All about ratings, renewals, and cancellations.
While we still don’t feel like we have enough evidence on “Community” season 4 thus far to make it the subject of a ratings debate article, the latest numbers do continue to suggest that there is a range in which viewers are checking out the show … and while it’s not a great one by […]
We’re at that time of year now when we have seen the vast majority of the primetime series all of the major networks are putting out there, and with there only being two months to go until upfront presentations for the fall, we’re bringing back a rather popular feature from the spring: ratings debates! We’re […]
Matt Carter NCIS: Los Angeles, Splash
The moment we saw that ABC was unveiling a series that was really all about celebrity diving, we thought that this was going to go the way of the Betamax in about twelve hours. However, “Splash” actually turned out to make a splash on the viewing public, and the series ended up beating such popular […]
Out of all stories related to TV ratings that we post, these are always the ones that truly make us sad: when a critically-acclaimed series that is trying to do something different ends up getting canceled before its time. This time around, the show is on a network in HBO that usually does its best […]
Matt Carter Bates Motel, Dancing with the Stars
It’s not often that we have good news to share (especially from broadcast networks), so we should start off this ratings article by talking a little bit about the success that ABC had with their new season of “Dancing with the Stars.” Following the major disappointment (at least in the 18-49 demographic) that was the […]
After we publish our review of “Girls” every night, we always like to take a minute or two in order to see what some of the other TV critics out there are saying about the show. It’s such a polarizing show that there are times in which other perspectives serve to only further enhance your […]
Without the Friday night ratings beast known as “Shark Tank” taking away viewers, you would think that some of the other shows would see a rise in numbers … right? Not exactly. Instead, what we ended up having here was a number of shows airing at 9:00 p.m. actually losing an audience, and the lowest-rated […]
We’ve had a love / hate relationship with “Community” at times this season, so isn’t it in many ways ironic that the show ended up posting its lowest ratings of the series for what was actually its best episode of the post-Dan Harmon era by a pretty wide margin. You can blame whatever you want […]
Matt Carter Saturday Night Live
The moment that Justin Timberlake was announced as the host of “Saturday Night Live” this weekend, you knew that the ratings were going to be stellar. However, did you ever imagine that they were going to be as strong as they ended up being? Overall, the show this weekend drew a massive 3.7 rating in […]
In looking at the Friday-night TV lineup at the moment, there is really only one logical reaction you can have to the ratings: ugh. Most of the network’s attempts right now to put scripted fare on the night are admirable, but for whatever reason they have stuck so many things appealing to the same audience […]
