The Blacklist season 9 ratings: Do they offer up any hope for more?
One of the things that we’ve learned over the years when it comes to ratings is quite simple: Performance is in the eye of the beholder. What constitutes good ratings and bad ratings in this current era depends on a few different factors — take the cost of the show coupled with the timeslot, expectations, and how it is performing across multiple other venues.
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With The Blacklist we know that we’re looking at a show already that performs extremely well both in DVR numbers and streaming after the fact. Even though NBC doesn’t have full ownership of it, there’s clearly a good deal struck between them and studio Sony to keep it on the air for a good while. Every indication we’ve got right now suggests there’s a viable business model here despite lower numbers.
For this past episode entitled “The SPK,” the numbers remained far from great: Think in terms of a 0.3 in the 18-49 demographic and just under 3.1 million viewers. With that being said, the series is almost even in the demo versus season 8 and down under 8% in total viewers. Any other network would be thrilled with this level of retention; we just can’t say yet that this is going to lead to the James Spader drama having a long-term future or not. It’s also probably going to be moved on this timeslot if the Law & Order revival ends up airing this season.
What are your latest thoughts on The Blacklist season 9 ratings?
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