‘Monarch’ Canceled At Fox After One Season
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EXCLUSIVE: The Romans’ country music dynasty is over.
Monarch will not be returning to Fox for a second season.
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The drama series, which starred Anna Friel, Trace Adkins, Joshua Sasse and Beth Ditto with Susan Sarandon, ended with Tuesday night’s season closer.
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While the series opened with a decent showing – it scored an 0.8 adults 18-49 Live+Same Day ratings and 3.8 million total viewers with its premiere in September and ranked as Fox’s most-watched fall scripted debut in three years, it struggled over its subsequent 10 episodes.
Across the season, Monarch averaged a 0.3/3 L7, up 50% from L+SD, and 4.1 million multiplatform viewers, up +149% from L+SD.
It wasn’t the breakout country music soap that Fox had hoped for when it ordered its first wholly owned scripted series in May 2021.
The show, which was filmed during the pandemic, originally was set to launch in January 2022 but was pushed to the fall as a result of Covid. It was purposefully designed for a shorter run of 11 episodes.
Created by Melissa London Hilfers, Monarch came out of the network’s script-to-series model.
The series is a multigenerational musical drama about America’s first family of country music. The Romans are headed by the insanely talented but tough-as-nails Queen of Country Music Dottie Cantrell Roman (Sarandon), who dies in the opening episode.
Along with her beloved husband Albie (Adkins), Dottie created a country music dynasty. But even though the Roman name is synonymous with authenticity, the very foundation of their success is a lie. And when their reign as country royalty is put in jeopardy, heir to the crown Nicolette “Nicky” Roman (Friel) will stop at nothing to protect her family’s legacy, while ensuring her own quest for stardom.
Ditto, Sasse, Inigo Pascual, Martha Higareda, Meagan Holder and Emma Miliani also star with Eva Amurri, Adam Croasdell and Faith Prince among those recurring. There were guest appearances from the likes of Shania Twain, Martina McBride, Little Big Town, Caitlyn Smith and Tanya Tucker.
Exec producers for the Fox Entertainment-produced series include Hilfers, Feldman, Gail Berman, Hend Baghdady and Jason Owen.
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