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?
I love the show and the cast. Please renew this show.
I love this show and really getting into it.Please don’t cancel it.
I love this show. I look forward to Thursday night just to watch black box. I hope this show is renewed.
Love the show. It’s the best sure that I have ever watched. Please renew the show
Fantastic show! So interesting and educational. I also dvr it. Well written and acted superbly!
I love this show! I really hope they don”t cancel it.
Do the rating include people who DVr it? And watch online.
If u look at the info for next week episode it says series and season finale . Hope thru change their minds!
I love this series! I work in the film industry as well and I understand all the numbers. People have to understand that the show will be downloaded or viewed by other means. The acting is fantastic and all in all it’s rare to a tv show that is unlike any other.
Both my husband and love the Black Box. The writing is great, and the acting is superb!!! We are so hoping that it is renewed for a second season. They never give shows a chance anymore to find an audience, it is very depressing. All we can do is hope they give it more time, it is such a great show.
I have loved this show Black Box and have looked forward to each enjoyable episode. It is unique, educational, enjoyable and actually riveting. The characters are wonderfully cast, and make it interesting. Please renew this show, and hopefully in the original time slot.
I really hope that they renew Black Box. I understand the ratings, but that is not including people that may be watching on either the web or video on demand. I normally tape it and then sit down to watch it without the all the commercials. Please give it time to develop the characters and maybe the people that are missing out on well written show, will come around and start watching.
I love the show. I am a psych nurse and no one has tried to show this side of the medical world. It is fascinating. We need to see more of this type programming to help remove the stigma that follows mental illnesses.
I am 16 and greatly want this show to stay on. Some people may think it’s all a joke, but if you live with a mental illness you know it’s not. I don’t look at Black Box as just a show, I look at it as a step to a better understanding. Black Box is showing that mental illness is not taboo. Over time I think it can change the stereotypes surrounding mental illness, and help the people that live with it everyday feel less alone. This show needs to be renewed, it may just help change the future.
…Not sure what those rating numbers actually mean in comparision to other shows on in the same time slot, or other shows on same network – ABC…But the much waited special appearence of Hugh Laurie’s NBC/Fox ingenious doctor character Dr. Gregory “House, MD” within The Cube of Katherine Black’s “Black Box” needs to transpire prior to the shows exit from televisions existance…Why would this take place you ask, well because both shows are productions of Brian Singer’s “Bad Hat Harry Productions”…Along with Dr House’s insatiable need to slove those unique medical cases that no others can slove…As such, without an… Read more »
One of the best shows I have ever seen! Very few shows deal with different mental health issues! Please keep it on!
Love this show! I am not bi polar or mental ill in any way and I find this show intensely relatable. It is one of the most well written shows out there right now. Please please please with all the stupidly done reality shows out there, please keep this one on!!! The reality shows are simply for people who don’t want to THINK when they watch tv. What a tragedy.