ABC Cancels 'V' and 'No Ordinary Family'

Its proving to be a rough day for television shows all around as news comes in that ABC has decided to pull the plug on two of its own shows V and No Ordinary Family. Coincidentally, these two shows made up ABC's Tuesday night lineup. 

After just 2 seasons and only 22 episodes, ABC has decided that their Sci-Fi alien drama 'V' was not drawing in enough viewers. Viewership declined slowly as the series went on and in the end it appears that fans had made up their minds that the show was not worth following. This is devastating news however to those fans who stuck with the show and saw the huge cliffhanger that V had left off on at the end of the second season. It was clear that the show had some big ideas for the third season and the story was beginning to get hot. Even bringing in Jane Badler and Marc Singer (Diana and Mike Donovan respectively from the original V) couldn't help the ratings.

Canceled after just 1 full season (20 episodes), No Ordinary Family couldn't prove to be as strong as the show might suggest. Based around a family that has developed varying abilities the show had a "Heroes" feel to it that was focused around a single family rather than a global problem. Declining rating and viewership ultimately made ABC decide to pass on a second season. But after ABC moved episode 19 from its regular Tuesday slot to Saturday (just four days after the last episode) with little to no advertisement, can you blame people for not knowing when to watch?

Source: TV By The Numbers
Source: HitFix