Finally, ‘The Good Doctor’ premiered strongly this past Monday, September 25th, after ABC’s ‘Dancing with the Stars’. As I expected, the show won the 10 pm time slot against ‘The Brave’ (NBC) and ‘Scorpion’ (CBS). Both these shows followed the trend of military television considering our current political climate while ‘The Good Doctor’ deviated from that tone. This brought a different target audience to tune into a show that essentially gives hope, relieve, ‘sassiness’ and a lot more feelings characteristic of what many refer to as ‘feel good TV’.
"I couldn't save them. it's sad.
Neither one had the chance to become an adult. They should have become adults." #TheGoodDoctor pic.twitter.com/tQccZNomZb— The Good Doctor (@GoodDoctorABC) September 26, 2017
Interestingly, it even got more ratings than its lead-in (‘Dancing with the Stars’ got a 1.5 rating) averaging 11.22 million viewers and a 2.4 rating that was finally adjusted into a 2.2 rating. However, this number is huge if compared to both of its competing shows: ‘The Brave’ got a 1.4 rating that then adjusted to a 1.3, and Scorpion got a 1.0 in its third season premiere.
As expected, these last two battled among the 25-54 male demo, leaving ‘The Good Doctor’ to take all the rest of the audience, the 18-49 more female skewing demo, with a smart counter programming technique. Way to go, ABC!
By: Alex E. Álvarez