In the near future, ABC is expected to make a decision about the future of 666 Park Avenue and Last Resort, their new hour dramas.
Both TV series had some decent buzz behind them before they debuted but that seems to have evaporated pretty quickly when it came time for people to actually watch the shows. ABC has ordered two additional scripts for each but haven’t asked that any more episodes be put into production. That’s understandable when you look at their ratings.
If you were in charge over at ABC, what would you do? Order some more episodes of one or the other, cancel both or give each some more time? Comment below.
Here are the season averages as of Thursday, November 1, 2012:
| ABC Scripted TV shows |
18-49 demo rating (actual) |
Viewers in millions |
Ratings pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modern Family | 4.8 (4.83) | 12.38 | season 4 ratings |
| Grey’s Anatomy | 3.7 (3.65) | 10.25 | season 9 ratings |
| Once Upon a Time | 3.4 (3.40) | 10.08 | season 2 ratings |
| Revenge | 2.8 (2.78) | 8.65 | season 2 ratings |
| Suburgatory | 2.6 (2.63) | 7.08 | season 2 ratings |
| The Middle | 2.6 (2.58) | 8.52 | season 4 ratings |
| The Neighbors | 2.2 (2.15) | 6.87 | season 1 ratings |
| Nashville | 2.2 (2.15) | 6.99 | season 1 ratings |
| Castle | 2.1 (2.08) | 10.64 | season 4 ratings |
| Scandal | 2.0 (2.00) | 6.14 | season 2 ratings |
| Last Resort | 1.7 (1.74) | 7.56 | season 1 ratings |
| 666 Park Avenue | 1.7 (1.72) | 5.23 | season 1 ratings |
| Private Practice (last season) | 1.6 (1.63) | 5.76 | season 6 ratings |
| Happy Endings | 1.6 (1.60) | 4.94 | season 3 ratings |
| Don’t Trust the B in Apt. 23 | 1.5 (1.45) | 3.73 | season 2 ratings |
| ABC non-scripted TV shows |
18-49 demo rating (actual) |
Viewers in millions |
Ratings pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dancing with the Stars | 2.3 (2.27) | 13.48 | cycle 15 ratings |
| Dancing with the Stars (results) | 2.1 (2.08) | 12.41 | cycle 15 ratings |
| Shark Tank | 1.8 (1.76) | 6.42 | season 4 ratings |
| Primetime | 1.5 (1.50) | 4.72 | season 24 ratings |
| 20/20 | 1.4 (1.42) | 5.30 | season 35 ratings |
| America’s Funniest Home Videos | 1.4 (1.38) | 5.89 | season 23 ratings |
These charts incorporate the daily final ABC show ratings (reported by Nielsen) and are sorted by the 18-49 demographic. Network advertisers typically prize those viewers most and so will pay more to reach them. There’s lots of information that the networks take into consideration when cancelling or renewing a TV series but the ratings are the biggest factor. The higher the ratings, the better chance that the show will be renewed. And yes, they take it into account when a show airs on a Friday or Saturday night.
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39 Comments on "ABC Ratings Race: Last Resort or 666 Park Avenue? Which is Doing Worse?"
I love 666 park ave. I’m sad it’s over with it. Should have gave it more time.
please keep Last Resort on the air & put it in a more favorable time slot. love that show.
Keep last resort
OMG please don’t cancel 666 Park Ave. I watch this show religiously. It’s a one of a kind show. I used to be a big fan of Dark Shadows but since then nothing’s come close until now with 666 Park Ave. Please, please reconsider.
keep last resort on give it a chance
LOVE BOTH SHOWS PLEASE LEAVE THEM NO GOOD PLOT AND ACTORS ESPECIALLY 666 LOVE VANESSA WILLIAMS AND THE WHITE BALD GUY CANT THINK OF HIS NAME SORRY LOVE THEM BOTH…
I say keep Park Ave. 666. It is well written and has awesome actors in it. It is in a terrible time slot. Even Brothers and Sisters could not make it in that time slot. Move it and start again from the beginning including a recap show like they used to do for Lost. I think it is way better than revenge!
i enjoy both shows! its a shame that no one is watching them :/
Keep Last Resort, cancel 666 Park Ave (a sad waste of Terry O’Quinn).
Last Resort is great drama, and nothing like has ever been on television. Andre is amazing! Robert Patrick is stunning! Keep Last Resort you will never regret it ABC! This is a huge winner. Find the right time slot and you have a pot of gold!
I particularly like both but if it was between the two then Last Resort is my choice. I will watch it no matter the time slot.
666 Park Ave should be cancelled, but Last Resort is really good. It’s a shame no one is watching it