With Revolution taking a break, NBC decided to try a new Monday night drama, Deception. Has it been a ratings success for the network or will it end up being cancelled like so many of their other Monday night dramas?
On Deception, a wealthy party girl has been mysteriously murdered. Her childhood friend, now a San Francisco narcotics detective, is convinced by her former partner to go undercover into the wealthy world she thought she’d left behind. The cast includes Laz Alonso, Meagan Good, Victor Garber, Katherine LaNasa, Tate Donovan, Wes Brown, and Ella Rae Peck.
The series debuted in January to a 2.0 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 5.66 million total viewers. Those were hardly impressive numbers and were less than half of what Revolution’s premiere drew a few months earlier. Year-to-year however, it was a big improvement over the ratings NBC was getting for Rock Center with Brian Williams.
In week two, Deception’s ratings dropped more than 20% to a 1.6 demo rating and 4.14 million. That was not positive — and the ratings kept falling. As we now near the end of Deception’s 11 episode run, the ratings seem to have stabilized at a 1.1 demo rating with about 3.3 million viewers.
Those numbers are terrible and certainly there’s no ratings justification for NBC to renew Deception for a second season. They cancelled shows like Chase and The Playboy Club and they had better numbers than Deception.
On the positive side, at least NBC aired all of the episodes. Unfortunately, viewers are unlikely to ever get their storyline questions answered.
But, what do you think? Should NBC stick with Deception and give it another shot next year or should they cancel it instead? Why do you think it didn’t catch on with a bigger audience?
Please keep it for another season, its the best thing on Monday night next Monday night Football…
DO NOT CANCEL, GREAT SHOW, KEEP IT GOING. SHOW IS REALLY GETTING GOOD.
I hope it gets renewed. The acting and storylines are really great! I watched every episode and loved each one! So much exciting drama, and unlike many shows on TV these days, you really have to use your head to figure out what’s going on. The show is original for the most part, in that it’s a primetime soap with a similar formula to Scandal adn Revenge, but also has elements of a police procedural in it. I loved Julian and Joanna together. I know the ratings sucked, but at the very least, put it on another network, or give… Read more »
Deception has a stellar cast with Tate Donovan , Victor Garber , John Larroquette and Megan Goode. Not to mention S. Epatha Merkson playing Joannas mom. The writing seems to be improving and the characters are developing. I really want to stay on this journey with them. Please do not cancel this show!
I want more!!!! I love it!
Thie show is great! The cast and storyline are really good, beats Revenge.. Please do not canceled the show. I want to see what happens next season. The twists keeps netting bettter each episode
Do not cancel this show. Love it!
Good show…kept getting better. Really hope it’s not cancelled!
I am so hooked on the show and am tired of my shows getting cancelled. There are too many unanswered questions and can’t wait until season two airs!
Don’t cancel- !!! There’s so many unanswered questions!!
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Wow, what is that?!?!
First KEEP DECEPTION GOING! I’ve been a tv fanatic my whole life (mid 30′ s), & use my DVR like crazy. Many shows sit with 4-5 Eps before I get to them. Deception not the case. I watch it Monday night. I absolutely love it. It has been too long since a really interesting, unpredictable tv series has been around. Please DO NOT CANCEL IT. For once NBC keep a show that’s different then everything that’s out there. It’s like a novel, not a short story that is repeated every ep just a different crime, or judgement or have stars… Read more »
Keep it on the air. I love the show…..
Please don’t cancel Deception! I just watched the entire season on Hulu in 1 week. Many more people will probably do the same thing in the next couple of months and then get hooked. You can ‘t go by the old ratings system anymore. Lots if people don’t watch shows on the night they air. Please take this into consideration. It’s shows like this that get people wanting more!
Please don’t cancel Deception! Great show! Please take into account all those people that watch on Hulu and On Demand!