ABC gave sophomore series Castle an order for nine additional episodes yesterday, bringing the season order to 22 installments. With decent ratings, can fans of the show relax? Is it safe from cancellation?
Castle revolves around an egotistical novelist (Nathan Fillion) who teams up with a police detective (Stana Katic) to solve crimes in the Big Apple. The drama also features Susan Sullivan, Molly Quinn, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Tamala Jones, Jon Huertas and Seamus Dever.
Last season, Castle averaged 10.32 million viewers and a 3.6 rating in the 18-49 demographic. This season, Castle has been averaging a bit more than 10 million viewers and is down to a 2.5 rating. The numbers have bumped up a bit in the past couple of weeks and it’s been suggested that that news was encouraging enough for ABC to give it a full season order.
Still, the news isn’t all positive. Aside from the large year-to-year dip in the all-important demo, Castle consistently loses a significant amount of viewers from its lead-in, Dancing with the Stars. This week’s installment lost almost 45%. ABC is surely not pleased with these losses.
On top of that, Castle is expected to have its biggest challenge in the next several weeks. Throughout its first season and thus far into its second, Castle has always been blessed with the hugely popular Dancing to help attract viewers. That’s going to change in November. When Dancing goes on hiatus, Castle’s not going to have that big lead-in any longer and will have to stand on its own.
If you remember back to the 2008-09 season, Samantha Who? always did quite well with a Dancing lead-in. When it was left to fend for itself last season, the ratings fell apart and it was cancelled.
Dancing with the Stars is set to end its season in November. Will Castle be able to survive or will ABC decide it can do better? What do you think?
My wife and I love Castle. It’s just a fun show to watch. If you are worried about viewers–change the time slot.
I AGREE ! first of all I’m not a huge fan of Dancing with the Stars, so I didn’t need it as a lead in to Castle…I love the show and I tune in when it’s time to on Monday nights.It’s one of the shows That I look forward to every night…please don’t cancel!!!Change the time slot..it will be worth it to it’s fans.
DO NOT CANCEL THIS SHOW. My favorite show in a long, long time. I look forward to every week.
I finally find a show I really look forward to and it is in danger of being canceled. When I can’t be home I set my DVD to make certain I don’t miss anything. does that even show up on the networks gauge? Could the ratings be down because it is possible to go on line to see episodes you possibly missed? Does the next work take into account all the people that go to hulu or one of the other sites that allow fans to catch all the action? I for one will be tuning in each week. Keep… Read more »
It better not be cancelled. There are two kinds of the TV, reality shows and non-reality shows. With-in those two kinds of T.V. there are many catergories. The most important catergory is the TV that sucks, and the TV that doesn’t. Castle doesn’t suck. In fact, it is one of the only shows that does not fall into that catergory. So ABC can join the rest of the world in replacing a really good non reality drama (Which has really good ratings for a non-reality show.), and replace with a reality TV show because there aren’t enough of those people… Read more »
I look forward to this show every week. Each member of the cast relates well to the other members, sort of a family relationship (remember the Dick van Dyke Show). The story isn’t so heavy where you become stressed at the horrible things that are happening.
It’s always fun trying to figure out who did it, and listening to Rick and Kate with their amusing takes on what is happening.
This show deserves to be on for many more seasons.
I can’t believe you would even consider canceling Castle. I is a very entertaining enjoyable show. The only reason I turn on Dancing with the Stars is that it seems to hang on longer while I wait for Castle to come on at 10 p.m.
Shows like this one should be duplicated. It puts a new spin on crime shows.
The book stores can’t keep the series based book on the shelves. (Nickie Heat).
Putting on another dance show on in it’s place November 23rd is not good planning.
I can’t honestly imagine watching Dancing with the Stars or any similar show. Blech! I mean no disrespect to reality tv fans. The whole genre just isn’t my thing. Castle, on the other hand, is a surprisingly charming show. The more I watch it, the more I enjoy it. It’s prompted me to explore Nathan Fillian’s other work: I just bought and watched the Firely series on DVD, and bought Castle season 1 on DVD to watch over the Thanksgiving break. It’s a terrific show, and I hope you’ll keep the show going.
I love Castle and not because Dancing with the Stars is on first. I dont even watch dancing with the stars. Keep Castle and keep Eastwick ABC is making a mistake for canceling it
why is it that so few get to decide what the rest of the country gets to watch. do away with the neilson ratings and let the public decide for themselves thru opinion poles. BE FAIR
Oh, please do not cancel another show!! I loved Eastwick and you took that off the air and now Castle? It was fun to escape with the charterers and try to figure out what the mystery or the plots might be? All of the reality junk is clogging the airwaves too! Let’s keep some mystery and drama on TV?? Also, I can not stand watching Dancing with the Stars. Nobody lives like those people! You shove it down our throats on a daily basis. I’m sick of it!! At least we had some drama and mystery with Eastwick and Castle.… Read more »
AFTER READING THAT EASTWICK WAS CANCELLED, I PANICKED AND HEADED FOR “CASTLE” ONLY TO FIND OUT IT MIGHT NOT SURVIVE EITHER. I HAD FINALLY FOUND TWO SHOWS THAT HAD MYSTERY, DRAMA AND HUMOR WITH EXCELLENT ACTORS. WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO REPLACE THEM WITH? MORE HOSPITAL OR CSI SHOWS. LEAVE THESE SHOWS ALONE AND LET US ENJOY SOMETHING LIGHT HEARTED FOR A CHANGE. I WILL ALSO HEAD FOR THE LIBRARY– AND I CAN’T EVEN READ. LOL.
Castle is the BEST show on the air – please keep it going.
Castle is funny! I look forward to and enjoy the show every week! I agree with all the others. Why can’t the network keep a good show? Very soon I’ll have nothing to watch on TV anymore!
Go ahead, cancel another of my favorite new shows. You will do so no matter what the real world wants. We do not all appreciate comis characters or run of the mill sitcoms.
Pretty soon I won’t be watching TV any more, just watch shows on my laptop.
Marilyn Baraket
I love Castle. It is entertaining and fun. Don’t take it off the air.