‘American Horror Story: Hotel’ episode 10 sinks to yet another ratings low
What we saw last night was something we never saw coming: The show losing to “Alaskan Bush People” with a 0.9 rating in the 18-49 demographic. This is the show’s lowest rating since an episode of “Asylum” that drew the same figure, though we attribute that mostly to it airing the day before Thanksgiving. In the end, this just isn’t good given the cast and the heavy expectations. Sure, you can blame the holiday season if you so choose, but it seems as though there is one overwhelming reason why the numbers keep dropping. The show just is not that good anymore. We hate to be that blunt about it, but it’s true.
Sure, the past couple of episodes have been improvement, but this season has felt like the flashy neon sight to get us into the hotel was meant to be enough to have us handing down the rave reviews. It’s not. The story has been confusing, the writing inconsistent, and some of the cast under-utilized. The Jessica Lange hangover is official real, as is the notion that maybe this is a show that needs to take a creative hiatus.
All we hope is that the writers / producers find a way to look at these ratings as a sign that they need to give the show a serious cross-examination, and come back stronger and more prepared to handle criticism than ever. This is why we think so many of the awards-show nominations have been a bad thing for the show: The lesser competition in the miniseries category has helped to mask lingering problems.
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Kuntilanak
December 18, 2015 @ 9:58 pm
It is what it is. People just like “light” shows, shows that are predictable, shows with zombies that have been done over and over and over, just like in music, people just like the same songs for 20 weeks and refuse to like other songs.
If the ratings is low, I will accept it. I love the show and GAGA did just fine in her acting. Idiots claimed that she is “frozen”, she is “acting” for her character, you dumbass. I also love the show not just because Gaga is in it, but other actors as well, all of whom did tremendous jobs.
Gerda Kornstädt
December 18, 2015 @ 6:02 pm
yes, I agree. Explain me the Gaga nomination? lmao
Kuntilanak
December 18, 2015 @ 9:55 pm
Jealous of Hollywood foreign press acknowledgement of her? I guess you will also criticized her nomination for Billboard Woman of the year as well. Strange there are so many people like yourself who failed to see how talented she is. I bet you are a fan of mainstream artists whose songs ruled on the charts because of people like you who only like the same song for 20 weeks.
raymond richard
December 19, 2015 @ 1:26 pm
For me the issue isn’t that she isn’t talented. I think she would benefit from not referencing Bowie, Madonna and grace jones so much and stop the fake PR crap like her meaningless, bought nominations this year. She actually is talented. She should let her work speak for itself – and personally for me stick with singing. I don’t find her to be a gat actress. But to each his own
Bob Loblaw
January 14, 2016 @ 12:36 pm
The issue is that SHE CANNOT ACT. She is a terrible actress, and her Golden Globe is a joke.
raymond richard
December 19, 2015 @ 1:24 pm
It’s common knowledge that she made a “donation” which ended with her billboard nomination best woman of the year during a year in which she did basically nothing (they have been in her back pocket for quite some time now) and the deal with Hollywood foreign press was made before anyone knew what the ratings would be and the assumption that at least a fraction of her “ten gazillion Twitter followers” would watch their mother monsters attempt at ‘acting’. It’s a shame that her PR people think this is the way to go. All of her accolades have something fishy behind the scenes. Remember the $0.99 cent sale for born this way which were counted by billboard right before they changed the rules so no other artist can ever benefit from a stunt like that again? It makes her look not authentic and like a cheater. I can only imagine what industry insiders and other big named artists think about her.