The mysterious island resort has been closed by FOX. The community has cancelled its Fantasy Island collection, so it’s not returning for a 3rd season. The de facto collection finale aired final night time.
A drama collection, the Fantasy Island TV present relies on the 1977-84 series of the identical title. This incarnation stars Roselyn Sánchez, Kiara Barnes, and John Gabriel Rodriquez, with Alexa Mansour recurring. The story is about at a luxurious resort, the place any fantasy visitors request is fulfilled, though they hardly ever end up as anticipated. Different folks arrive on the resort with goals and needs and depart enlightened and remodeled by the magical realism of Fantasy Island. Elena Roarke (Sanchez) is the steward of this mysterious island and is a descendant of the long-lasting Mr. Roarke. Assisting Elena is Ruby Okoro (Barnes), a younger girl with an outdated soul who arrives with a terminal sickness and is given a brand new lease on life there. There’s additionally pilot Javier (Rodriquez), the pinnacle of island transportation and a jack of all trades, and Helene (Mansour), a younger girl who involves the island on the lookout for her organic father. Guest stars within the second season embrace Frankie J. Alvarez, James Denton, Izzy Diaz, Rachael Harris, Teri Hatcher, Cheryl Hines, Marie Osmond, Kyla Pratt, Jason Priestley, Andy Richter; Jai Rodriguez, and Lynn Whitfield.
Airing on Monday nights, the second season of Fantasy Island averages a 0.20 ranking within the 18-49 demographic and 1.77 million viewers. Compared to season one, that’s down by 32% within the demo and up by 4% in viewership within the dwell+similar day rankings (consists of DVR playback by 3:00 AM). In the dwell+7 day rankings, episodes decide up over 50% extra viewers.
The rankings for the present’s first season weren’t superb, and a big decline within the demo numbers this season probably damage its probabilities of survival. Even although the collection was produced economically, with such low rankings, the community probably determined to roll the cube and make approach for a brand new present.
“We were very pleased with Fantasy Island’s fun and escapist creative, which we had hoped would gain strong traction among viewers,” in response to a community assertion. “Sony Pictures Television is an important partner of ours, and we look forward to continuing to work with them on Accused, Alert: Missing Persons Unit, Doc, and the upcoming animated series Universal Basic Guys/Hoagie Bros. We’d also like to thank Fantasy Island’s cast, led by Roselyn Sánchez, Kiara Barnes and John Gabriel Rodriquez, crew and executive producers Liz Craft, Sarah Fain and Anne Clements for their partnership on the series.”
What do you think? Have you loved watching the Fantasy Island TV collection on FOX? Are you sorry to know that it’s not been renewed for a 3rd season? Did you anticipate it to be cancelled?
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