Forever : Fin de vie et autres nouvelles des séries d’ABC

Date : 10 / 05 / 2015 à 11h30

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Alors que TF1 vient de débuter la diffusion en fanfare de Forever, la série de Matthew Miller avec Ioan Gruffudd, Alana De La Garza et Judd Hirsch, ABC annonce que sa série bien mal nommée alors n’ira pas plus loin que sa première saison.

Après une seule saison, le drame surnaturel de ABC sur le Dr. Henry Morgan, médecin légiste immortel de New York vient de se voir refuser le renouvellement. Il semblerait bien que les histoires de Henry Morgan mourant et revenant à la vie nu dans l’eau depuis 200 ans n’ait pas remporté l’unanimité. C’est Alice Evans, l’épouse de Ioan Gruffudd, qui en a fait l’annonce sur Twitter avant que l’acteur ne réagisse lui même, choqué par cette nouvelle.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but ABC decided tonight not to renew FOREVER for a 2cnd season. It's brutal, but that's show business.

— Alice Evans (@AliceEvansGruff) 8 Mai 2015

Ioan is a little shaken right now but he wants to reach out and thank the wonderful, loving fans who made the whole experience so magic.

— Alice Evans (@AliceEvansGruff) 8 Mai 2015

My dear friends, fans, supporters. Tonight, as you all now know, I received a phone call that I was… https://t.co/AWdob0BFRU

— Ioan Gruffudd (@ioangruffudd) 8 Mai 2015

My dear friends, fans, supporters. Tonight, as you all now know, I received a phone call that I was hoping not to receive, and to be honest I really wasn’t expecting it. I knew the numbers hadn’t been great, but I also knew the studio and the network both loved the show, and of course that it had an incredible fan base…so I thought we were in with a pretty good chance. But sadly no, this time the cards weren’t dealt in our favor. Show business is like that. Hell, life is like that. You ride to the top of the wave and then you come crashing down again. I asked Alice to send out the sad news because I was a little bit shaken up and needed time to gather my thoughts. So I sat down and started reading the thousands of Tweets in response to the announcement. And the more I read, the more I couldn’t believe it. The love, the sense of solidarity, the hope, the kindness, the support. Not just for the show, but for each other. And slowly I began to focus on what we had gained in the past year, rather than what we had lost in the last five minutes. I was overcome by a sense of gratitude. To have met you all and to have you all rooting for me and the show. At having a chance to play the role of my dreams, even if it was only for a year. To have been given the chance to bring Henry to life. Watching the interaction of the FOREVER fans come together and share their love for the show has been breath-taking. It was you guys who held me up when I thought I could no longer go on. (Those days were LONG !) You made me smile when you pointed out the little things I did on screen that I thought had gone unnoticed. You gave me confidence when I accidentally found myself reading less than shining reviews. You were always with me, every step of the way, waving your flags, shouting your support for the show. It’s been an incredible, wonderful year, one that I will never, ever forget. And guess what ? The memories belong to us. We get to keep them ‘forever !’ Thanks again a million times for your unwavering support. Stay strong, be brave, and show kindness as often as you can ! Ioan xxx

Une photo publiée par Ioan Gruffudd (@ioangruffudd) le 7 Mai 2015 à 22h30 PDT

Pas de seconde vie non plus pour Resurrection, la série de Aaron Zelman avec Omar Epps, Frances Fisher et Matt Craven, qui vient aussi d’être annulée par la chaîne après une seconde saison qui s’est terminée en janvier dernier.

ABC ne fait pas qu’annuler, la chaîne renouvelle aussi certaines séries et c’est le cas de Secrets and Lies, black-ish, Fresh Off the Boat, How to Get Away With Murder, American Crime, Galavant et Marvel’s Agent Carter qui auront droit à une seconde saison tout comme Nashville qui aura sa 4^ème saison et Castle sa 8^ème. La chaine a donné son feu vert pour une 3^ème saison de Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., une 5^ème pour Once Upon a Time, une 12^ème pour Grey’s Anatomy, une 5^ème pour Scandal, une 3^ème pour The Goldbergs, une 7^ème pour Modern Family et The Middle.

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