The remake of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! debuted this week on NBC. The concept began as a UK show and has continued to run there successfully. Season nine is scheduled to begin airing there in November.
ABC tried doing a US version a few years back but cancelled it after one season because of low ratings. Now, NBC execs have decided to try their luck and plan to air the program for 15 nights over the course of four weeks.
The reality show throws a group of so-called celebrities together in the middle of a jungle. Living in the wilderness, they compete in various challenges and tasks and struggle to stay in the game. In the end, it’s the viewers at home who will decide who stays and who goes. The last remaining star will be crowned King or Queen of the Jungle and will win the largest share of the prize money for their charity of choice.
The contestants are Angela V. Shelton, Daniel Baldwin, Frances Callier, Janice Dickinson, John Salley, Lou Diamond Phillips, Patti Blagojevich, Sanjaya Malakar, Stephen Baldwin, Torrie Wilson, Heidi Pratt, and Spencer Pratt. The hosts are former UK competitor Myleene Klass and MTV’s Damien Fahey.
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The show got off to a bang on Tuesday night with Spencer Pratt in full diva mode. In terms of ratings, the reality series got off to a decent start. The debut attracted 6.45 million viewers and a 2.6/8 rating/share in the 18-49 demographic. That put the program in second place in overall viewership and tied for first place in the demo.
Though you might expect that the show might start to generate some watercooler talk after Pratt’s tantrums, nearly a million fewer people returned for the second night. Only 5.54 watched the night two with a 2.2/7 in the demo. That’s half as many total viewers as competitor NCIS but it won the timeslot in the all-important 18-49 demo.
Last night, things got even worse with an audience of just 4.79 million and a 1.8/6. That put I’m a Celebrity in a distant third place for total viewers and in the demo.
There had been talk that NBC was considering extending the show for another week but it seems hard to believe that they still want to do that considering this downward trend. If the ratings go much lower, will they even want to finish the competition? Either way, it doesn’t look like I’m a Celebrity will be back next season.
What do you think? Is the show worth keeping or should it be cancelled already?
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20 Comments on "I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!: Ratings Declining; Cancel It or Keep It?"
All I can say is Lou Diamond Phillips what the hell happened?
All of you should be ashamed if your putting these people down. THEY ARE DOING IT FOR CHARITY!!!! Why dont you all go in the jungle and do what they are doing, then give the money away to charity and see how you feel. GET A GRIP RUDE PEOPLE!!
This show should stay! It may be annoying sometimes but I couldn’t help myself from watching it. It’s comedic as well
These people are all wash-ups they’re hardly even celebrities, and its just another dumb reality TV show – wait its not even reality, they’re all probably in a studio somewhere anyway!
i think this show should stay! It may be kinda dumb, but it is for a good cause. Just think of how many people these celebrities will help! The first time I saw it, I thought it was stupid, and I thought it was so stupid, that I would watch it every night, then I became to like it. These people are kind people, just trying to make a difference and to have some fun! there is alot of emotion and relationships on this show, and should keep running!
This is some bull get all of the out of there misery. I’m so tired of the reality shows. Yall take good shows like ” THE GAME” and put crap like this on TV.
I think this show should be called Celebrity Survivor and play the game with host Jeff Probst. This is a good summer reality show and just leave it as a summer reality show, too, like Big Brother. Move it to CBS and there’s a winner! I like it but it reminds me of Survivor except America votes on who stays and who goes…America is usually wrong when it comes to voting just look at American Idol. For the past few seasons, America has voted wrong! I think Sunjaya or Lou Diamond will win!
Watched for 15 minutes and turned it off. The worst television I have ever seen
All of this reality crap sucks it big time. I am just amazed that there is any audience at all for this garbage.
As I said before, ABC was stupid for resurrecting a FAILED SHOW from the trash pile. It stunk in its first incarnation & it stinx in nthis one.
The number of viewers in the key demo was up mostly outta curiosity. Now that the novelty is over, “reality’ sets in & nobody wants to watch it any more.
Another thing I said earlier, and I still stick with…Sure am glad those paragons of erudition, the Ostroff wannabees, the suits at ABC don’t do my tax returns nor represent me in court!
the thing is if you are going to do a show about celebrities having to “survive” at least put celebrities in it. Speidi, Sanjaya, Patte Blagoyovich etc. are not celebrities. At least put in d-list celebrities instead of z-list.
i guess celebrities with any real status wouldn’t need to do a show like this. i’m so tired of reality shows. let’s just set up lawn chairs in front of our neighbors houses and sit and watch them. losing weight is a hard thing to do, and admirable but i don’t want to watch it for entertainment, or watch a household full of kids, come on, on we so numb we’ll watch anything? what about the traffic light change? give us something entertaining please!
I was on the fence but after Thursdays show and the thought of Spencer coming back was it for me. Someone needs to take that A#$H%@& out in the jungle and beat the crap out of him. He is without a doubt the most disrespectful little punk I’ve ever seen. I wouldn’t watch anything he’s had anything to do with…
the UK gets that it has to be entertaining. Which is why Big Brother & Celeb Outta Here has done so well. While us lazy americans just sit around staring at each other. Even NBC adding Speidi to stir up the pot hasn’t done too much.