After co-starring on NCIS for 13 seasons, Michael Weatherly has his own CBS TV show on Tuesday nights, Bull. Has Weatherly gone from one hit to another or is Bull a flop? Cancel or keep it?
Inspired by the early career of Doctor Phil McGraw, the Bull TV show revolves around the brash and charming Doctor Jason Bull (Weatherly). He combines psychology, human intuition, and high-tech data to learn what makes jurors, attorneys, witnesses and the accused tick. His team members are played by Freddy Rodriguez, Geneva Carr, Jaime Lee Kirchner, Annabelle Attanasio, and Christopher Jackson.
Premiering on September 20th, Bull launched to an average of a 2.21 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 15.56 million viewers. It was a very positive start in the ratings, no doubt in part because CBS gave it a very compatible timeslot — sandwiched between NCIS and NCIS: New Orleans.
In week two, the numbers saw a drop of more than 12%, falling to a 1.89 in the demo with 13.61 million. They dropped again in week three and the ratings have fallen nearly every episode after that. The last new episode of 2016 averaged a 1.44 in the demo with 11.61 million.
While Bull’s numbers are still positive, it is concerning that they keep dropping lower and lower. If the ratings keep falling, CBS could potentially cancel Bull but that hardly seems likely.
The network needs new shows and Bull is perfectly tailored for the CBS schedule. At this point, I suspect they’ll renew it for a second season but may ask for some tinkering behind-the-scenes to try to attract more viewers (ala season two of Code Black).
But, what do you think? Do you like the Bull TV show on CBS? Is it worth watching? Cancel or keep it?
Please keep Bull!!!!!!! It is very interesting and Michael Weatherly does an amazing job.
Please keep cause I think it is very entertaining n Michael Weatherly does a terrific job.
Cancel – show is awful.
Please cancel Bull and move NCIS NEw Orleans up to an earlier time slot. Bull is boring. Same old plot.
I say keep it!!
Great show!! Give it more time for people to find out about it and start enjoying it.
I like the show a lot but they keep interrupting the weekly new shows with old ones and you never know when we are going to see a new one. Keep it but show it regularly every week
Please keep the show. It seemed to me in the beginning that they went out of the way to make Michael Weatherly looked older and less attractive. I can understand that they want to contrast Bull with Tony’s character, but it was overkill. I like Bull, and I hope they’ll keep it.
Keep.. we enjoy the character and premise of the show.
Same week after week……boring. quit after 4 episodes. Never again.
Keep
I look forward to the show every week. Please keep it. The show is unique.
I love it, continue the show
Keep , enjoyable and fun to watch
KEEP the show! one of the few I record every week so I don’t miss anything.