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Atlanta-produced BET drama 'The Quad' cancelled after two seasons

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April 23, 2018

Posted Monday, April 23, 2018 by RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com on his AJC Radio & TV Talk blog

BET has cancelled its Atlanta-based and Atlanta-produced drama "The Quad" about life at a fictional historically black college.

Its second season finale aired earlier this month.

The series starred  Anika Noni Rose as Dr. Eva Fletcher, president of Georgia A&M University, and also featured Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Sean Blakemore and Jasmine Guy.

The show last year averaged 1.3 million viewers, counting DVR usage over a week. Overnight ratings were in the 800,000 range. During season two, ratings slipped nearly 30 percent to around 550,000 overnight viewers and fewer than 1 million total viewers.

ExploreVariety broke the story while I was out of the country.

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Rodney Ho writes about entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution including TV, radio, film, comedy and all things in between. A native New Yorker, he has covered education at The Virginian-Pilot, small business for The Wall Street Journal and a host of beats at the AJC over 20-plus years. He loves tennis, pop culture & seeing live events.

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