Comments on: Does the Outlander season 3 premiere need to set a ratings record?

By: Judith McParland

Judith McParland — Sat, 05 Aug 2017 13:13:00 +0000

I love Outlander. I love the series, I love the books and I am counting the days until the new season starts, and I don’t want to be a downer, but I worry that between the fact the series is starting almost six months after it usually would, and the sometimes criticism even from committed fans to season 2, that interest may have waned and that season 3 will not get the viewership that you expect. I hope I am wrong, I want to be wrong, but I notice that columns like yours previously drew dozens if not hundreds of responses, now sometimes there are none, that comments on some Facebook articles have devolved into one word posts, that the “cuteness” of Jamie and Claire on TV interviews has changed slightly, now that Sam and Cait have had to strenuously deny their personal relationship, that despite all of the wonderful acting, none of them have won any awards, except for People’s Choice, and that show didn’t even refer to them during the broadcast. I wish there was something that we loyal fans could do to promote the series, but am at a loss as to what except to try to reach as many people as possible with our praise.

By: kmc

kmc — Fri, 04 Aug 2017 18:35:00 +0000

I agree, wholeheartedly. The interviews with Caitriona Balfe and Tobias Menzies the last few weeks have been interesting and have had a different perspective than the Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe interviews. Sam and Cait being cute together is alway fun, but seeing and hearing Tobias Menzies is a real treat for me. I am very excited about seeing the Boston years expanded on during the first few episodes of Season 3.

By: Elizabeth P.

Elizabeth P. — Fri, 04 Aug 2017 18:20:00 +0000

Because the season starts with Jamie meeting Black Jack Randall at the battle of Culloden then moves to Claire and Frank in Boston I would think Starz would want to have Tobias Menzies on some of the prime talk shows as well. He does play both BJR and Frank, and his acting is some of the best on the show.