A new dramatic TV series on FOX, Lucifer created a bit of an uproar before it even premiered. The One Million Moms group wants the show to be cancelled and some religious people feel the same way. That’s not likely to have an effect on the show’s future but the ratings sure will. How’s the Lucifer TV show doing? Will it be cancelled or renewed for a second season?
On the Lucifer TV show, Lucifer Morningstar (Tom Ellis) has abandoned his throne and retired to Los Angeles. Charming, charismatic and devilishly handsome, he’s enjoying his retirement while owning a nightclub. His bliss is disturbed when a beautiful pop star is brutally murdered outside of his club. He starts to have feelings of compassion for the first time in billions of years and ends up helping a homicide detective (Lauren German). The rest of the cast includes Lesley-Ann Brandt, Kevin Alejandro, Rachael Harris, D. B. Woodside, and Scarlett Estevez.
The series debuted in January to a 2.43 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 7.16 million viewers. That was a very positive start, especially considering the state of the rest of FOX’s drama series.
In week two, the ratings fell to a 1.95 in the demo and 6.0 million viewers, a decline of nearly 20% in the demo. The numbers have essentially kept falling lower each week (though there was a slight bump upward in week seven). Last week’s installment, episode eight, hit a new low in the ratings and hit a 1.21 in the demo and 3.86 million.
The eight episodes have averaged a 1.63 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 5.08 million viewers.
The rest of the FOX schedule is in poor shape so it’s currently the network’s third-highest rated drama of the season (behind Empire and The X-Files). That may be enough to secure Lucifer a second season but it’s very concerning that the series continues to lose viewers. That may be enough to sink the series. We’ll likely have to wait until May to find out for sure.
But, what do you think? Do you like the Lucifer TV show? If you ran the network, would you cancel or keep it?
Really enjoy the show. I hope it makes it.
I think the problem is that it’s up against similar shows, it’s too bad they don’t have a later slot for older audiences.
Lucifer the series has intrigued me .So far I have liked the premise of what the devil took a vacation? And started to react to people? I can understand how some of his reactions. It is quite fun . l hope does get renewed.
love the show, can not wait until next weeks show. it is good tv. makes you think. cried last show. good actors, It is something different and very interesting subject.
Although this show is a fairly formulaic police procedural, I am captivated by the charisma of the leads and their chemistry. Will they/won’t they and with whom? Some of the dialogue is quite witty, and as the plot thickens (oh, Dan!), and Lucifer gets drawn deeper into the mess that is humanity, the show provides a reason, besides PBS, to still own a TV, and a respite from the overpopulation of moronic, inane and narcissistic reality shows that “networks” continue to offer. I can’t decide whether the show provides one of the most ironic examples of deus ex machina, but… Read more »
Keep this show! Omg, it’s so fun and simply entertainment. And Tom Ellis is scrumptious…Priest Walked into a Bar was fantastic. Please keep…please!
Absolutely brilliant
Me and my husband love the show hopefully it doesn’t get canceled like Constantine it’s a great show can’t wait for more episodes
Keep it! Keep it!!!! Please?
Love this show!!! Definitely keep!! Tom Ellis’s character is nothing out there in shows!! Keep It!!!!
Please keep lucifer on!!! Plz. My children and I truly enjoy the show. And I love how it questions good and evil in the ways that it does
Love this show. Tom Ellis is fantastic!
I love this show. It’s the only one other than The Walking Dead that I simply WILL NOT miss! Please don’t cancel it! Tom Ellis is scrumptious.
I love the show please keep it on
I love this show! I’m Catholic and I do not see anything wrong with this show. There are other shows that are worse! Please keep this show. The actors are fabulous. I laugh and enjoy the humor, humanity, and all the story lines!