Are you watching Boy Band? Recently, ABC boss Channing Dungey addressed the uncertain future of the TV show, AdWeek reports.
Hosted by Rita Ora, the competitive reality show features still-undiscovered singers facing off to become part of the next music phenomenon. The judges include Tim Mosley (a.k.a. Timbaland), Nick Carter, and Emma Bunton.
Boy Band premiered back in June to disappointing ratings and things have not improved of the course of the summer. So far, season one is averaging a .56 rating in the 18-49 demo and only 2.535 million viewers, making it one of ABC’s lowest-rated series for the summer 2017 season.
During this summer’s TCA press conference, Dungey admitted Boy Band has been a disappointment for ABC:
Boy Band was a creative swing for us that we were excited to explore. …It didn’t connect with audiences in quite the way we’d hoped.”
It’s still unclear if ABC will renew Boy Band or cancel the freshman series. But with American Idol coming, it seems unlikely the show will continue. What do you think? Are you a fan of Boy Band? Would you watch a second season?
I will never watch a new season of Boy Band. Not ONE black person was picked to be in this band. The sound system was awful, muddled and weak on volume. What a farce!!
The show’s name itself feels so 1990s, and not in a good way. And calling the b-list advisors “architects” is just silly.
I liked the show. I definitely would wAtch next season and season after that.
Loved the boys and the process of putting the groups together but I was not a fan of Rita nor the architects. They drove me crazy and I found them either boring or insulting .
And not one of them could ‘sang’! And the spice girl, oh lawd….
i would still watch the show if they retain the same hosts and architects. I love watching them especially timbaland,emma and nick..they did a great job 🙂
I would not watch it unless they changed the host & the architects. The premise of the show is fine.
I agree and tried to comment this too but it was not allowed!
I have enjoyed watching the show. I would definitely watch season 2
We have enjoyed watching this show and would enjoy a new season.
My daughter and friends LOVE this show and the boys on it this summer!! They would be devastated if it didn’t run again! A few suggestions would be to have all the boys open with a group number every show with all of them instead of having random opening acts! My girl has watched the opening numbers a 1,000 times at least that the boys did and fast forwards through the special guests. Don’t focus on the judges so much… more on the Competitors…they honestly could care less what the “architects” do…I think that’s where you missed the mark! The… Read more »
I share our pain Ms. Dungey , maybe now you can feel the disappointment that so many fans felt when you fired Stana Katic and canceled Castle and failed to give the show a good ending. Every season we wait to see which fan base gets disappointed this season. Castles. Nashville,LMS or the Middle. So yes we feel the disappointment you give us every year.
I am disappointed that more people didn’t watch this show. I watched all episodes and I feel so connected to these boys!!! Each one is special and it is exciting to see them perform every week. It is hard to choose just five people for the final band. They are all great! I hope that more people watch the last two episodes to see who makes it to the band. Also I hope there will be a girl group show for next season!!!
yes
It would be such a bad idea to cancel ”ABC’S BOYBAND’! It’s a great show I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. It’s a great show for the family to watch and it has certainly inspired my children. They really enjoy watching ”Boyband”
I love this show! I would definitely watch a second season of Of Boy Band. This Season of Boy Band is awesome. I love the all the different song all the different groups of guys are singing on here. The guys in the Boy Bands voices are really good. I love the special Boy Band guests they have on this show. I love the girl band En Vougue that was on today. Please renew this show. I love this show and it is a great show. I would definitely watch a second season of Boy Band.
No. I didn’t watch this season. Stupid concept.