2017-18, Two Seasons Totaling 20 Episodes
Network: Freeform
Starring: Burkely Duffield, Romy Rosemont, Michael McGrady, Jonathan Whitesell
Series Website: freeform.go.com/shows/beyond
Description: Holden, a young man who wakes up from a coma after 12 years, discovers new abilities that propel him into the middle of a dangerous conspiracy. Now Holden must try and figure out what happened to him during those 12 years, how to survive a world that changed while he was gone, and answer the question, why did this happen to him? Freeform
Why Was It Cancelled? In this show’s first season, Freeform released the entire run online at the same time as its linear debut, and the network claimed 14 million people watched in its first week (numbers that seem somewhat skewed to me). It did not follow that same strategy in its second year and the show averaged only a 0.09 rating based on same day viewing for the 18-49 demographic and 254K total viewers, lower than its first season linear average of a 0.14 rating and 484K total viewers. Freeform had cancelled its sci fi procedural Stitchers in 2017 at slightly higher viewership levels, so it seemed like a good bet that Beyond would get the ax this year. I did consider the possibility that digital viewing could have been better for Beyond based on the network’s viewership claims from the first season, but those numbers were never shared for its second season that I saw. I have not seen much in the way of fan support for Beyond on the social networks, but if there is a fanbase out there, they should get active with a Call to Action if they want to try to lobby another network or one of the streaming services to pick the show up.
Season to Date (StD) Ratings Results:
Air Date | Airings | Live+SD Rtg | StD Avg | Tot Vwrs (M) | Live+7 Rtg | Status |
1/18/18 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | n/a | On the Bubble |
1/25/18 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | n/a | On the Bubble |
2/1/18 | 3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | n/a | On the Bubble |
2/8/18 | 4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | n/a | On the Bubble |
2/15/18 | 5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | n/a | On the Bubble |
2/22/18 | n/a | Preempted | 0.1 | n/a | n/a | On the Bubble |
3/1/18 | 6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | n/a | On the Bubble |
3/8/18 | 7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | n/a | On the Bubble |
3/15/18 | 8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | n/a | On the Bubble |
3/22/18 | 9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | n/a | On the Bubble |
2016-17 Season Ratings Results:
Air Date | Airings | Live+SD Rtg | StD Avg | Tot Vwrs (M) | Live+7 Rtg | Status |
1/2/17 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.1 | n/a | Renewal Possible |
1/9/17 | 2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | n/a | Renewed |
1/16/17 | 3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | n/a | Renewed |
1/23/17 | 4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | n/a | Renewed |
1/30/17 | 5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | Renewed |
2/6/17 | 6 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | n/a | Renewed |
2/13/17 | 7 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | n/a | Renewed |
2/20/17 | 8 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | n/a | Renewed |
2/27/17 | 9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | n/a | Renewed |
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