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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Note: Note: These are the Live + Same Day Ratings which include “live” viewing plus delayed DVR viewing, up until 3am local time that same night. Ratings marked with an “*” are the fast affiliate ratings and will be updated with the Live+SD numbers when they are made available. Typically, networks get paid for C+3 ratings which includes DVR viewing within three days of the original airing when commercials are watched. Those numbers are rarely released to the press.
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?
Renew it please. I love this show
Please do not cancel show. Love it!!
Please don’t cancel. It is one of the more unique shows! I love it!
Love it! Hope Black Box returns soon,
DINT CANCRL! It’s my favorite show and there is nothing else like it!!!
Please keep this show going, the doctors in Black Box are all intelligent and interesting. Ms Reilly is playing a great part as a person with Bipolar and has great intelligence, the romance between Catherine and Brickman is touching, sexy, smart. Ditch Davey is a wonderful actor, sexy and extremely intelligent. A great show can hardly wait for another season to begin. I love all the characters in this show.
I loved this show! I don’t know why the critics were so hard on it! The acting is superb, the story line is unique and the cliffhanger leaves me wanting more (and resolution!)
Please renew this series for another season. All we’ve seen thus far is a brief introduction into the mind of the main character who is bi-polar. I want to know Catherine better. I quite like Catherine and would like the opportunity to see her TV persona grow into her whole self. I see glimpses into her brilliance as a Dr. I want more. This actress is playing a difficult role. Ms. Reilly will continue to grow into this role as more episodes are taped. I like the characters who surround Catherine as well. Each actor is giving a great portrayal… Read more »
My wife and I love this show. Please don’t cancel it. Change it to a different day and time first. This show is brilliant. Best series finale this summer.
Don’t cancel , great show !
This show is awesome please DO NOT CANCEL IT!!!! I have learned so much from this show. I feel it deserves a second chance. Compared to all the garbage out there on tv now, this show is like a breath of fresh air. I would be terribly disappointed is black box is not brought back. 🙁
Please do do not cancel this show!!! I love this show. I look forward to seeing it every thursday. It’s opened my eyes to a lot of neurological disorders I never even knew existed. I would be very disappointed if this show is not given a second chance!!!!
I was slow to watch “Blackbox”, but continued to record it on my DVR. The trailers for the show were not enticing, so I wasn’t expecting much but gave it a chance anyway because all of my other shows were done for the season. To my surprise, I became hooked after the first show! It turned out to be very interesting. More than what I was expecting. I love the clinical aspect of the writing. I never knew or thought about some many different aspects of how the mind works. The side stories aren’t “all encompassing,” but they hold my… Read more »
This show is awesome!!! don’t cancel it!! Way better than Scandal and way more interesting!!
Please don’t cancel this show this show is my life I love more then anything every week I wait for Thursday to come around because I can’t wait to see the next episode every episode just gets better I even bought every episode so I can watch them when ever I want just please keep the series going