Zero Hour canceled, Well, would you look at the time?! Apparently it’s cancellation-o’clock over at ABC because Zero Hour has run out of moments to prove itself.
According to TVLine, the conspiracy thriller is being pulled off the schedule effective immediately due to its lower than low ratings......hollywood.
The freshman drama premiered February 14 with a total of 6.3 million viewers and a 1.4 rating in the 18-49 age demographic, making it the lowest scripted series debut in ABC’s history. On Thursday, Zero Hour’s third episode only gathered 5 million viewers and plummeted to a 1.0 rating.
Zero Hour followed the adventures of Hank Galliston (Anthony Edwards), a magazine editor searching for his kidnapped wife while simultaneously uncovering a collection of Bavarian clocks containing diamond treasure maps and learning the truth behind a 13th apostle of Christ. Once you read that plot description, it's easy to see how the general public could get lost following such an intricate storyline.
This is certainly not the first freshman drama that ABC has axed after only a few weeks. Earlier this TV season the alphabet network pulled Last Resort and 666 Park Ave from the lineup before either shows could air their finished episodes. It'll be interesting to see how their newest upcoming drama Red Widow — premiering this Sunday at 9 PM — will do in the ratings and whether or not the network will allow more than a three weeks for the mobster drama to find its footing.
