ABC gave Black Box a straight-to-series order and ordered 13 episodes without seeing a pilot first. They held it until late in the season (typically not a good sign) on Thursdays at 10pm as a replacement for their hit show, Scandal. Will Black Box live up to expectations? Will it be a ratings success and earn a second season or will it be cancelled instead? Stay tuned.
Black Box revolves around a beautiful and brilliant neuroscientist (Kelly Reilly) who’s hiding the fact that she’s bipolar. The rest of the cast includes Ditch Davey, David Ajala, Terry Kinney, Ali Wong, David Chisum, Laura Fraser, Siobhan Williams, and Vanessa Redgrave.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available — usually the next day, around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.
8/7 update: ABC has cancelled Black Box after one season.
Final season averages: 0.9 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 4.41 million total viewers.
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What do you think? Do you like the Black Box TV series? Do you think it should be cancelled or be renewed for a second season?
keep this show on I love it and so does my sister we cant wait till Thursdays and it keeps us from having withdraws until scandal returns so keep it going its so worth watching
I love this new show, The Black Box!! I hope they don’t cancel it!!!
I have bipolar disorder. I was diagnosed 5 years ago, and I was hospitalized twice and given countless medication cocktails before I stopped taking them completely… I’ve found the best course of treatment for me to be a strong support system, exercise, a regular sleep schedule, and a very healthy diet with as little preservatives as possible. That being said, the operative phrase there is “for me”… this disease is different for everyone, as are the triggers. Some people spend more time in mania, some people spend more time in depression, some can go weeks, months and years without episodes,… Read more »
I really like this show. It is very odd. Cool jazz music. Very interesting stories. I am not surprised that some do not like it. It is very unique. Not for everyone. I hope it gets another season.
I do too!!!!
I don’t like it
It sucks
OMG…so no, the show is not for everyone. So yes, they might be exagerating the symptoms… it’s fiction. If you want truth or facts, watch a documentary (might be good for some of you).
‘Who would go see this “doctor” ‘, and you know what your doctors do during their time off? Probably not, and most likely, since they are indeed humans, you wouldn’t want to.
The show seems fine so far, at least to me, nothing over the top but interesting enough.
I love this show!!!
for those that think black box is glamorizing mental disorders: yes it is very glamorous that when she gets off her meds she almost kills herself, ruins every single one of her relationships, and wakes up to a mess that she has no idea how to clean up. Let me just say as a man suffering from several different mental illnesses: This show is as realistic as it gets, whether you want to believe it or not. It’s the cold, harsh, and bleak, truth about the life of people like me who suffer from this disease. It is also a… Read more »
Somey, I also suffer from bi-polar disorder and I have been treated for it for twenty years. I know very well that there are different cases and that each person has different experiences. I am glad that you were able to relate and found some comfort but I have to stand by my viewpoint that this show does not adequately resemble the illness at hand. I have lost many bi-polar friends to suicide and it was as dark and scary as you can get. They were not running and dancing and hearing jazz music befor it happened. I have personally… Read more »
We have bipolar adult kids in our family. It led to our son’s suicide, and my daughter needs her meds to be “normal”. I hated this show. They are making it look like bipolarism makes you hyper-sexual. Just another excuse for tv to exploit mental illnesses, AND to exploit women sexually.
Badly written, badly acted and psychobabble to the max. I don’t see how they’ll even show the episodes they’ve paid for.
i knew this show would go right over most peoples heads. reading the comments most of you have no idea what this show is about. you are very superficial. how sad. the show is supposed to make you think. i guess most of you can’t.
We think this show stinks.
so its about mental illness, oh that’s right, I am supposed to automatically LOVE IT cause it’s about bi-polar disorder. Sorry, not gonna happen.
Yes it explores the dark side of the illness but it is badly written, poorly acted etc etc. And I am not going to watch it.
I love this show!! Every-time I love a new show it gets canceled. It doesn’t go over my head, I get it!
Dreadful show. Who would go see this “doctor”. I would think she would be fired for
all the antics she obviously can’t control and refuses to control with medication.
And I can’t imagine anyone with this disorder is not horrified.
I liked the show. I have a friend who is bi-polar and have seen the ups and downs of the disease and have worked with children with various mental conditions. Show is dark hope it stays. A more likely home would be FX.
Terrible show. Too much too soon. Not educational but frightening and definitely not entertaining. Someone should have previewed it first. Definitely will not watch again.
Yet another beautiful and brilliant scientist out to strutt her stuff. Let’s remember not all scientists are beautiful, nor do they act like this. Pass on future shows.
i like this show. i hope it stay’s. but i got a feeling the public won’t go for this. it’s very dark at the same time very true. this is how bipolar is. and people don’t like to see the bad side of people in a medical way. they like good out comes. this is not. she will battle all the way to the end. but i like it.
I agree with you, the public will most likely totally misunderstand this show since many don’t bother to learn how certain diseases work…they simply turn up their noses to things they don’t understand. I too liked this show for being bold enough to show the “ugly” side of what being bipolar is like. Shame if it doesn’t make it. We’ll see!
No, this is NOT how bipolar is. Not typically, anyway. It is rare to have visual hallucinations like the ones they are portraying. It is rare for there to be such a fierce manic episode after missing only 1 dose of meds. Someone that unstable would never be able to stay in such a high-demand job. If she wasn’t fired already, she would have wound up hospitalized. I HOPE the public doesn’t go for this, because it is a very inaccurate portrayal of how this disease works, and only increases the stigma of bipolar disorder. Most people are able to… Read more »
I agree, djac10, this is NOT how being bi polar is for every single person who suffers from it. I am bipolar and not once have I had hallucinations and I agree that missing only one dose of meds will not throw someone into that fierce of a manic episode. Not every individual who is bipolar has the same symptoms and goes through the same manic and depressive episodes so there are no cookie-cutter rules that are set in stone about how the illness manifests itself. Some people have more severe episodes than others. However, I can’t help but feel… Read more »
It’s a t.v. show ….