All about ratings, renewals, and cancellations.
“Community” is the little TV show that could, and no matter what happens to it, it continually finds a way to survive. Just take a look at some of the following hurdles its overcome: It lost its creator, got back its creator, lost who was easily the biggest name attached to the show in the […]
Matt Carter Orphan Black, Silicon Valley, Veep
This edition of TV Quick Hits is almost entirely ratings-based, since you are either talking about particular numbers, or shows that have performed well enough for HBO to renew them for another season. “Veep” and “Silicon Valley” renewed – Based on the critical acclaim and solid ratings, especially for the latter following “Game of Thrones,” we […]
We know that “it was Easter” is a common excuse to make to justify low ratings this time of year, but it’s also traditionally a justifiable one. Ratings for most shows are traditionally a little bit lower on the holiday, and Sunday night was no exception. When the top-rated show of the night is “Once […]
By this point in the spring, we want to hope that the decision was already made on the future of “Community,” and NBC has not announced the formal decision just yet. One of the reasons that we hope this is because the finale numbers may not be that encouraging. Overall, the show drew a 1.0 in […]
Is “Community” going to be back for another season? We know that there are few questions being asked out there with the same amount of fervor as this one when it comes to the NBC show. Obviously from a personal point of view, we’d love to see the show back. It’s the most creative show […]
Matt Carter New Girl, The Originals
How badly are ratings hurt by the departure of a star? This is something that we are going to look at in this new ratings piece, given how interesting these things are to examine at this time of year. We’ll start here by saying that most of this is a discussion for the long-term future […]
Matt Carter Britain's Got Talent
Maybe the market for TV is just not so oversaturated in Great Britain as it is in America, or maybe viewers really just like talent shows where the winner gets an opportunity to perform for the Queen at the Royal Variety. No matter how you choose to describe it, you cannot dispute that “Britain’s Got […]
Matt Carter Community, Reign, Shark Tank
The headline of this ratings story is a sad one: The idea of “six seasons and a movie” for “Community” is starting to slowly slip away. The latest ratings for Thursday night show the series at yet another series low, and this one is the sort that few series typically survive with. The rating that […]
We’ve already made it clear that when it comes to its content and tone, we have not been big fans of the whole Benson saga on “Law & Order: SVU.” For a show that typically lets some of the true horror of its crimes happen off-screen, it was uncomfortable and at times gratuitous. But, based […]
Clearly, HBO has no intention to stop milking the dragon cash cow that is “Game of Thrones.” After Danaerys and company took out the rest of the network’s ratings records over the past five years like they were Robb Stark at the Red Wedding (too soon?) Sunday night, the network confirmed today that they were […]
