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This can be the one downside that Ray Donovan can’t repair. Showtime has determined to cancel the Ray Donovan TV present, opting to not renew it for an eighth and closing season.
Ray Donovan stars Liev Schreiber, Alan Alda, Zach Grenier, Jon Voight, Sprint Mihok, Eddie Marsan, Pooch Corridor, Kerris Dorsey, and Graham Rogers. The collection facilities on skilled fixer Ray Donovan (Schreiber), who’s working to be the person his household wants him to be. Whereas he makes progress with Dr. Amiot (Alda), there are risks from the previous that require the Ray Donovan of previous. Between NYC mayor Ed Feratti (Grenier), an unrelenting NYPD officer trying to find the reality and purchasers previous and new, Ray struggles to search out the stability between fixing for purchasers and fixing himself. And when Feratti’s corruption brings a bit of Mickey’s previous (Voight) again to New York, Ray is compelled to hunt solutions to long-buried questions.
The seventh season of Ray Donovan averaged a 0.13 ranking within the 18-49 demographic and 932,000 viewers. Compared to season six, that’s down by 21% within the demo and down by 3% in viewership.
Throughout this 12 months’s winter TCA press convention, Showtime boss Gary Levine instructed Ray Donovan might be coming to an finish. He stated, “I feel Ray Donovan is nearing the tip of its run. We all the time talked about seven or eight seasons. Nothing has been determined but however it’s truthful to say it’s nearing the tip.” Schreiber instructed that followers of Ray Donovan urge Showtime to resume the present for season eight.
“After seven unimaginable seasons, Ray Donovan has concluded its run on Showtime,” the cable channel stated in a press release. “We’re proud that the collection ended amid such robust viewership and on such a robust observe. Our deepest thanks go to Liev Schreiber, Jon Voight, showrunner David Hollander and the complete forged and crew, previous and current, for his or her devoted work.”
The seventh season finale, which aired on January 19th, left viewers with a cliffhanger for a collection finale.
What do you think? Are you a fan of the Ray Donovan TV present? Do you assume that Showtime ought to have ordered an eighth season or, at the least some kind of wrap up for the collection?