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?
A clever show with a great cast! Bring it back!
I’m truly hoping that this show gets renewed because it’s well written, funny, and different from everything else on television. Fingers crossed for a season two. The cast is remarkable too.
I LOVE THIS SHOW.
Watching it in the UK atm.
I hope it lasts forever. People cancel good shows too often.
This show is amazing! The script, the acting and the satire with which is addressed our political process are wonderful! Everyone I know loves it and watches it. Please renew it. Don’t cancel it!!!!
I think Brain Dead is so amazingly funny and thought provoking. The cast does a great job of keeping the premise believable. I was trying to find a place on-line where I could put my 2 cents in worth for this show. Thanks for providing this forum.
BEST SERIES IN YEARS! RENEW!
My husband and I LOVE Braindead! Please renew it for another season! The writing and actors are wonderful!
This series is amazing!!!! Haven’t loved a series this much since Firefly!
We love Brain Dead It’s the perfect antidote for the depressing current reality of politics in this country. We might as well laugh now and then at the absurd situation we find ourselves in as citizens and voters and Brain Dead provides them.
Please renew. It’s one of the rare shows besides American Gothic that has kept my interest the entire season. It seems whenever I get hooked on the new show the Network’s end up cancelling them. Please keep these two going this year.
The show is close to BUGGING OUT FOR GOOD! That means CANCELLED!
Love the show BrainDead. We want to see a season 2. I always have a lot family and and friend at my house to watch the show. We are hooked.
I watched the first episode and was not impressed at all! But I thought in the midst of all of the other political turmoil going on in the real world, what have I got to lose but to give it another try. At first I thought it was pretty stupid and funny, and I like alien shows, but then it really started to get interesting. Now I can’t wait to see the what happens the following week! I can’t wait to see Laurel’s idea to get rid of the bugs! (Sorry spoiler). I wish this could have a second season!!!
Should be renewed, brilliant writing and so much fun
I freaking love brain dead!! Please be a season two!! Aaron tveit is absolutely amazing! ❤❤