It’s no secret that Gracepoint on FOX is really struggling in the ratings. While we know that there’s no chance the series will be back for a second season, it looks like the show may not be on Thursday nights for long either.
Gracepoint begins when a young boy is found dead on an idyllic beach in the small northern California town of Gracepoint. The tragedy and media frenzy soon turns neighbor against neighbor as the police try to figure out what happened. The cast includes David Tennant, Anna Gunn, Michael Peña, Virginia Kull, Madalyn Horcher, Kendrick Sampson, Nick Nolte, Jacki Weaver, Kevin Rankin, Sarah-Jane Potts, Stephen Louis Grush, Kevin Zegers, Jessica Lucas, and Nikolas Filipovic.
The show is currently FOX’s lowest-rated scripted series in the coveted 18-49 demographic. It’s averaging a poor 1.0 rating with 4.09 million viewers.
The November sweeps period starts next Thursday, October 30th, and runs through November 26th. It’s important for the network financially to get as many people tuning in to their programming as possible between those dates.
As a result, it’s very likely that FOX won’t keep poorly-rated Gracepoint on the regular schedule for much longer. I suspect that they will soon announce that the series is moving to Saturday nights. Here’s why:
On the Hell’s Kitchen Facebook page, the network has posted a couple graphics that indicate that the show can be seen on Thursday nights — except the reality series currently airs on Wednesday evenings. If Hell’s Kitchen is moving to Thursdays, it’s most likely to replace struggling Gracepoint and not Bones.
Last week, the network re-aired the first two episodes of Gracepoint on Saturday night. Sports programming will fill the next two Saturday schedules. I suspect that FOX will resume airing repeats and then new episodes of Gracepoint after that — likely in pairs — until all 10 installments have run.
On the positive side, at least the network will air all of the remaining episodes and the small audience will be able to see the mystery solved.
What do you think? Do you think FOX will burn off the remaining episodes on Saturday nights? Will you still watch them if that happens?
This show was so good. Hope the writers will continue. I so looked forward to watching it on Thursdays. My daughter started watching and is now hooked too.
I absolutely love love loved this show! It did NOT get the amount of hype that a lot of much lesser shows get and that’s why it didn’t get the viewership. It was wonderfully written and acted by the cast. They were fantastic! No one HEARD about it. I was on the edge of my seat for every episode. I do hope they bring it back and along with it the actors who did such a superb job. I guarantee that if people had a chance to know it was on and really WATCH it a time or two it… Read more »
I love this show! I’m not satisfied with the ending. Please bring it back for a second season at least!
I have to say this was one of the best murder/mysteries I have ever watched. It had me glued to the series from the first episode. I thought it was well done, the acting was great, and had me on the edge of my seat on every episode wondering, “Who Did It?” I wish you can convey to the cast and crew that they did an incredible job! Not sure why they didn’t have the viewership the show deserved.
Noooooo
Please do not cancell!!! I absolutely love this show! I was so excited to find a show that I actually look forward to watching each week!
The actors were great, the story was awesome, and the setting was beautiful!
I was so looking forward to seeing what would happen in the next season!