It’s one and done for Almost Family. Fox has decided to cancel the drama after one season. The writing was on the wall when the low-rated drama’s last two episodes were shipped off to die on Saturday night.
Fox typically waits until May to make final renewal or cancellation announcements but Almost Family was in a unique position. Not only was the series not registering with live viewers, but delayed viewership was also not high enough to encourage Fox to hang in there for another season. Adding to its troubles was also the recent allegations surrounding series star Timothy Hutton who in a report published by “Variety” was accused by a woman of sexual assault in 1983 when she was 14.
Almost Family centered on only child Julia Bechley (Brittany Snow), who finds her life turned upside down when her father, Leon Bechley (Hutton), is forced to reveal that over the course of his pioneering career as a fertility doctor, he used his own sperm to conceive dozens of children. The concept wasn’t really well-received by critics either who thought the premise while being promoted as heart-warming, was downright creepy to most. Megalyn Echikunwoke and Emily Osment also starred on the series.
The show was also a soft ratings performer in the fall, not taking advantage of its Masked Singer lead-in. Things deteriorated further when the drama returned in January behind Flirty Dancing, matching Live+Same Day season lows of 1 million viewers and a 0.3 in adults 18-49 (Live+Same Day) which resulted in the move to Saturday night.
