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?
renew it. It is a breath of fresh air.
Renew for sure
RENEW IT. PLEASE, I’M BEGGING!!! I JUST NEED A PROPER ENDING.
TO: ABC entertainment chief Paul Lee This show deserves a second season. Please renew it. Or at least end it. To not renew it and to end it with a cliff hanger ending, is not playing fair with the ABC viewers. If the decision is made not to renew the show (which I think would be a bad decision) and to walk away with no clear ending (an even worse decision) then at least e-publish the script resolution to the show. People are tired of investing time and emotions into TV shows to have them simply yanked from the network… Read more »
I hope the renew it!! Love this show!
Keep the show its very good family entertainment. Very holsome and is great for Sunday evenings.
ABSOLUTELY RENEW! Funny lyrics, talented, talented cast and great production quality. Please bring us a second season.
RENEW!!! Very different and funny,
Renew it. More entertaining than a lot of stuff on TV.
Renew it! Clever and engaging.
We love the show. Please renew. Everybody we know loves the show.
I’ll admit I only caught the last 2 episodes but they were good. I liked it. Thought it was funny. The Songs Were great. So would love to see a second season. I’ll buy the first on DVD just to see the rest of them.
BRING IT BACK IM DYING!!!!!!!!!
So much fun!! RENEW!!
We love the show. Everybody we know loves it. It is so refreshing. The creativity and
humor is fantastic. Please renew Galavant. We are sick of the same old stupid shows that are insulting to watch. Please.