ABC’s The Family has been experiencing a steady ratings and viewership decline with each episode since its debut.  It started with a rating of 1.48 and 5.7 million viewers for its debut episode on March 3rd and those numbers dropped with every single episode, until eventually its most recent episode that aired on March 27th received a rating of 0.60 with 2.61 million viewers.  It will be interesting to see if this trend continues this coming Sunday or if it will finally experience an uptick in its rating for the first time.

Critics were initially skeptical about the series, though apparently the content is becoming more interesting as the writing gets more bizarre.  Perhaps this shift in the content of the show will lead to more interest, or perhaps it is too late to salvage the show and it will get cancelled like Blood & Oil, the previous show that failed to find its footing for ABC in this time slot.