After the airing of two episodes of ‘The Good Doctor’, the show landed a full-season order at ABC becoming the first drama of this fall season to get such deal. The pilot viewership increased in the L+3 measurement by 1.5 rating, totaling a 3.7 rating in the 18-49 demo, and total viewers increased by 5.5 million to a total of almost 17 million viewers.

#TheGoodDoctor has been picked up for a full season!! ❤️??? pic.twitter.com/dPSyU0bAr5

— The Good Doctor (@GoodDoctorABC) October 3, 2017

This past week, the show maintained its audience by earning a 2.4 rating in the 18-49 demo as well as a total of 11.49 million viewers. This seemed to be enough for ABC to order the full season.

‘The Good Doctor’ was picked up in May for a 13-episode season, and according to The Hollywood Reporter, five additional episodes were ordered on Tuesday to increase the total count to 18 episodes, the “new normal” for broadcast dramas.

Channing Dungey, president, ABC Entertainment, comments on full-season order

It seems that despite some negative reviews by critics, the big names in front and behind the camera as well as the ‘feel-good’ mood of the show have been enough to get viewers to keep tuning in.

By: Alex E. Álvarez

According to Variety, CBS’s Wisdom of the Crowd premier (Oct 1, 8:30 P.M) had the largest audience thus far for a scripted series on a Sunday night with an average of 1.4 rating in adults 18-49 and 8.9 million viewers. Deadline also said the show had a 77% retention. FOX’s ghosted, which premiered at the same time, received the same rating in adults.This is now WOTC’s biggest competition. CBS also had the season premier of 60 Minutes (on before WOTC) and NCIS: Los Angles (on after WOTC). According to tvbythenumbers, these shows went up in ratings as well. NCIS was moved from 8:00 to 9:00 this season. In 2016 a 30 second commercial for NCIS cost $108,145, while 60 Minutes cost $115,630. An ad for WOTC likely costed less than NCIS initially, but now that the viewership is the largest on Sundays, it is safe to say WOTC will be upping the costs. On social media WOTC has been receiving positive audience engagement. While critics were doubtful and disinterested in the show before it was released, the social media comments have mainly been positive. Still, it will be interesting to see how much of the Sunday’s audience will return for next week.

The Gifted premiered Monday on Fox and the ratings are in. The pilot episode, directed by Bryan Singer (X-Men) and written by series creator Matt Nix (Burn Notice), debuted higher than anticipated with 4.85 million viewers with a 1.5 rating in the key demo. While the general consensus for this has been summed up as “decent” and “solid, not spectacular” ratings, as reported by TvByTheNumbers and CBR respectively, it was also noted that compared to Marvel’s InHumans, which premiered Friday September 29th, it outpaced it by around a million viewers.

Reviews for the show that continue to accumulate as of this post could also be described as decent. The show currently sits at a 74% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes out of 34 reviews, with a 76% positive rating from audiences. Critics seem divided on the show, with some like USA Today and the New York Times praising it as a “smart and exhilarating” show, while websites like The Wrap have deemed it a “bland origin story.”

Time will tell if the show progresses in quality to maintain its stable ratings without Lucifer’s season premiere building a safe lead-in.

4 October 2017

The ratings for this week’s episode saw a slight decline. Last week the show received 5.958 million viewers compared to this week’s 5.168 million viewers. Although it declined 13%, the show was able to stay above the 5 million viewer mark despite receiving bad reviews for the first episode. However, it is important to note that “The Brave” only received half of the number of viewers that “The Voice” did, which airs in the time slot before “The Brave.” Last week “The Voice” received 10.570 million viewers and this week the show received 11.043 million viewers. Although there was an increase in the number of viewers for “The Voice,” the same did not occur for “The Brave.” An even smaller percentage of the 18-49 demographic continued to watch “The Brave” after “The Voice” compared to the total number of viewers. Last week, “The Brave” had 1.33 million viewers 18-49 and this week it had 1.10. Last week, “The Voice” had 2.63 million viewers 18-49 while this week it had 2.60 million. Many in the 18-49 demographic are not continuing to watch “The Brave” after “The Voice.” This proves my theory that “The Brave” is geared towards an older audience.

All ratings are from TVseriesfinale.com.

Ten Days in the Valley premiered this past Sunday, October 1st, and as the ratings and reviews have rolled out over the last 48 hours, it appears that the first episode tanked.  The series saw an unfortunate 0.6 rating (reader grade “B”) amongst the 18-49 demographic, their key audience, and the premiere reeled in a short 3.5 million viewers. Ten Days in the Valley was set behind a heavy blocking of non scripted television programming, Toy Box, which received a 0.4 adult rating for the episode, and Shark Tank, which received a 1.1 adult rating for the episode. Deadline writes, “it’s virtually impossible for a series to recover from such a low start, so Ten Days’ days may be numbered.”  Variety slammed the pilot, noting that TDITV attempts to balance a lot of different ideas and characters, but the more that the show attempts to come off as deep-rooted and intense, the more drama-heavy and ridiculously outstretched it appears. It will be interesting to see how long TDITV is on air this season.

With less than a week until Ten Days in the Valley’s launch on October 1, conventional outreach efforts are being thrown to the wind and are thus being replaced by a more interpersonal approach. Kyra Sedgwick sat on a panel at the Tribeca TV Festival in New York on Sunday, September 24, just a week before the show’s premiere. The panel was moderated by The Hollywood Reporter’s Jackie Strause, and highlighted Sedgwick’s decision to work with a predominantly female team to produce this project. Sedgwick and TDITV showrunner Tassie Cameron explain in depth how they aimed to create Sedgwick’s harried character in the show to represent real issues that many mothers in the workforce face. Additionally, they explain how they hope that a female-heavy collaboration, such as TDITV, will influence working mothers to reflect upon themselves and be able to relate to Sedgwick’s character. This panel has gained a high level of traction in the days leading to TDITV’s premiere, not only because it’s pulling at the heart strings of potential viewers, but also because it’s conveniently attached to The Hollywood Reporter.

As networks prepare to debut their fall shows, the pre-reviews of the programs appear to be less than stellar. Ten Days in the Valley is said to be “meta” by the Boston Herald, in the sense that Ten Days in the Valley is about a television producer’s worst familial-work-life-crisis-nightmare. In addition, the Boston Herald notes a valid point that amongst the hit shows of the past that are being rebooted this season (Dynasty, S.W.A.T., Will & Grace) are familiar faces of television’s past, Kyra Sedgwick, Ten Days in the Valley’s lead female role. It appears that television is being conservative this season in their creative outreach efforts, airing shows with a familiar plot and putting the camera on those who have already been widely accepted into so many homes across the country. It will be interesting to watch how consumers of these new fall shows, Ten Days in the Valley included, show their approval of familiar faces and storylines, or if they dismiss the blatant recognizability altogether.

While CBS’s Wisdom of the Crowd premiered tonight, today had huge competition for reaching viewers as many shows premiered as well:

Source: eletters@email.cynopsis.com

It will be in interesting once the ratings come in this week to see which shows came out on top and which may get cancelled. WOTC past reviews have not been so glamorous as critics believe that tech crime drama shows are overdone and ultimately are not successful. Only the ratings will reveal who was correct. Sunday night prime time tends to attract the most viewers. WOTC had live tweeting during the premier, promoting audiences to engage with the show. WOTC‘s twitter retweeted many of the tweets, all positive ones of course. The actors and writers’ twitter also tweeted during the show. Facebook posted right before the show. While the post did not explicitly ask for input, users commented on it saying what they thought. As of 10:42 P.M, 47 out of 48 comments are positive. Once the reviews are in, there will be an update.