Ratings (2/23/2017): The Blacklist: Redemption premieres low; Riverdale slides

Today, the main order of business is discussing The Blacklist: Redemption premiere ratings, and we wish we could say it was good news.

The show’s first episode last night aired just a 0.8 rating in the 18-49 demographic, which was down a tenth from the episode of The Blacklist proper the hour before. Honestly, the expectations that were out there for the show were low. It’s hard for a show like this to have appeal beyond faithful fans of the series already, and not all of those people like Tom Keen.

For the record, and as you can see in our premiere review over at the link here, we personally found the first episode to be very entertaining. It combined a lot of action with a tight-knit cast and a good bit of character mythology. The big issue that it runs into is recruiting new people, and that feels impossible at the moment.

Even if Redemption stays steady for the remainder of the season, it’s still hard to see good things for it coming when renewals are announced in May. Heck, there are reasons to worry about the flagship show.

Riverdale in trouble

The buzz-worthy Archie Comics adaptation entered the season as a hot ratings commodity; unfortunately, it now looks like a show on the verge of ending. The most-recent episode of the show generated a 0.3 in the demo, its lowest of the season by a healthy margin.

If the show does get canceled, you cannot say that this is a great year for The CW and their propensity to develop new shows this year. Both No Tomorrow and Frequency are likely heading out the door, and while Supergirl was already renewed, it technically existed before it even aired on this network in the first place. (For those wondering, Supernatural at 8:00 last night drew a 0.6 — steady as a rock as always.)

Other odds and ends

-The finale of How to Get Away with Murder brought in a 1.5 and 1.4 rating over its two hours. These are great figures for the show per its recent averages. It’s not a smash hit anymore, but it’s certainly solid.

–MasterChef Junior drew a 1.2, further proving that Fox likely wants to find a way to make Gordon Ramsay immortal