Robert and Michelle King found success with their last CBS series, The Good Wife. Now, they’re trying something different with BrainDead. How will it perform in the ratings? Cancelled or renewed for season two? Stay tuned.
On BrainDead, Laurel Healy (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) has returned home to Washington, DC to work for her brother, Senator Luke Healy (Danny Pino) on Capitol Hill. She is caught in the midst of two huge problems: the government has stopped working due to budgetary disagreements, and mysterious bugs are eating the brains of a growing number of members of Congress and Hill staffers. The rest of the cast includes Aaron Tveit, Tony Shalhoub, Nikki M. James, Johnny Ray Gill, Charlie Semine, and Jan Maxwell.
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.
10/18 update: CBS has cancelled BrainDead after one season. Details here.
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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 BrainDead TV series? Do you think it should be cancelled or renewed for a second season?
Love that show. Please bring or back.
Great show that provides the only plausible explanation for the behavior of Trump, the members of his administration, Republican elected representatives, the people who voted for him (with all due respect to my fellow Americans) as well as an explanation of the etiology of the new syndrome called “degenerative Trumpitis.” PLEASE RENEW!! (if only to hear Tony Shalhoub’s perfect accent).
Trump is giving the writers lots to work with.
Bring it back.
Yes! The most refreshing show on TV/
I love watching the brain dead show. Funny and fun food story.
YES. One of the most refreshing shows on TV.
Brain Dead was one of our favorite new shows. I’m a big fan of Tony Shalhoub and anything he’s in but this show was unique. It was interesting, creative, but most of all timely. Bring it back as commentary on the current administration and you’ll have a hit and maybe an explanation for how our election was decided. Bring it back.
I loved this show it was so clever and funny. Will be very disappointed if they don’t continue on for another season, hopefully netflix will pick it up if CBS doesn’t.
It is a mistake to cancel Brain Dead. The writing and story line were great and the whole idea is so clever and the fact that the writers could so easily make this whole idea of alien brain worm infestation so plausible, makes you wonder even more about the wild changes being made now that 45 is president. Does he have an alien worm?
Kudos, to the writers, for such a thrill ride, of a thought provoking, clever and quirky, tv show, called Brain Dead. I don’t understand the reason, as to why the show, had such low ratings. Maybe the audience, was ‘brain dead’ , as well. Maybe in the near future, it will be returned.
Great show! Makes sense that it was poorly rated by the ignorant public-Idiocracy. I was very surprised to see something this good on CBS-how did it sneak through their worthless lineup?Hopefully Netflix or Amazon will pick it up!
CBS made a mistake in canceling BrainDead. It was the best, most unique and interesting show they’ve had in years. If the ratings weren’t good enough, maybe it’s because 1) they didn’t promote it enough (I only heard of it after it was already canceled), 2) Nielsen ratings aren’t as useful a measure of a show’s success as they used to be, since they don’t account for online or streaming views, or anyone who watches it more than a day later on DVR, and 3) they moved it to a worse time slot after just a few episodes so they… Read more »
I can’t believe you dropped the first refreshing piece of entertainment in years. I understand that writing the story line became more challenging after the election results. To be honest all you have to do is open up the papers or turn on the TV and it writes itself .
Brain Dead is great bring it back. My husband and I love it. It is strange but good!!!! Bring it back.
I love Brain Dead, it should remain. Please it back.
Yes it should be renewed