Ratings: ‘Castle’ season 8 hits low as ‘Bachelor’ special, ‘The Simpsons’ fall
Let’s just make one thing clear: Valentine’s Day is more often than not a bad night to air new programming. People are off doing other things, and for those who were home Sunday, they were probably watching “The Walking Dead” / “Talking Dead” and very little else. Judging from the reviews that show had, we certainly understand why.
It’s too bad we don’t have the ratings for the zombie drama just yet, since they would more than likely be the biggest winners of the day. Alas, that’s not available to us, so let’s just jump ahead and talk about how some other shows performed instead.
The winners – Well, “60 Minutes” improved! It posted a 1.2 rating in the 18-49 demographic, not that we really spend a whole lot of time on here discussing the performance of news shows that are clearly not going anywhere. Also, “Madam Secretary” (1.2) and “The Good Wife” (1.0) were reasonably steady. Technically they improved, but by such a little margin that it’s hard to notice.
The losers – Let’s start with “The Bachelor” airing a Valentine’s Day special, which drew a 1.0 rating, less than half what we see the show draw for a standard installment. “Castle” aired after it, and ended up drawing a series-low 0.8 rating as a result. Viewers just aren’t used to the show airing on this night, and it’s somewhat of a shame since we thought “Witness for the Prosecution” was a fun episode. It wasn’t the strongest of the season, but it continues a winning streak set up by “Tone Death.”
Elsewhere, pretty much all of Fox’s lineup went into the toilet compared to their last airings of new episodes. “The Simpsons” had a miserable 1.3, “Family Guy” a 1.2, and “Cooper Barrett’s Guide to Surviving Life” and “Bordertown” posted only 0.7 ratings. These ratings may make Fox beg for “The Last Man on Earth” to come back.
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Leo
February 16, 2016 @ 1:03 am
.ABC did promote the Sunday episode, as strange as that may seem. Not only was that demo of .08 the lowest ever so was the 4.9 mil viewers . Which makes Monday’s ratings significant .I thought season 9 chances were fairly good until Sunday and now the crucial Monday.
Fact is once viewers go they don’t come back. Monday is important .
Leo
February 16, 2016 @ 12:54 am
ABC promoted the Sunday episode, something the’ve seldom done in the pass. The other half was the 49 mil viewers , ratings I never thought I ‘d see.. The true tell all will be the Monday ratings.
The ratings thus far for season 8 are it. Going back to the umber of season 6 or even 7 are most likely gone forever.
Michael Goldman
February 15, 2016 @ 9:32 pm
Shame on ABC for putting on a NEW episode of CASTLE with practically ZERO advance notice. They didn’t say ANYTHING about a special Sunday episode at the end of last Mondays episode. It’s amazing that the show did a 0.9 If there was a sign that ABC wants to get rid of this show, we got it. I can’t see any way this show is renewed. As far as we all know, ABC isn’t even negotiating with Stana or Nathan for another season. The ratings have been putrid. ABC didn’t think enough of it to bring it back in January, when it would have an extra month without competition from BLINDSPOT. I like this show, and it hurts that ABC is treating it(never mind the fans) this way. Shame on you ABC!
Buddy
February 15, 2016 @ 7:33 pm
For what it is worth there are only two of the show’s listed that I watch. They are Madam Secretary and Castle. We prefer Castle when it’s shows are up to par (that is no long story lines just a stand alone episode per week). I believe that Castle will receive a secure status for season 9 if they go back to stand alone episodes per week.