#why wouldn't ABC think about pushing more new development of such shows and letting the very expensive 911 go?

[kawaiifacesong]

It's silly because obviously people are forgetting that this show was cancelled. Literally only a season and a half ago Fox decided it was just too expensive and wanted to get rid of it.

ABC picked it up in the middle of the strikes when no new development was happening and they needed to fill out their schedule.

Obviously there's the benefit of consolidation given Disney own ABC, Hulu, and 911 (so they reap all the benefits of viewership now without costly licensing fees), but is that enough?

Fox cancelled 911 because the broadcast ratings - the only ones they really cared about - were too low to justify the cost. Fox might have benefited from the streaming figures too but I'm not sure (I know they have a deal with Hulu but I don't know how that works out in terms of finances).

At the end of the day, ABC may have slightly deeper pockets but they have to think about their bottom line too. Broadcast ratings are lower than they have ever been (even in S6 it was averaging a 0.59 in the demo compared to S8's 0.39). I cannot imagine that ABC's calculation of the cost-benefit of the show is that different from Fox's.

Let's also remember that ABC chose not to pick up Lone Star, even though Lone Star S4 was doing better than 911 is doing now with a 0.45 demo (and was ~$3 million cheaper to boot).

not to get into 911 cancellation #discourse because i think everyone has made up their minds by now, BUT i would like to point out that when people are discussing the end of the show coming sooner rather than later it is not ONLY because of the ratings. "can we stop acting like 911 is on the verge of cancellation when the ratings are still good for abc omg" the ratings are decent. but they're not what they used to be. the ratings continuing to fall, even a fraction, is not going to HELP abc going forward because 911 remains one of the most expensive shows on these non-cable networks. we're already seeing cost-cutting measures this season with more episodes on the schedule. what's a hypothetical season 9 gonna look like? season 10? is 911 even worth keeping on the air if the quality of the product is directly tied to how much money abc is willing to put into it the longer it goes on?