Ratings Progress Report, This Is Us
With some of the entries in our Ratings Progress Report series this month, we are going to be discussing programs that are somewhat on the bubble — and there are many of them right now, given that this is proving to be one of the hardest fall seasons in quite some time. There’s so much […]
Before the season started, “Bull” was one of the few fall shows that we had the utmost confidence in — and it was pretty darn easy to figure out why. You had “NCIS” as an incredible lead-in, and a former “NCIS” star in Michael Weatherly. Dr. Phil McGraw, one of the most prolific men in […]
“Son of Zorn” is a ridiculous show. It’s laugh-out-loud funny times, juvenile at others, and despite its missteps here and there, we appreciate the thought experiment. It takes guts in 2016 to put on a makeshift He-Man live action / animation hybrid, and somehow it works! Fox is the only network that’d probably give this […]
MacGyver, Ratings Progress Report
With us now entering the month of November, this is the time in which we do like to start giving some check-ins on fall shows in order to see how they’re doing. We’ll be starting up Midseason Report Cards once we get past midseason finales, and we’re also going to be looking at some shows […]
Ratings Progress Report, Reign
This season, there are few CW series that are in the midst of a journey as circuitous as “Reign.” The royal drama started off the season airing on a new night in Fridays, but the ratings were not spectacular in their new night. Now, it is set to go on a lengthy hiatus at the […]
Ratings Progress Report, Supergirl
At present we are three episodes into the run of “Supergirl” on CBS, and we have a hard time imagining that this is where the network expected it to be at this point. Despite all the hype, the budget, and the promotion, the show fell down to a 1.7 rating in the 18-49 demographic for this […]
Code Black, Ratings Progress Report
Going into the start of the fall season, we very much got the sense that CBS was fairly happy with “Code Black” as a concept. While there have been a billion or so hospital series produced over the years, few have that sort of perfect storm of a great cast, intense moments, and gritty realism. […]
Ratings Progress Report, Scream Queens
Is “Scream Queens” the biggest disappointment when it comes to the fall TV season? If you are speaking in terms of quality, the answer’s gotta be a clear “no.” The show is wacky, funny, and very entertaining from start to finish. We also think that it’s made a star out of Glen Powell. The problem […]
Fear the Walking Dead, Ratings Progress Report
For the majority of the articles in our Ratings Progress Report series, we are looking at shows that are still currently airing this fall. However, we’re making an exception for AMC’s “Fear the Walking Dead” given the interesting expectations that it had entering the season, and the fact that it only had six episodes and […]
Ratings Progress Report, The Bastard Executioner
There are a few things that have surprised us about the first season of “The Bastard Executioner,” but one of the most surprising things comes from FX itself. For some reason, the network has yet to greenlight a second season of the Kurt Sutter-produced show. This is a network known typically for giving drama series […]
