After a surprising rise in ratings the week of October 22nd, The Player has once again dropped down to 0.7 rating among adults ages 18-49. The Player still has 3 more episodes in its season, but I’m afraid it’s not looking like the ratings are going to get much better than the recent ones we have seen. There is absolutely a downward trend. Looking at this past week in particular, CBS’s Thursday Night Football went up to a 6.0 in the ratings which is absurd in comparison to the other shows on Thursday nights. The next highest rating is a 2.3 for ABC’s Scandal. The football programming is taking the majority of the masculine target audience that The Player attempts to sway with its high intensity action.

Although NBC had tough competition such as Thursday Night Football and ABC’s How To Get Away With Murder, the network does not seem to be cutting the show any slack. They have already committed other programming to the show’s timeslot. The new show starring Jennifer Lopez, Shades of Blue, will be premiering on Thursdays at 10pm at the start of 2016.