Many TV viewers know Patrick Stewart from his long and successful run on Star Trek: The Next Generation and his voice work on the American Dad! animated series. Now, he’s trying a live-action comedy series called Blunt Talk. It’s already been picked up for a second season but will it be a ratings success? Will the Starz execs wish that they’d cancelled it instead? Stay tuned.
Set in Los Angeles, Blunt Talk revolves around Falklands War veteran and broadcaster Walter Blunt (Patrick Stewart). He’s a British import who’s intent on conquering the world of American cable news as well as the fallout from his well-intentioned but mostly misguided decision-making — both on and off the air. The rest of the cast includes Jacki Weaver, Adrian Scarborough, Dolly Wells, Mary Holland, Karan Soni, and Timm Sharp.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s chances of staying on the air. The higher the ratings, the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available.
Final season averages: 0.08 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 220,000 total viewers.
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What do you think? Do you like the Blunt Talk TV show? Do you think it should have been renewed for a second season or cancelled instead?
This show has no decent live ratings of any kind. STARX renewed this with a 0.08 average episode rating and The Girlfriend Experience with a 0.06 average episode rating. if STARZ is thinking of themselves as the next Netflix, they have a lot of work to do. NETFLIX blows doors on this network. if Live Ratings don’t matter, spend more money on quality shows. These aren’t quality shows. They are cheap in many ways. I pay for this station every month, and I don’t want crap and I can’t dump them.
I think Blunt Talk is a great show. New and fresh and absolutely hilarious. I enjoy seeing Patrick Stewart in the new role and all these other odd characters and situations. Just Great. I hope it’s on for a new season
Love Blunt Talk! Unique story line and characters, the right actors for the roles. Love the interactions between characters. Intelligent and funny script. Patrick Stewart and Adrian Scarborough are superb! Definitely want more. Please, Sir, Give me more!
I love Blunt Talk… more more more…
Fabulous show! I even got my husband to watch it and we both love it!
This is a fantastic show–funny and outlandish as well as poignant and sweet. A great vehicle for Patrick Stewart, who is such an amazing actor. And the supporting cast is amazing. Glad Starz believed in it enough to give it two seasons from the get go…
I love this show, it is not a traditional network comedy, so if you are expecting a laugh track to tell you what is funny this is not your show. I love all the characters and the situations the writes put them in. Glad to hear the show has been renewed.
Love it!
I saw the previews and thought it looked good, but was disappointed when I watched the first 2 episodes. Sorry but I really did not think either was that funny.
This is an excellent show. I do not understand the poor reviews it’s been getting. Thank dog it’s been given a 2 season commitment up front.
That’s good to hear. I have to wait until another channel airs it, or DVD comes out. Previews looked very good. Thank dog indeed! 🙂
That looks pretty low, although I imagine not a lot of people have Starz. It;s not even an option where I live. I love Patrick Stewart. Are these numbers good or bad for this channel?