Status: Cancelled
Aired: 2019, One Season Totaling 10 Episodes
Series Premiere: January 14, 2019
Network: FOX
Starring: Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Saniyya Sidney, Vincent Piazza, Brianne Howey, Jamie McShane
Series Website: www.fox.com/the-passage/
Description: Based on author Justin Cronin’s best-selling trilogy of the same name, THE PASSAGE is an epic, character-driven thriller written by Liz Heldens (“Friday Night Lights”).
Executive-produced by Emmy Award winner and Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee Ridley Scott (“The Martian,” “Gladiator”) and writer/director Matt Reeves (“Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,” “Cloverfield”), THE PASSAGE focuses on Project NOAH, a secret medical facility where scientists are experimenting with a dangerous virus that could lead to the cure for all disease, but also carries the potential to wipe out the human race. When a young girl, AMY BELLAFONTE (Saniyya Sidney, “Fences,” “Hidden Figures”), is chosen to be a test subject, Federal Agent BRAD WOLGAST (Mark-Paul Gosselaar, “Pitch”) is the man who is tasked with bringing her to Project NOAH. Ultimately, however, Wolgast becomes her surrogate father, trying to protect her at any cost. FOX.com
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Why Was It Cancelled? This debuted in January to decent same day ratings, but saw those drop pretty quickly to marginal levels. It did see some gains in delayed viewing, but apparently not enough to convince the network to keep it around for a second season. The property had been in development for years at 20th Century Fox, initially starting out as a potential feature film. After several years with no progress, development switched to the small screen but it took several attempts to finally get the series up and running. Now that Disney has bought up the FOX entertainment properties, the Mouse House has less invested in the series and apparently less interest in keeping a moderate performer on the air. The FOX TV network also no longer has a stake in the show and will have fewer slots on its schedule for scripted programming with wrestling taking up one night starting in Fall 2019. Fans may want to stage a Call to Action to convince Disney to keep the show going, perhaps on Hulu, but I believe it will take a pretty large show of support across the social networks to have any success.
Season to Date (StD) Ratings Results:
| Air Date | Airings | Live+SD Rtg | StD Avg | Tot Vwrs (M) | Status |
| 1/14/19 | 1 | 1.30 | 1.30 | 5.2 | Renewal Possible |
| 1/21/19 | 2 | 1.00 | 1.15 | 4.3 | Renewal Possible |
| 1/28/19 | 3 | 0.90 | 1.07 | 3.9 | Renewal Possible |
| 2/4/19 | 4 | 0.90 | 1.03 | 3.8 | Renewal Possible |
| 2/11/19 | 5 | 0.90 | 1.00 | 3.7 | Renewal Possible |
| 2/18/19 | 6 | 0.90 | 0.98 | 3.5 | Renewal Possible |
| 2/25/19 | 7 | 0.80 | 0.96 | 3.3 | Renewal Possible |
| 3/4/19 | 8 | 0.80 | 0.94 | 3.4 | Renewal Possible |
| 3/11/19 | 9 | 0.75 | 0.92 | 3.1 | On the Bubble |
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