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!! maybe it’s same with house but in my opinion it’s very different…the series has much more fun and i think it worth seeing…let’s give it a chance.
Give it a chance. Yes it has some House like qualities, but it’s quite different. Chris Vance is too much fun to watch
CANCEL THIS DAMN SHOW IT BLOWS!!
Dump it! It is a rip off of HOUSE, and the diagnositic piece is is not accurate! I do not think it will last.
Keep it! I like the cast and I like the quirky humor.
Keep it! It’s really interesting and I love the main character.
It’s a good show! It should get a decent following very quick!
KEEP IT! It was awesome!!! Finally, a show that keeps your interest throughout the entire hour. Give it at least 6 episodes! But, so far, 2 thumbs up!
Keep it It is great so far.
KEEP IT! So far its great!!
Keep it, looks interesting
I think it is different. There are so many medical series but none deal with the mental health. I would hope that it be given a chance as long as it deals with subject seriously. I thought the doctor married to the musician lent reality to lives of doctors. Not all are married to doctors.
The pilot was boring…so predictible. Cancel it!
keep it! i liked the dry humor in it, it didn’t remind me of house too much like some other people mentioned, for example, house doesn’t care too much about his patients :/ he cares more about puzzles, chris vance’s character seems to actually wanna help the patients. i mean c’mon, he stripped just to make the patient comfortable and to get him to calm down, do we ever see house doing that? 😉
Keep it on. Jacqueline McKenzie is stunning and brilliant.