ABC recently unveiled something a bit different — a fairy-tale style musical comedy called Galavant. How’s it been doing in the ratings? Is the series a big success or is it hitting sour notes? Will it be cancelled or renewed for a second season?
On Galavant, a dashing hero (Joshua Sasse) once lost the love of his life (Mallory Jansen) to an evil king (Timothy Omundson). It’s now time for him to exact his revenge and restore his “happily ever after” — while singing. The rest of the cast includes Vinnie Jones, Karen David, Luke Youngblood, Ben Presley, Daniel Evans, Stanley Townsend, and Genevieve Allenbury.
The network decided to air the Galavant’s eight half-hour episodes over the course of four weeks, to help fill the gap left by Once Upon a Time while that fairy tale show is on hiatus.
The first pair of episodes of Galavant debuted on January 4th and drew a 2.0 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 7.42 million viewers. It was an okay debut in terms of the ratings. It wasn’t a hit but the numbers were on par with Once’s more recent ratings — and they were certainly far better than anything else ABC was airing that night.
In week two, the ratings took a big tumble, falling to a 1.3 in the demo and 4.11 million viewers — likely in part due to the fact that NBC was airing the Golden Globes. The numbers for tonight’s episodes will probably be as bad or worse since they’re airing opposite the AFC Championship game on CBS.
Galavant’s ratings certainly haven’t been anything to crow about but ABC entertainment chief Paul Lee reportedly really likes the program. It’s a compatible time-slot filler for Once, the show was featured at the TCA winter press tour, and Lee noted that, “If Galavant does well over time, you can imagine how much fun the company can have with that.”
Still, while ABC could order a second season of Galavant (series creator Dan Fogelman has teased that the first season ends with cliffhangers), it doesn’t seem very likely based on the ratings.
But, what do you think? Would you like to see Galavant return for a second season or do you think this musical comedy should be cancelled instead?
I would love to see this show come out on disk, by the way.
Definitely renew! It’s great to have a variety of shows & this one is a keeper!
Renew. So refreshing! It’s Monty Python meets Rogers and Hammerstein….
I love this show, and it is so much better than Once, which has outlived its usefulness. I watch it twice, once on Sunday evenings and once on Monday with the subtitles on so that I can catch all of the delicious wordplay. And I am taking great pains to not delete it from my DVR so that I can enjoy it whenever I am feeling blue. I say, bring back Galavant for one more brilliant and hilarious season and then close it up. Don’t milk the series forever, but I think the audience deserves to know if the King… Read more »
Loved the concept of a medieval musical and the writing is brilliant! Refreshing and entertaining! Please give it more time! Renew!
Please keep Galavant! Great show! My husband does not like musicals but he lover this show! Please renew!
Renew PLEASE!!
Please Renew This Series
Please renew Galavant! I want to see where it goes – especially after watching season ’15 finale. It was such a pleasure to watch!
It’s a clever take on an old tale and I’d enjoy where they take the next season.
A lot of people have complained about it being a musical and while I don’t care for them either (hearing cats mating is usually preferable), I find the songs clever and in an amount tolerable. Trust me as someone shanghaied into watching Les Misery, it’s no where near as bad and it’s a sitcom, not drama.
Please bring Galavant back I loved the show, can’t wait for season 2, enjoyed the singing and the comedy great family fun show!!!
Please renew!! I love this show. Watching it has become one of the best parts of the week for my sister and me.
Please renew…
Cant be left hanging like this
Monty Python meets Mel Brooks meets Covington Cross with just a dash of Disney.
Funny, smart, and yes, – ribald! It takes chances. Hooray! Bring on the second season! I can hardly wait!
I love galavant!! It’s so funny and great and it has to be renewed because you can’t just leave us all with cliffhangers!!! Please renew galavant!