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Designated Survivor Cancelled at ABC
TV Line ^ | May 11, 2018 | Michael Ausiello

Posted on 05/11/2018 2:02:05 PM PDT by EdnaMode

This just in: President Kirkman will not be seeking re-election. ABC has cancelled Kiefer Sutherland’s political thriller Designated Survivor after two seasons, TVLine has confirmed.

Averaging a 0.7 demo rating and 4 million total weekly viewers thus far this season (in Live+Same Day numbers), Designated Survivor ranks ninth and seventh among all ABC dramas, having dropped sharply from its freshman averages (1.2/5.8 million).

Designated Survivor airs Wednesdays at 10/9c, with its season finale set for May 16.

ABC will hold its annual Upfront Presentation to advertisers, where its complete 2018-19 schedule and new programming announcements are revealed, on Tuesday, May 15 in New York.


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: 24; abc; designatedsurvivor; fox; jackbauer; kiefersutherland; sutherland; tvprograms
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Does this mean they can do another 24 limited series and rescue Jack Bauer from the Russian prison?
1 posted on 05/11/2018 2:02:06 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

The new title is “Designated Casualty”


2 posted on 05/11/2018 2:07:20 PM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
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To: EdnaMode

I watched the first couple of episodes and gave up when it was turned out to be progrssive pablum and conspiracy theories.


3 posted on 05/11/2018 2:07:59 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=800>https://i.imgur.com/zXSEP5Z.gif)
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To: EdnaMode

That’s what they get for having stupid lefty plots


4 posted on 05/11/2018 2:08:03 PM PDT by Conserv
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To: EdnaMode

trump’s fault


5 posted on 05/11/2018 2:08:34 PM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: Conserv

Agree. The first season was interesting, the next turned into the Left Left Wing.


6 posted on 05/11/2018 2:08:58 PM PDT by rstrahan
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To: EdnaMode

Maybe the Russians can kidnap President Kirkman and have Jack Bauer rescue him, using a paper clip and a rubber band..................


7 posted on 05/11/2018 2:09:19 PM PDT by Red Badger (Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
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To: MeganC

LOL, good one. :D


8 posted on 05/11/2018 2:10:09 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

I will admit I kind of liked it and will miss it. It seemed like it had moved on from being Designated Democrat to something that had a Kiefer Sutherland feel to it.


9 posted on 05/11/2018 2:11:02 PM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: EdnaMode

That’s great. Son NOBODY survives at ABC: All Bull & Counterfeit; Always Bogus & Counterfeit) – Dishonored in Trump’s 2017 Top Ten First Annual Fake News Winners AKA Among the Top Ten Biggest Liars of the Lying Leftist Media.

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10 posted on 05/11/2018 2:12:26 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Yeah started strong and then devolved to druck


11 posted on 05/11/2018 2:16:20 PM PDT by silverleaf (A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
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To: EdnaMode

The premise of a strike on the capitol followed by resulting anarchy made for good viewing. But attraction had to be downhill from there and was. The writers’ leftism grew blatant while the series devolved into “The West Wing” as the plot had no where else to go. Luckily, Homeland has recovered from its coma, providing political machinations and a suffering heroine. All is not lost.


12 posted on 05/11/2018 2:18:27 PM PDT by sparklite2 (See more at Sparklite Times)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Me too .


13 posted on 05/11/2018 2:20:38 PM PDT by katykelly
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Me too. Preachy vomitous mass.


14 posted on 05/11/2018 2:21:20 PM PDT by richardtavor
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To: EdnaMode

Per standard procedure, one cast member has been hidden away in an undisclosed location and will be able to continue the show even after it has been cancelled ...


15 posted on 05/11/2018 2:25:43 PM PDT by x
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To: EdnaMode

Only took the first half-hour of the 1st episode to see this coming...What a piece of propaganda crap...


16 posted on 05/11/2018 2:26:15 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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To: EdnaMode

It was a good premise for a mini series. But like everything Hollywood, they keep squeezing until they kill it. THIS is an example of why the alt-networks will continue to beat broadcast into the dirt.


17 posted on 05/11/2018 2:31:11 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: EdnaMode

I cancelled it after the 2-episode anti-gun lecturing and ranting last season.

The series had potential, but the writers wrote it into oblivion.


18 posted on 05/11/2018 2:37:00 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

And he was always risking everything on behalf of “reasonable gun reform.’ It was horrible.


19 posted on 05/11/2018 2:44:39 PM PDT by Luke21
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Oh!!!!!! The Bauer president character can do a whole series next season and entitle it -- 'What Happened' -- where he goes from venue to venue blaming others for the cancellation.


20 posted on 05/11/2018 2:47:36 PM PDT by TomGuy
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