Lifetime has cancelled Devious Maids after four seasons and a cliffhanger. Per Deadline, the cable network has opted not to renew the soapy drama for Season 5:
Lifetime has opted not to renew Devious Maids for a fifth season. The decision comes a couple of weeks after the series ended its Season 4 run on the network.
Devious Maids, developed by Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry based on a telenovela format, migrated to Lifetime after being developed and piloted at ABC. It got off to a strong start, with its freshman season peaking at 3 million Live+same day viewers for the season finale. The ratings have slipped in each consecutive season, with the most recent fourth season averaging 0.923 million viewers (L+SD), but the show has been consistent, with virtually no drop-off throughout Season 4. Its average still was twice the viewership of Lifetime’s other original scripted series, the critically praised UnReal.
The cancellation of Devious comes despite the producers’ optimism for a fifth season, making the capture all sweeter for the cancellation reaper.
RIP.
George Booth says
I’m saddened to hear Devious Maids will not continue…we ❤️That show. Hopefully, another network will pick them up. Don’t give up!
george w. ( the other one from TX)
Janet says
I surely hope another network will pick up the show! How can you leave us with a cliffhanger?
Mare says
I love that show. Please someone else pick it up. So humorous and entertaining. Looked forward to seeing it every week.
Monaa says
I just can’t believe they took yet another great show off the air!!! t’s getting to the point where I don’t want to watch anything, why get attached?? I loved this show, such an entertaining and humorous hour! One of the biggest things I looked forward to about summer, was Devious Maids! There was another show on Lifetime that was great and they cancelled it after only one year, Side Order of Life. Yet, they keep on that Bachelor takeoff garbage!! This channel has had very few good shows on it and they are all gone now. I don’t even watch their movies since they invariably have an animal in it, which is always murdered!!Army Wives, Drop Dead Dive, Side Order and now this, Who would even turn this channel on with such crap as Little Women of every darn city, gross, Project Runway, ugh, that evil witch on Dance Moms screeching at children, forever ruining them, really???? There are actually people in this viewer base who still enjoy tv shows, not fake a.. reality junk!!!
Kasey says
Very well said. I totally agree!
NME says
I agree. They could have e at least given us an ending. I was really looking forward to the new season. I’ve had a lot of shows cancelled on most of the networks. It would be great if another network would pick it up. It really sucks.
Leigh Ann Jackson says
I thoroughly enjoyed this show. Susan Luccci was outstanding! As others have said I am sick to death of reality garbage! If it weren’t for Blacklist, Nashville, Longmire and The Walking Dead I would cancel Dish Network and watch only Netflix and Hulu Plus movies. Maybe only Hulu Plus the Netflix selection isn’t the best.
Spring says
Omg!!! I am so mad!! I love this show! They keep the crap on and cancel the good ones! I watched Devious Maids since the beginning and it was great!! This sucks!
Ladybbird says
Devious Maids No S5..I’m NOT surprised..
Writers LOST the Plot & Fun For this Series
The storyl ines by writers, involving actresses like Dania Ramirez (Rosie) with her NON-STOP whining voice…
and Ana Ortiz (Marisole with her HORRENDOUS new buck teeth improvements /COLD acting)..lost many viewers..
Writers should have kept the intrigue going between Evelyn Powell & her may-be EX Husband and the sheer fun of DEVIOUS MAIDS when it first started
I know nothing about Movies and TV Shows,,,LOL.. But I thought Devious Maids should have ended after S3..
Maybe that is why the ratings DROPPED….
Carla says
Please don’t do this to us!!!
Jeanie says
I am crying right now! Lifetime lost two devoted Devious Maids viewers! My husband and I both loved this show and looked forward to it every year! Lifetime you have really blown it this time! You can shove your Reality CRAP!!! Unbelievable!
Kasey says
So disappointed in Lifetime. I love this show. If they were going to end it at least they could have done it decently and not leave us hanging. If lifetime keeps cancelling their good shows they won’t have any viewers left. So sad.
Sue Cugini says
I really enjoyed this show. The humor was wonderful; strong actresses; Bill Irwin was great; good storylines and they ended this on a real cliffhanger. They could have at least brought this back for a 6 episode finale to bring a closure to the series.
dj says
the show was just to pleasing to to many people – not enough edgy “in your face” activism that seems to be all the networks want now. it’s as if they want the channel to free-fall so they can justify pushing all the content in a different direction
Jeannette says
OMG, great shows keep getting cancelled on all networks. And yet, the dumbest, crudest, stupidest, trashy shows keep running. It’s true, why get involved with TV when the good shows get cancelled and the idiotic shows stay on.
Millie bentley says
I am not sad and I am pissed I’m getting sick and tired of the good shows going off and they put these damn reality shows on and the stupid things on I am so tired of this they took devious maids off OK yeah I understand it was running it’s course then they put on another show after that it was pretty good I liked it they took it off Nother put devious maids and they just all the sudden Take it off and not renewing it didn’t never even ended it right there was no ending to it I’m tired of that too that is bull crap that they don’t in them the right way I am sick and tired of it I’m bout ready just not to watching the MTV because of the shit my daughter she just text me and told me about it that it was going off and it’s like this is bullshit I am very outraged because Like I said I am tired of it take off these stupid reality stuff take off these things of who slept with who or about these movie stars the Kardashian’s and all that I don’t give a shit what they’re doing I don’t care about their love life or who they’re sleeping with that it’s ridiculous like I said I’m Forget watching damn TV
Dboo says
So sad!!
Carla says
There are a lot of tv series that I really like. Devious Maid is one of the few that I really loved to watch. It is terrible that you finally get a show that probably most women watch and you cancel it. No ending just drop it. Please bring it back. SO SO SAD
Carla Williams says
There are a lot of tv series that I really like. Devious Maid is one of the few that I really loved to watch. It is terrible that you finally get a show that probably most women watch and you cancel it. No ending just drop it. Please bring it back. SO SO SAD
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clean mvr says
I told my kids we’d play after I found what I needed. Damnit.