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

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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