October Road After a Disappointing Season, Is the Series Finished on ABC The series typically lost a large percentage of viewers from its Greys Anatomy lead in but it was enough to earn Road a second year. Now that the second season has finished airing, will there be a year three For whatever reason, October Road hit a slump in its sophomore year. Prior to this month, the series had been averaging fewer than five million viewers. I/51AzILVWmCL._SX940_.jpg' alt='Watch October Road Season 1 Episode 1' title='Watch October Road Season 1 Episode 1' />ABC had ordered 1. With the writers strike and the disappointing ratings, the network didnt feel they needed any more. Last month, ABC announced that several of its series had been renewed for the fall season and, not surprisingly, October Road was absent from the list. If network executives were waiting until March to see the performance of the final three episodes, the shows cause wasnt helped. American Dad Season 11 Episode 11. Find listings of daytime and primetime ABC TV shows, movies and specials. Get links to your favorite show pages. March 3rds episode attracted only 5. This weeks two hours averaged a dismal 4. Compared to last seasons finale, thats a loss of almost 5. Since it looks pretty unlikely that Nick and the other residents of Knights Ridge will be back for a third season on ABC, will we ever learn the identity of Sams father There is talk that the CW and Lifetime are interested in continuing the series should ABC let it go. CW could certainly use the ratings as none of their present programming comes close to attracting Roads viewership. On the other hand, Road would fit well with Lifetimes other programming. Well know ABCs decision by mid May at the latest. If they dont want to continue the drama, it will be interesting to see if some other network does.