With Revolution taking a break, NBC decided to try a new Monday night drama, Deception. Has it been a ratings success for the network or will it end up being cancelled like so many of their other Monday night dramas?
On Deception, a wealthy party girl has been mysteriously murdered. Her childhood friend, now a San Francisco narcotics detective, is convinced by her former partner to go undercover into the wealthy world she thought she’d left behind. The cast includes Laz Alonso, Meagan Good, Victor Garber, Katherine LaNasa, Tate Donovan, Wes Brown, and Ella Rae Peck.
The series debuted in January to a 2.0 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 5.66 million total viewers. Those were hardly impressive numbers and were less than half of what Revolution’s premiere drew a few months earlier. Year-to-year however, it was a big improvement over the ratings NBC was getting for Rock Center with Brian Williams.
In week two, Deception’s ratings dropped more than 20% to a 1.6 demo rating and 4.14 million. That was not positive — and the ratings kept falling. As we now near the end of Deception’s 11 episode run, the ratings seem to have stabilized at a 1.1 demo rating with about 3.3 million viewers.
Those numbers are terrible and certainly there’s no ratings justification for NBC to renew Deception for a second season. They cancelled shows like Chase and The Playboy Club and they had better numbers than Deception.
On the positive side, at least NBC aired all of the episodes. Unfortunately, viewers are unlikely to ever get their storyline questions answered.
But, what do you think? Should NBC stick with Deception and give it another shot next year or should they cancel it instead? Why do you think it didn’t catch on with a bigger audience?
please keep DECEPTION It is a great show with great actors and storyling
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Please, keep “Deception” this show is amazing!!! I love the actors and the story NBC please hear us!!! Let them survive
Please do not cancel this program. The story line is intriguing and the actors are fantastic! If NBC cancels and leaves us viewers hanging with so many unanswered questions, people will shy away from ever wanting to watch a new series with this network again! Please finish the story….
i love the show. it should come back because it was exciting and interesting on every episode i couldnt wait to see what was going to happen next. this show is great its almost as good as scandal. love love love the show it just needs more advertising so people can watch it. i have told everyone i know about it and they are watching it on hulu and netflix..
I love the show and those of us who like it need to write letters to NBC to keep the show on the air. How can they just leave us hanging just as it was getting so…. good?
The storyline lost its oomph after a few weeks. The show needs new writers. It became unbelievable. Don’t miss the show at all.
This show so reminds me of Veronica Mars (which I loved) that had enough steam to last for more than one season and they were just teenagers…if other crimes/storylines were involved that ultimately tied back to Viv’s murder then I think it work out beautifully. Even another undercover law enforcement agent with a different angle (investigating a different crime) would be interesting as both played their roles to get information and close their respective cases. This show has a lot of angles that could be explored and a good cast. Please try to actually develop a show and not continue… Read more »
This show is wonderful – love it! Please don’t cancel.
Please keep this show and bring it back for another season, i love this show and it kept me on my toes
You have to bring Deception back!!! This is my daughter’s and I bonding night! Not to mention my nephew absolutely loves Meaghan Good! We need another season! Great story! We want more!!!!
Please renew this show. There are too many unanswered questions to end the show now.
PLEASE bring back Deception for another season! It is an awesome show with tremendous potential. I know it kept me wanting to watch every week to see what was next. It’s different and exciting and keeps you guessing. Awesome cast and storyline. Please keep it going!
Please keep this program. The storyline is great and there is lots of drama. I like the pace in which it moves. I love to watch drama that keeps you watching;you have to stay tuned in so that you don’t miss the introduction of a character. That introduction will come into play at some point in the production and make you go — Aah, ooH, so that’s who and what he/she did. I like wondering what role each and every character will play versus things being so predictable. It came with “drama”. There are a lot of other shows that… Read more »
While I did enjoy watching the show, it doesn’t have enough steam to carry it through another season. This one trick pony just kept changing the focus from one character to another with no real continuity. While the cast was pretty good, the writing is what failed in this show. It would have probably made a very good 16 episode mini-series, but there isn’t enough there to be a successful multi-season series.
I love deception please put it back on their are truly so many unanswered questions ,who really killed Vivian, are the kids gonna think about Robert having a part in their mothers death , what is Joanna’s fate with, Is Mia gonna give Haverstock bone marrow , Is Robert gonna find out about Wyatt , so many questions, Are they gonna find out Joanna is a Cop??? So many questions and no answers please put the show back on .