14 DAY TRIAL // Not even J.J. Abrams is successful in everything he does: shortly after he and the entire principal cast of “Star Wars: Episode VII” made the first appearance together, Variety reports that the show he produced for Fox, “Almost Human,” has been canceled.
A trailer for the series, which premiered last November and ran for just one season, is embedded below. It starred Karl Urban as a human police officer in the year 2048, forced to partner up with a “synthetic,” played by Michael Ealy, in his daily attempts to prevent and fight crime.
The recipe for the action series was the basic “buddy cop” one, set against a very impressive background because of all the fictional technological advances.
Variety doesn’t offer a reason for the cancelation, but it does point out that ratings for the series were actually pretty good, which doesn’t explain why network bosses pulled the plug on it.
“‘Almost Human’ debuted last November with solid opening numbers, averaging a 3.1/8 share in adults 18-49 with 9.1 million viewers overall. Though ratings dipped after that (the sophomore episode brought in 6 million viewers), its finale in March averaged 5.63 million viewers and a 1.5 in the 18-49 demographic, holding steady with the network’s Kevin Bacon series ‘The Following’,” the trade publication says.
Fox is yet to comment on this but, considering the source of the report, I’d say it’s a given that “Almost Human” won’t be coming back for another season.
