Freeform Officially Cancels 'Stitchers' After Three Seasons

By Sheanne Aguila, Christian Post Contributor Monday, September 18, 2017

Freeform has officially pulled the plug on "Stitchers."

The sci-fi crime drama created by Jeffrey Alan Schechter has been canceled by Freeform, TVLine confirmed Friday. Debuted in June 2015, "Stitchers" followed a college student named Kirsten Clark (Emma Ishta), who was recruited by a secret government agency to get "stitched" into the minds of the recently deceased. Before they go to the grave, their memories are used to investigate on murder cases and help solve mysteries.

Season 3 concluded with a major cliffhanger last month with Kirsten losing all her memories due to a stitch that went wrong. In a previous interview with the publication, Schechter shared some of his plans should the series get renewed.

"It would be cool to see how the program has to protect Kirsten now that she's essentially a weapon," he said. "If she fell into the wrong hands, [there would be consequences] ... We could play celebrity for a moment, since the team is like a group of superheroes in a way. But that could easily take a turn — I could see people getting angry that we have access to all these private memories."

TV Guide points out that after Freeform's decision to cancel the show, fans will likely never know who was blackmailing Kirsten and why she was being targeted by that person. Despite the program's compelling storyline, it was not able to snag enough ratings to stay on air like its fellow fantasy-themed series, "Shadowhunters."

News of the cancellation does not come as a surprise considering the show's numbers. For its third season, "Stitchers" had slipped in the Live+Same Day ratings — receiving an average of 0.13 rating in the 18–49 demo with 365,000 viewers per episode. It was ranked as one of the lower-rated originals that aired on Freeform.

Ishta was joined by Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Ritesh Rajan, Allison Scagliotti, Damon Dayoub and Kyle Harris. Schechter also served as executive producer alongside Rob Wolken and Jonathan Baruch.