by REERA YOO
ABC won’t be taking another Selfie. The network has confirmed that it will not be ordering any additional episodes outside of the freshman comedy’s initial order of 13, according to Entertainment Weekly.
Starring John Cho and Karen Gillan, Selfie follows the story of social media star Eliza Dooley who enlists the help of her company’s marketing guru, Henry Higgs, to help rebrand herself after a publicly humiliating incident. The show had garnered a lot of attention since it features an Asian American male romantic lead.
However, the social media-drenched show struggled to find an audience and its ratings continued to drop as the weeks progressed. ABC tried to raise numbers with back-to-back episodes this week, but Selfie only reeled in 3.7 and 3.2 million views, according to Nielsen. The show will reportedly air its seventh episode in its regular timeslot next Tuesday, but it’s unclear whether ABC will air the remaining 6 episodes.
ABC also axed Selfie‘s companion sitcom Manhattan Love Story a few weeks ago due to even lower ratings. However, the network did order a full season of its freshman drama, Forever.
Ratings aside, many fans and critics have praised Gillan and Cho’s chemistry and performances. It’s unfortunate that the show got canceled prematurely, especially since the relationship between Eliza and Henry started blossoming in the last few episodes. Although it’s been brief, we’ll miss Selfie and its hilarious Crayon Pop dances.
Read our October/November 2014 cover story on John Cho here.
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Photo courtesy of Selfie‘s Facebook page
