ABC Pulls ‘Time After Time’ from Their Schedule

Time After Time has officially run its course on ABC. Variety has confirmed that the network has pulled freshman drama Time After Time from its schedule.

This is the second show that a broadcast network has pulled from its schedule this season, the first being CBS’ Doubt, which was pulled after two low-rated episode.

Time After Time‘s ratings haven’t been much better than Doubt‘s. The show premiered to a 0.7 rating in the 18 to 49 demographic and 2.53 million viewers when it aired a two-hour premiere on March 5. The show is currently averaging a 0.5 rating in the 18 to 49 demographic and is averaging 2.2 million viewers.

As of right now, it’s not clear whether ABC will air the remaining episodes at any point in the coming weeks. If the network does decide to air the rest of the episodes, the episodes will mostly air on a low-stakes night, such as Saturdays or the show will air at some point during the summer, if the show returns to air at all.

Taking its place this Sunday will be episodes of the Alec Baldwin hosted game show Match Game, which had a successful run during the summer of 2016. Match Game will run for the next three weeks.

Time After Time is based off the novel by Karl Alexander. The novel focuses on H.G. Wells, who travels through time after learning that Jack the Ripper, the serial killer from the late 1880s in London, has been traveling through time and is killing people in different time periods.

The show is produced by Outerbanks Entertainment, along with Warner Bros. Television. Kevin Williamson, who’s created shows like Dawson’s Creek and MTV’s Scream, and Marcos Siega were credited as executive producers on the show.

Time After Time joins DoubtNotoriousPure Genius and Conviction as first-year shows that ABC and CBS have either pulled from their schedules, capped their episode order or trimmed their episode order.

For those who are interested in watching the five aired episodes, Hulu has them available for streaming.

Lauren Fitz: Lauren is a graduating senior at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, who is majoring in multiplatform journalism and is minoring in popular culture. She has been a member of the mxdwn Television team since February 2016 and was promoted to editor in October 2016. In addition to being part of the mxdwn team, she is a columnist and general entertainment reporter for her college's student-run paper, The BG News. In her free time, Lauren likes to read, watch TV and meet up with friends over coffee, where she will inevitably end up talking about TV. You can reach out to Lauren by email: lauren@mxdwn.com.
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