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! I’m still singing some of the songs!
Renew my whole family lives it
Please bring it back. Clever musical numbers. Talented performers. Fun production.
Renew Gallivant want to see what happens & so does my boyfriend!
Absolutely renew it. So fun and unique. Lots of people watch it online, please count that audience.
Definitely YES!! I love this clever & family-friendly fun show
This is the best show I’ve seen on TV in a loooong time. Lots of known faces, lots of new and fresh faces.. singing! I love the little songs! I remember those all day! Hello, bring this back! I just finished this up on Hulu. MOAR GALAVANT!
RENEW. RENEW. RENEW. Duh.
Renew it got better each week and need to know how it ends
Best show on TV in a LONG time!!!!!!!!! Please bring it back!
Please bring it back! Songs were witty and catchy and it was a perfect entertaining show. Although cheesy it worked perfectly with the humor and storyline. Love it!
Oh please bring it back! The adult humor is priceless!
Cancel it was awful. Especially Mallory Jansen. What a terrible actress. This show is an insult to the intellect.
Cancel it? Insult to intelligence? Ok you must be talking about some other show, this is a cute fun show. I at least didn’t feel like my brain cells were committing suicide like when I see previews for family guy, dumb and dumber, and other shows that stup to crude, and just plain idiotic stupidity to make people laugh get off your high horse.
Please bring it back for a second season… I am addicted
love the show needs to be renewed