‘Whodunnit?’ season 2 hopes helped by finale ratings
For those of you who are wondering whether or not “Whodunnit?” will be killed off following its first season, we still do not have an answer for you. However, the improved ratings for the show’s first-season finale on Sunday night prove to us that there is still a great deal of potential in a show that became our favorite reality competition of the summer.
Overall, the show drew a series-high 1.4 rating in the 18-49 demographic on the night, and also a total of 3.67 million viewers. We know that none of these numbers are fantastic by any means, but let’s put this in some perspective. The show was up against the “True Blood” finale, “Dexter’s” final season, and another new episode of “Breaking Bad.” That is not exactly light competition from the cable world. It was also the second-most-watched show on the night behind “Big Brother 15” over on CBS.
We want to see ABC take another chance on the show for the reasons that we’ve listed here, because consistency in the ratings for a network show in this day and age is really a rare thing. So for a competition show to hold its audience all year, especially when there are so many other things going on in the summer, that is something that should be worth a second shot. Plus, there’s a full year now for friends to recommend this show to others, and we genuinely think that the numbers will go up in season 2 now that the format is more apparent to viewers. (And we say this as someone who is certainly cynical about network shows keeping an audience.)
If you want to read our full review of the “Whodunnit?” finale, be sure to visit the link here. Hopefully, ABC will not keep us waiting for too long when it comes to announcing the show’s fate.
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Kel
September 9, 2013 @ 4:37 pm
I loved the show, I hope they make a season 2, I think now that they have season one complete, they could really do some interesting things for season 2, like change up the location to maybe a castle in europe! or a haunted mansion! Plus maybe they could make some of the clues less endurance, because Kam definitely had the advantage in the last season even though Lindsey suspected Cris all along. PS – Giles was awesome! :)
Juan Enriquez
August 24, 2013 @ 12:11 am
THIS SHOW KEPT ME ON THE EDG OF MY SEAT WITH EVERY SINGLE EPISODE THAT THEY MADE!!!!!! I LOVE IT!!!!!!!! PLEASE,PLEASE,PLEASE HAVE A SEASON 2 ! ! ! ! !
Caroline Leach
August 20, 2013 @ 1:46 am
There were clues remember when Ronnie died Lindsey found a note saying the killer is blank because blank said blank was dishonest. Meaning she didn’t want people to know she was the killer leading people off her track duhh
Gina
August 19, 2013 @ 5:56 pm
What a crap finale!!!! Lindsey should have won!!!! She was the only one who kept picking Cris!!! How can the “winner” not have even known who the killer was? And just an arbitrary choice for killer- NO clues, no explanation, no through line??? WTF?????
You actually HAD clues for other people!!!
The last game was stupid. Just because KAM was faster and had an advantage in one game he won? He didn’t know the killer’s identity!!!
IF this show gets brought back, ABC, have some actual CLUES to who the killer is and don’t just make it random, “because we said so” explanation. Let people figure it out at home. You had NO clues as to the killer’s identity. And then ZERO explanation as to “why they did it”?
Also, in the future the winner should be who actually KNOWS WHO THE KILLER IS- Otherwise, WHY is it called WHO Dunnit?????
tacf85
August 20, 2013 @ 1:04 am
I agree…