All about ratings, renewals, and cancellations.
Throughout most of our conversations about Marvel’s “Agents of SHIELD,” we have said that in order for this show to really be considered a hit, it needs to draw a rating that is somewhere higher than a 4.0 in the 18-49 demographic given the aggressive hype and promotion. If it premiered with a number less […]
There’s not a lot of drama sometimes in a renewal when it has already been more or well known that the show was probably going to be coming back, and that is the situation that “The Bridge” found itself in this summer. Given that we had already heard the producers talking about future storylines, they […]
The biggest story that we have to talk about today when it comes to the fall TV battle is simply one new show dominating the others in the 10:00 p.m. Eastern time slot. Not only was “The Blacklist” the winner of this showdown, but it really was not even close when you look at some […]
Usually when you have a fall TV premiere, there are only a few things that you can hope for: A decent start in the ratings, and that you can hold on to most of that audience. Occasionally you get a show like “Scandal” that can build dramatically on their audience after the first week, but […]
Who cares about the Emmys, or about NFL football? Despite some pretty heavy competition, including from each other, both “Dexter” and “Breaking Bad” set some new records for themselves last night. The Bryan Cranston – Aaron Paul series prepared for its series finale next week in grand fashion, drawing an impressive 6.6 million viewers along […]
Who said that “Downton Abbey” was going to fall apart without Dan Stevens and Jessica Brown Findlay in the cast? The ratings came out on Monday morning for the season 4 premiere, and it was clear almost immediately that ITV had something major to celebrate. Including figures from the +1 catch-up channel (which airs programming […]
In theory, we really liked the idea of “The Neighbors” moving to Friday nights after “Last Man Standing.” The two shows could have had a heavy family audience, with them both being about parents and their colorful crew that are their children. Unfortunately, what we saw here was more evidence that comedies airing on Friday […]
Well, here is something that you don’t see everyday: A cable network making a move to cancel a show after its first season. Typically, we think this is a mistake; these networks like to show good will towards studios to convince them to bring on their programs, and they also understand the value of building […]
The bad news for “The X Factor” USA just won’t stop, as the talent show has found itself once again at a series low. With that, it is almost time for the question to be asked: Are we really at the end of the road for the singing-competition genre? Overall, the latest edition of the […]
BBC America has only recently started to dive head-first into the world of scripted programming, but we already have some sad news now to report about the death of the first-ever original property for the network. Sources have confirmed that “Copper,” which got off to an ambitious start but has also performed only okay in […]
