Kathy Bates can officially turn down any pending movie offers. Her TV series, Harry’s Law, has been renewed for a second season by NBC.
Harry’s Law centers around Harriet “Harry” Korn (Kathy Bates), a cranky former patent lawyer. She’s forced to make a fresh start and ends up assembling an interesting new team; college student Malcolm Davies (Aml Ameen), legal hotshot Adam Branch (Nate Corddry), and a footwear-obsessed assistant named Jenna (Brittany Snow).
Debuting mid-season, the series started out decently with a 2.2 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 11.07 million viewers. While those aren’t great numbers, they are significantly better than the other shows that NBC has had in the Mondays at 10pm timeslot. Unfortunately, the ratings slid downward as the season progressed and the last original episode, on April 4th, registered just a 1.4 in the demo and 7.75 million viewers.
The season ended up averaging just a 1.8 in the demo and 9.39 million viewers. That’s just a bit more than NBC’s struggling (but now renewed) Chuck. So much for Harry’s Law being a hit.
While the demo numbers aren’t very good, the show does have the most viewers of any scripted series on the network. Total viewership isn’t nearly as important as the the demo ratings but having that many people watch and potentially talk about the show can help attract new demo viewers. Besides, NBC has a lot of other holes to fill on the 2011-12 schedule.
NBC will officially unveil the new 2011-12 schedule to advertisers on Monday but will give reporters a preview on Sunday. Be user to bookmark and visit our NBC cancel/renew page to keep up with the latest comings and goings.
What do you think? Are you glad that Harry’s Law will be back for season two? How would you attract more 18-49 viewers so season three will be a guarantee?
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We love this show!!!! And we are over 60!!!!
I notice that Harry’s Law is returning. What is the date, the channel, etc? I do not want to miss it.
Don’t be pushing to get the 18-49 age group interested. You might better work on the
40 and up. They’re the ones who would like to have clean, smart entertainment. One
more comment: maybe change the time slot to 9:00 pm on Mondays.
Thanks,
Rose Rosler
I am SO GLAD that Harry’s Law will be back. It is by far THE BEST show on TV. The writing is excellent and the actors are all perfectly cast. Kathy Bates is wonderful. I watch very, very little TV – the Today Show in the morning and truly no prime time network shows, except for Harry’s Law. I even learned how to use my DVR so that I would not miss a single episode. Thank You for bringing this terrific show back.
Thank’s for bringing “Harry’s Law” back we’re some of the late joiner’s and loved what We did get to see! We watched it every monday night and miss it badly!! It’s feels so good to watch because reality shows are’nt our cup of tea!! So when we get to see a show such as “Harry’s Law” come on we’re overly happy! By the way just because You go by the ratings , doesn’t mean they are true!! We are in the 50’s gendered age and You forgot us in the ratings!! But, we forgive You because You gave us back… Read more »
I really like Harry’s Law and glad it will return for season 2 Kathy Bates is one of my favorite actresses.
Hey the suits finally made the right decision and renewed Harry’s Law for season 2. It was really a no brainer, as they really don’t have a better option. Harry’s Law is NBC’s best show.
I liked Harry’s Law very much. I don’t watch much TV – that includes -0- reality TV. Kathy Bates is wonderful. The two leaving the show don’t make it or break it. I’m glad to see it return and will watch it.
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I AM SO HAPPY THIS SHOW IS NOT CANCELLED!!! I JUST LOVE IT!! THE CAST IS TERIFFIC!!I LOVE LOVE LOVE THE CAST–PLOTS !! I’M TOO EXCITED TO WRITE WHAT ELSE I LIKE ABOU
Glad to see Harry’s Law is coming back!! Thank goodness, not another Reality TV loser!
My husband and I really enjoyed Harry’s Law. Glad it’s coming back! We are the ‘Sixty Something’ or as many say ‘Baby Boommers’. Reality shows, Idol type shows, game shows just don’t do it for us any more. Never did. Give us a good character actor, some drama, humor and we’re good!
I loved the show glad to hear it’s coming back when is the date for the new season?rgot need
Ilove this show. Smart move in renewing Harry for Season Two
I love this show….thank you for bringing us a Season Two….I hope it has many more!
So happy to see Harry’s Law is continuing. I think Kathy Bates has found her niche. All the characters are well suited and I love the themes. Way to go NBC. Now get rid of Reality TV and everything will be super.