Fox’s well received but low rated horror drama series The Exorcist has been axed after two seasons.

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The Exorcist: Is the FOX TV Series Cancelled or Renewed for Season Two? By Telly Vulture. The Exorcist is one of FOX’s lowest rated TV series. In the show’s second week, the ratings dropped more than 34% in the key demo and over 30% in terms of audience size. The freshman psychological horror drama never rebounded.

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The series, which starred Geena Davis in its first season, started off with a lot of promise. “This show is going to turn heads,” Fox chairman Gary Newman said of The Exorcist to a lot of chuckles (and a few groans) in one of the more memorable lines from the network’s 2016 upfront presentation.

The Exorcist was met with some of the best reviews for a new series that fall, and the acclaim continued in Season 2. But, scheduled on Friday nights, the series adaptation of the classic 1973 movie never got traction. In its most recent second season, it averaged a paltry 0.6 adults 18-49 Live+7 rating.

Putting the horror series on Friday nights was “tough for that show,” Newman told Deadline in March. “We had hoped that we would be able to tap into a moviegoing crowd who didn’t want to go out to the movies… and we did get some viewership. I thought the show was incredibly well produced, the stories were great.”

The Exorcist wrapped its second season on December 15 with the bloody and unexpected death of a major character. The finale posted a 0.4 Live+same day 18-49 rating, down 33% from its Season 1 ender of December 16, 2016.

Season 2 of The Exorcist picked up with Father Tomas Ortega (Alfonso Herrera) and a newly collarless Marcus Keane (Ben Daniels) out of Chicago and on the road, searching out evil. Across the Atlantic, Father Bennett (Kurt Egyiawan) attempts to weed out those within the Vatican who have turned against God. Ultimately, Tomas and Marcus are led to Andrew Kim (John Cho), a former child psychologist who runs a group home for five at-risk foster children on a secluded private island off the coast of Seattle. When one of the children under Andrew’s care is targeted by a powerful force, the two priests head west, setting themselves on a collision course with hell.

Hannah Kasulka, Li Jun Li, Brianna Hildebrand, Alex Burima and Hunter Dillon also starred in Season 2.

Created by Jeremy Slater, The Exorcist hailed from Morgan Creek Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television. Slater, Sean Crouch, Rupert Wyatt, Roy Lee, James Robinson, David Robinson and Barbara Wall served as executive producers.

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From Brooklyn Nine-Nine to Last Man on Earth and (*gasp*) Kevin Can Wait, this has been a brutal year for TV show cancellations. Even though NBC was quick to swoop in and save Brooklyn Nine-Nine, the rest of these (so far) aren't quite as lucky, with the likes of Quantico, Designated Survivor, and Scandal all also getting the axe.

Take a look below to see which scripted series are being renewed or canceled this year, and check back as we keep this list updated.

NBC

Renewed Series:

A.P. Bio

Superstore

The Good Place

Good Girls

Will & Grace

This Is Us

Chicago Fire

Chicago Med

Chicago PD

Law & Order: SVU

Blindspot

The Blacklist

Canceled or Ending Series:

Law & Order True Crime

Taken

The Brave

Great News

Rise

Decisions TBA:

Champions

Timeless

Newly Ordered Series:

Abby's

The Enemy Within

I Feel Bad

New Amsterdam

The Village

Manifest

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

America's Got Talent: The Champions

CBS

Renewed Series:

The Big Bang Theory

Blue Bloods

Bull

Hawaii Five-0

MacGyver

Madam Secretary

Mom

NCIS

NCIS: Los Ageles

NCIS New Orleans

Ransom

SEAL Team

S.W.A.T.

Young Sheldon

Criminal Minds

Man With a Plan

Life in Pieces

Instinct

Celebrity Big Brother

Elementary

Canceled Series:

Me, Myself & I

Wisdom of the Crowd

Living Biblically

Scorpion

Kevin Can Wait

9JKL

Decisions TBD:

Code Black

Newly Ordered Series:

F.B.I.

Murphy Brown

Untitled Damon Wayans Jr. Project

Welcome to the Neighborhood

Fam

God Friended Me

Magnum P.I.

The Code

The Red Line

ABC

Renewed Series:

The Goldbergs

The Good Doctor

Grey's Anatomy

Modern Family

Roseanne

Speechless

Splitting Up Together

How to Get Away With Murder

American Housewife

Black-ish

For the People

Fresh Off the Boat

Station 19

Canceled Or Ending Series:

The Mayor

The Middle

Once Upon a Time

Scandal

Ten Days in the Valley

Quantico

Designated Survivor

Alex, Inc.

The Crossing

Deception

Kevin (Probably) Saves the World

Marvel's Inhumans

Decisions TBD:

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Newly Ordered Series:

The Rookie

Take Two

Schooled

A Million Little Things

Single Parents

Grand Hotel

Whiskey Cavalier

The Fix

The Kids Are Alright

Fox

Renewed Series:

The Gifted

9-1-1

The Orville

The Simpsons

Bob's Burgers

Family Guy

Empire

The Resident

Star

Lethal Weapon

Gotham

Canceled or Ending Series:

New Girl

The X-Files

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

The Mick

Last Man on Earth

Lucifer

The Exorcist

Decisions TBD

L.A. to Vegas

Ghosted

Newly Ordered Series:

The Cool Kids

The Passage

Proven Innocent

Rel

Last Man Standing

The CW

Renewed Series:

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

Jane the Virgin

Dynasty

Arrow

Supernatural

Riverdale

Supergirl

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

Black Lightning

The Flash

The 100

iZombie

Canceled Series:

Life Sentence

Valor

Newly Ordered Series:

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Charmed

In the Dark

Roswell

New Mexico

All American

Legacies