While Fox has certainly been known to inexplicably cancel shows against viewers’ wishes, The Gifted managed to get saved from such an unfortunate fate with its Season 2 renewal.
That fandom obviously plays into the second reason why Fox is keeping The Gifted going, with the comic drama currently ranking as the third most popular new drama of the 2017-2018 TV season.
One reason why Fox chose to reward the X-Men-adjacent drama is because it was received largely positively from both critics and fans, something that panned shows like Iron Fist, Inhumans and others couldn’t similarly boast about.