As the littlest broadcast network, The CW usually butters its bread with series of the supernatural or super-heroic variety. Every once in a while, they pivot a little bit more toward the mundane, in an effort to reach a broader audience. Enter the In the Dark TV show. With no spirits or superheroes in sight, does it have what it takes to draw a crowd, and more importantly, Nielsen ratings? Will In the Dark be cancelled or renewed for season two? Stay tuned. *Status update below.
A CW comedy drama, In the Dark stars Perry Mattfeld, Rich Sommer, Brooke Markham, Casey Deidrick, Keston John, Morgan Krantz, Thamela Mpumlwana, Derek Webster, and Kathleen York. The story follows a hard drinking and smoking blind woman, Murphy Mason (Mattfield). When she stumbles upon the body of a drug dealing kid, Tyson (Mpumlwana), who once saved her from a mugger, Dean Riley (Sommer) and the other cops find her drunken account less than convincing and nobody in sight. Frustrated and heart-broken, Murphy, her guide dog, Pretzel, and best friend, Jess Damon (Markham), set out to uncover the truth about Tyson’s fate. Murphy will do whatever it takes — even if that means setting down her drink.
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Note: These are the Live + Same Day Ratings which include “live” viewing plus delayed DVR viewing, up until 3am local time that same night. Ratings marked with an “*” are the fast affiliate ratings and will be updated with the Live+SD numbers when they are made available. Typically, networks get paid for C+3 ratings which includes DVR viewing within three days of the original airing when commercials are watched. Those numbers are rarely released to the press.
What do you think? Do you like the In the Dark TV series on The CW? Should it be cancelled or renewed for a second season?
4/24/19 update: The CW has renewed In the Dark for a second season.
I watched In The Dark. I Really liked it until the ending. It needs more, you cant just lock someone up that’s really not the bad guy and end the show. No trial or anything, just shes in jail for life. Not how life works, and Murphys actress needs to work a bit on playing the roll of a blind person.
Season 2 is a must!
However Murphy could act as a better blind person. She makes to much eye contact and looks in the direction of people too much
What a great show. Hope there will be season 2 coming..
I love this show! The originality alone is refreshing! I’m so glad it was renewed for a second season, Because I want more!!!
I really enjoy this show! Very entertaining. Hope it will not be cancelled!
So the girl who is supposedly blind does a terrible job of acting blind!
Brilliant. One of the best I’ve seen. The writing and performances are first class. Please don’t let this show die.
I lasted 20 minutes, just to see if this show was going to be about anything besides her wallowing in self-pity, or her promiscuity. I ran out of patience.
It gets better as she opens up more and becomes more vulnerable with healthy relationships and friendships while solving the case of someone she really cares about. With TV shows that don’t have the plot and complete character development dumbly laid out for their viewers in the first 5 minutes, you should spend more time with it to give it a chance. Patience with this show is really rewarding!