Tuesday night, FOX debuted a new drama for the Summer months, Mental. So, did the premiere’s ratings make the network crazy-happy or just drive them crazy?
Mental revolves around an unorthodox psychiatrist who becomes the Director of Mental Health at a fictional Los Angeles hospital. Created by Dan LeVine and co-executive produced by his sister, Deborah Joy LeVine, the series stars Chris Vance, Annabella Sciorra, Derek Webster, Jacqueline McKenzie, Marisa Ramirez, Nicholas Gonzalez, and Edwin Hodge.
The series premiered on Tuesday night and finished in third place for the 9pm hour with 5.8 million viewers and a 2.1/5 rating/share among the 18-49 demographic.
Those numbers aren’t that impressive but the drama did build on its lead-in, a rerun of the popular and very compatible House. There was also very little drop off between Mental’s first and second half hours, indicating that most watched the entire episode.
So, while Mental didn’t have a great debut, it wasn’t bad either. As we enter into the Summer months, viewership tends to fall off so the network may be okay with these numbers. But, will people return for subsequent installments? Will FOX give the show a second season once all 13 episodes have aired? We’ll have to wait and see.
So, what did you think? Is the show worth keeping or should it be cancelled?
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KEEP IT ON! MENTAL WAS AN OUTSTANDING SHOW!
Please keep keep keep it! My husband and I (and several friends) have been anxiously awaiting the start of Season 2 of Mental… how do we petition Fox to get it on?! One season is hardly enough time to judge if a show should stay or go… especially when there was so little advertising. I have mentioned this to friends repeatedly and none of them had even heard of it till I told them when and what network it was on! We’re so flooded by junk reality tv shows that they think a show like this only deserves one season.… Read more »
Waiting anxiously for the new season of Mental. Thought it was one of the best shows this summer. Keep looking every week for reruns or news of the new season.
Please don’t cancel this wonderful show. I have been searching for it, hoping new shows were being order. Don’t make the mistake NBC has done cancelling excellent shows: trauma and mercy.
I really enjoyed this show and I think FOX should bring it back for at least another season. To give it a second chance to obtain the figures FOX is looking for.
The show was amazing ! The best I’ve ever watched honestly…even better than HOUSE !
Hope that FOX will keep it for 2nd season !!!
Mental needs to come back! Fox has such a crappy track record of cancelling great shows (Dollhouse) and keeping stupid ones (So You Think You Can Dance, Fringe, Simpsons, Family Guy, American Dad) They need to show 3 new shows per night, instead of just 2, that would make it easier to not show great shows on Friday so that won’t get cancelled based on low watching. What is the matter w/ this network?
Hope it will contnue for more than 2 seasons .. a good serie
this show was terrible
I love Mental! I say bring it back!
I LOVE THIS SHOW MENTAL!!! 🙂
i really hope it is renewed for a 2nd season!!!!
I love the show Mental. Please tell me its coming back. It is still one of my favorite shows. I liked how the doctors solved the cases. And I really liked how Jack was with his sister. I hope that it comes back. There aren’t too many shows that really catch my eye that Mental did
Mental proved it’s worth and I’m delighted Fox decided to keep it what with so much garbage on the air these days. May it live a long TV life!!
There aren’t many shows I truly like because most are just “canned” to be like all the others. Mental was refreshingly different – with a different insight. I was hooked from the first episode and stayed faithfully with it, hoping and praying it didn’t end up like so many other good programs. I have to agree with all the others (M Hawley, Maragaret, et al, but especially Mr. “all caps” Brian Barton) in what they have to say about this wonderful new show. Please keep it on! It is a good, decent series I look forward to each time it’s… Read more »
Mental was an excellent program. My husband and I looked forward to it every week. I don’t understand why it wasn’t given a chance to become one of the most watched programs it the fall. It wasn’t promoted properly, people that I told about it had never heard of it, but once they watched it they also liked it as well as we did
I do agree with Margaret, House is getting very boring. Same thing over and over. Also getting a bit bored with programs like Ghost Whisperer and Medium. Still watching, but probably not much longer.