‘Call the Midwife’ season 4 continues to dominate ratings

While we were worried in the early going as to whether or not Jessica Raine’s departure from “Call the Midwife” was going to cripple the show’s ratings on BBC One, it appears we now have a pretty clear answer about that: The show is going just fine.

The latest numbers from Sunday night are the proof that. Reportedly, the series drew 8.9 million viewers, which was easily enough to give it the top spot on the night. Meanwhile, the adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s novel “The Casual Vacancy” continues to do very well, as it managed to pull in around 7.3 million viewers in its own right.

Why do we think that this show continues to have such enormous and sustained success? A big part of it most likely can be attributed to the way in which it manages to continue telling stories that audiences can relate to no matter who they are, or when they are watching. They also find a way to make stories applicable for the modern-day, even if the show was set more than forty years ago.

Of course, there was never really any reason to worry strongly about the future of “Call the Midwife” in the first place. After all, this was a series that had already been renewed by the BBC for another season, which will air starting with a Christmas Special at the end of the year. Hopefully, most of the current cast will continue to stick around for at least a little while longer.

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