How badly are ratings hurt by the departure of a star? This is something that we are going to look at in this new ratings piece, given how interesting these things are to examine at this time of year. We’ll start here by saying that most of this is a discussion for the long-term future … Read More
Maybe the market for TV is just not so oversaturated in Great Britain as it is in America, or maybe viewers really just like talent shows where the winner gets an opportunity to perform for the Queen at the Royal Variety. No matter how you choose to describe it, you cannot dispute that “Britain’s Got … Read More
The headline of this ratings story is a sad one: The idea of “six seasons and a movie” for “Community” is starting to slowly slip away. The latest ratings for Thursday night show the series at yet another series low, and this one is the sort that few series typically survive with. The rating that … Read More
We’ve already made it clear that when it comes to its content and tone, we have not been big fans of the whole Benson saga on “Law & Order: SVU.” For a show that typically lets some of the true horror of its crimes happen off-screen, it was uncomfortable and at times gratuitous. But, based … Read More
Clearly, HBO has no intention to stop milking the dragon cash cow that is “Game of Thrones.” After Danaerys and company took out the rest of the network’s ratings records over the past five years like they were Robb Stark at the Red Wedding (too soon?) Sunday night, the network confirmed today that they were … Read More
The early ratings are in for AMC’s new series “Turn,” and all in all, the network should feel pretty happy with how the show started. The lengthy series premiere on Sunday night, which had the challenge of coming on the air against the ACM Awards and also the “Game of Thrones” premiere over on HBO, … Read More
There are a few ratings-related topics that we want to get through in this article, but we have to start things off by getting through what is probably the biggest news of all: The renewal of “Bates Motel” for an expected third season. This is A&E’s flagship signature show at this point, given that “Those … Read More
You had a feeling this was coming when “Game of Thrones” season 4 scheduled its premiere the week after “The Walking Dead” came to a close. Now, it’s official. Overall, the HBO series drew an incredibly figure of 6.6 million viewers last night, which not only is the most-watched episode of the show to date, … Read More