Will Madam Secretary season 5 – Hillary Clinton guest spot help or hurt ratings?
Now, we turn to another question that is on our mind here: Will this appearance actually help, or hurt, the ratings for the show?
Let’s get one thing out of the way right now: We don’t foresee it being too hurtful to the show. We do think that the people speaking out about it online are just a small minority of the show’s actual viewership; whatever is lost from them will likely be gained by some viewers who check it out for the first time. We do think there will be a slightly larger audience than usual, but we’re not expecting record ratings by any means. If this was 2017, maybe it’s possible that you got even greater burn out of the Hillary appearance. we do know that it’s still notable, given that it’s not often that you get a former Presidential candidate appearing on any primetime show. We also know that Colin Powell and the return of Madeleine Albright will also potentially bring some attention to the show, but probably a little bit less than Hillary does.
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One thing that we do think would help Madam Secretary in general is if they could find a way to scale out some of their big guest-starring gigs. We often get some big headlines surrounding their premieres, but very rarely does the show get publicity on the same level the remainder of the season.
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Christine
September 3, 2018 @ 1:51 am
I for one think it is a wonderful idea to bring all three of these folks on to the screen. They have very diverse backgrounds and yes some corruption, but nothing like what we are dealing with every single day with this administration. I would love to see more of this type of injection into this show. The only real downfall I see is that the slot that they have this show on is a death sentence. This show needs to be moved where it won’t be interrupted every other week for some football game, dumb trophy giving movie or singers night that most people don’t watch. Put it on Tuesday night at 10:00 pm. For those that don’t like who will be on, please feel free to go to twitter and watch some real slime shows.
CHARLOTTE L YAILLEN
July 30, 2018 @ 9:20 am
What ARE they thinking!? The show is very idealistic, the McCords so loving and wholesome. I do chuckle at how unrealistic the governance and politics are portrayed, but that’s just some of its escapist charm. To bring on Hillary is just such a jarring note — she has a lifelong record of corruption, lying, deceit just for starters! Bad, bad, bad, bad decision…..
Vincent Welage
July 29, 2018 @ 5:37 pm
The producers needed a replacement for Freeman in the premiere, but pulling these dinosaurs out of the woodwork makes little sense. IMO. Corruption (Clinton – Benghazi, Powell – Iraq, Albright – North Korea) in the real US State Dept was prevalent during the tenures of these political characters. A much better and more credible guest choice would have been Condoleezza Rice. In office, January 26, 2005 – January 20, 2009. She would have been a good comparable to Elizabeth, but not politically correct enough for CBS.
Stephen Leonard
July 29, 2018 @ 6:55 pm
I have to agree. Condi Rice, or Madeleine Albright, would have been fine. Hillary Clinton is such a polarizing figure, inducing such visceral loathing in such a large portion of the population, that her presence can only cost them viewers. I am one of millions who voted unhesitatingly for Donald Trump, because I could imagine few fates worse for the nation than bringing Hillary’s corruption, dishonesty and incompetence back to the White House, and few fates for myself worse than having her on my television every evening when I turned on the news.
Putting her on Madam Secretary is a very unfortunate decision.