Marvel’s Agent Carter drew low ratings and was cancelled but star Hayley Atwell was often praised for her work on the series. Now, she has a new TV show on ABC called Conviction and the network has given it Castle’s old timeslot. Is this new TV series worth watching? Cancel or keep it?
A legal drama series, Conviction follows what happens when attorney Hayes Morrison (Hayley Atwell), the daughter of a former President, gets “blackmailed” into joining the Conviction Integrity Unit. It’s a NYC department that re-examines cases when there is suspicion of wrongful conviction. The rest of the cast includes Eddie Cahill, Shawn Ashmore, Merrin Dungey, Emily Kinney, Manny Montana, and Daniel Franzese.
The series launched on October 3rd and attracted a 0.92 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 5.17 million viewers. It was a disappointing start to be sure. The second installment fell more than 15%, registering a 0.78 rating with 4.23 million.
While it’s still early in the season, the ratings for Conviction so far have been terrible. It’s the network’s lowest-rated series in the demo with a 0.85 rating and 4.7 million. Last season, Castle (which was cancelled) averaged a 1.08 in the demo with 6.20 million viewers.
Unless the numbers for Conviction improve quickly, it looks certain that the legal drama will be cancelled and may not even be allowed to finish out its 13 episodes.
But, what do you think? Do you like the Conviction TV show? Do you think that it should be cancelled or kept on the air to give the audience a chance to find it? Is it a better show than the ratings seem to indicate?
please keep it!!!
Excellent TV series! Like it so much more than “Castle”. Informative on legal and forensics. Excellent casting! Eddie Cahill and Haley atwell make a h-o-t pair! Will be should it get cancelled.
I just lije looking at hayley atwell, im all for it.Cant stand eddie cahill though.
Amazingly flawed and real characters, underlying grey area of what is right and wrong and great chemistry between Hayes and Wallace. It deserves the opportunity to flesh out these characters and delve into the moral struggles in these cases.
I like it, go Emily Kinney!
Keep but change time slot. It is on against Scorpion and will lose every week.
Keep! I love this show.
the show has ALOT of potential. It stimulates discussion and thought, and Hayley Atwell is absolutely amazing. There are scenes that don’t quite feel natural, and scenes that don’t quite seem realistic, but part of that is early season blahs. I’m confident that the show if given the chance, will become as fantastic as Hayley Atwell herself.
Great show!! Hope it doesn’t get cancelled.
Cancel the program
Keep the show, has great ethical issues and demonstrates the problems with
how folks view the same issues and how it’s resolved. Need more shows like this…
keep it – i love it I just found it and I’m hooked
Keep this show please. It’s a great one, and Hayley Atwell
Thisshow it´s amazing! please give it a oportunity
I love the show but I DVR it and watch it later due to the time. It has potential if it was shown in a different time slot