The curtain is about to come to a close for the Bates Motel TV show on A&E. There’s no need to worry that this series will be cancelled any longer and the series’ creators have been allowed to bring the story to a conclusion. The ratings have been dropping for awhile. Will Bates Motel go out with a ratings rebound or, will they drop even lower? Stay tuned.
Set in the small town of White Pine Bay in Oregon, Bates Motel tells the story of a troubled young man, Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore), and his unique relationship with mother, Norma (Vera Farmiga). The A&E series also stars Max Thieriot, Nestor Carbonell, and Olivia Cooke. Recurring players include Kenny Johnson, Ryan Hurst, Rihanna, Brooke Smith, Isabelle McNally, and Austin Nichols.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s likelihood 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.
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Note: The season premiere also aired on Lifetime which attracted a 0.11 in the demo with 291,000 viewers.
For comparisons: The fourth season of Bates Motel averaged a 0.55 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 1.45 million total viewers.
What do you think? Do you like the Bates Motel TV series? Would you have watched a sixth season?
Loved Bates Motel!!!
I don’t understand the low ratings. The whole series is fantastic!
I will truly miss The Bates Motel.. Have all 4 seasons on DVD
Can’t wait for the 5th. So sorry to see the show go.
What an amazing cast. Love them all. Thanks for a great show to
the writers, producers and of course, actors Love you, miss you.
Yes! I love this Show…
RIP Bates Motel! I’m really going to miss you! It was as good as it gets.
Bates Motel is the best show to ever come on tv my heart is forever broken if they don’t reconsider canceling it, please please please renew it this is way too good of a show to end so soon the thought of no more new seasons to come is killing me I’ve not missed one episode since day one everything about this show is incredible and so interesting I can’t get interested in any other show I’m so drawn to the cast the actors and actresses down to the directors are simply incredible with an incredible cast and acting how… Read more »
I can’t believe it’s being cancelled! It is one of the best shows on TV. It kept you on the edge of your seat each week. I do think the season was shorter than most other shows and just when you started to forget about it the season would start again. But it was always worth the wait. I’m going to miss the relationship between Norma and Norman. I got an idea start another show with all the same characters they were fantastic together. So sad!
Bates Motel is the best show on television. I looked forward to every episode and never missed one. Please don’t cancel this excellent show.
When I think of all the junk on tv today, Bates Motel was one of the few shows I looked forward to each week. Please do not cancel the best show on tv right now.
Why not a season 6, one of the best shows on. It seems like the good shows are cancelled the lousy ones on continued. PLEASE BRING IT BACK.
I would differently watch season 6. Was very disappointed when I read they were cancelling the show. Never missed an episode. Total BUMMER. Going to miss Norman and Norma and the rest of the cast including that creepy house.
WHOAAAA LOLOL . Someone needs to fix that and FAST. I came on here and saw the ratings listed at a 0.2 overall and was like NO WAY! Come to find out it’s 1.341 with an 0.5 but since it aired concurrent on LMN & LN 1.89 with an 0.7 total. Haha jeez, they probably pulled this from the LN network 10pm airing. Phew, seriously seeing that scared me worse than Norman himself!
The chart has been fixed. Thanks.
The ratings are WRONG!
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