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?
Keep it!! This is so great!!
I cannot believe someone could have spent a penny on the piece of paper on which to write down the idea for this show. They must have been on some kind of hallucinogenic. How real people got drawn into approving, developing and funding it, I cannot comprehend, let alone how actors could sign up to star in it! I’m sure none of the other reviewers actually listen to the words in the “songs”- I’m sure if they did they’d realize what absolute rubbish this is. I’m alarmed they could show it at a time when children could be watching. I… Read more »
Love the quirkiness. It’s fresh and different. Like Fargo for the family.
Please keep.
Love Galavant! Please keep it.
cancel it…..it was stupid
cancel it, it was stupid
cancel it
Love it! Hilarious and a great cast.. Keep it!
Keep it!!!!!
This show is different. It’s funny.,you can watch it and see if you or anyone else watching can catch all its throwing at you. No over thinking, no stress, just pure enjoyment. LOVE IT
My family loves this show, please keep it!
My whole family and I love this show. Its is hilarious and makes each one of us laugh. Keep it going please!!
This show is so funny. Love the music and the comedy!!
KEEP!!!!
LOVE it!!!! Keep it.
How could you not love this program? I have it recorded on my DVR and have shown it to my family members over the last couple of weeks. They all thought it was hilarious. Hopefully you will give it enough time to catch on. Love the originality of the series and the music is pretty darn good too! In many ways it reminds me of the movie Princess Bride.
What fun!!! Definitely would love to see more!