All about ratings, renewals, and cancellations.
We waited for this particular ratings update for a number of different reasons, with the biggest ones being preemptions, and also the bizarre tradition this season for ABC shows to see their numbers sort of fly all over the place. Ironically, this was a Monday where the numbers didn’t shift too much. “Dancing with the […]
Matt Carter Witches of East End
The weekend ratings are now in, and when it comes to “Witches of East End,” we feel like the news is by and large good. Per TVbythenumbers, the finale drew 1.1 million viewers and a 0.5 rating in the 18-49 demographic. When you look at the total viewer count alone, the fact that the show […]
Another week, and more surprising headlines to write about the state of “Downton Abbey” in the United Kingdom. Reportedly, the third episode of the series drew 7.8 million viewers, which is a slight drop from week two of season 5, and also a drop of more than a million viewers from at this point last […]
Matt Carter Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Family Guy, The Simpsons
Apparently, this is what happens when Fox doesn’t have an NFL overrun, and also does not have the joy of a crossover special or “The Simpsons” killing off a main character. There were significant drops across the board, but none were more noticeable than what happened on Fox last night. “Bob’s Burgers” started things low […]
Matt Carter Saturday Night Live
Depending on where you go, the opinions for the “Saturday Night Live” hosted by Sarah Silverman are all over the place. There are some that really enjoyed it, and while we are a major Silverman fan, we feel like she was surprisingly nervous and flubbed many of her lines throughout the night. There was so […]
How long can CBS keep their Friday-night lineup going? This is something that we’re going to be very interested in seeing as the season goes on. They are the only network to air three new, entertainment-related programming hours of any major network right now, but the demo ratings are leaving something big to be desired. […]
There isn’t really any good news to report when it comes to Thursday night’s TV ratings, unless you want to still label Shonda Rhimes’ “TGIT” lineup on ABC good by comparison. Let’s start with what we consider the bad news: Despite being a very good show, “Gracepoint” started off with just a 1.2 rating in […]
Matt Carter black-ish, Criminal Minds, Red Band Society, The Mysteries of Laura
Once again, we present to you proof that getting a ton of trending topics on Twitter does not mean your ratings will be enormous. While “Stalker” drew plenty of trends last night, it managed just a 2.0 rating in the 18-49 demographic for its series premiere. While this looks good paper, remember here that it […]
Matt Carter Graceland, Royal Pains
Today, USA made a very big decision when it comes to the future of “Rush” and “Satisfaction.” Namely, they renewed “Satisfaction” (which Universal owns), while they canceled “Rush” (which comes from an outside studio). This is the first move in what is most likely a series of very complicated decisions that the network has to […]
Today, USA made some big decisions when it comes to two of their freshman shows, and the writing seems to be on the wall more than ever now that if you are produced by an outside studio, you better hope that your numbers are something huge. We saw it first when it comes to “Longmire,” […]
