Last fall, Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD looked like a sure-fire hit. While the season’s ratings were positive, the ABC execs certainly expected a lot better. Will the numbers rise in season two and lead to a third season or, could this show be cancelled if the ratings fall lower? Stay tuned.
On Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD, Agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg) has been appointed Director and has been tasked with rebuilding the agency. Who can he trust? The rest of the cast includes Ming-Na Wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennet, Iain De Caestecker, and Elizabeth Henstridge.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available — usually the next day, around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.
5/8 update: This series has been renewed for a third season on ABC.
Final season averages: 1.59 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 4.47 million total viewers.
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Due to a Nielsen glitch, some of the early ratings of the 2014-15 season were revised a few weeks later.
Note: 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 still like the Agents of SHIELD TV series? Do you think it should be cancelled or be renewed for a third season?
I think the decline can be attributed to the death of Agent Triplett and the subsequent restructuring of the team and show. I stopped watching, and it looks like other people did too. That’s too bad, considering they had made some good changes end of season one moving into season two that really helped them start to climb back, only to destroy that. But, the show will come back. It’s fortunate that it’s a Marvel baby that doesn’t have to make any money to really keep going, so long as it ties well enough into those billion dollar movies that… Read more »
Yes I think agents of shield should come back. My husband and I were very entertained by it.
Yeah I need to get cable just so I can.improve its ratings (albeit fractionally). Love it. Will die without it.