The first installment of the Midnight, Texas TV show aired as an NBC summer TV series. While it didn’t exactly light the Nielsen ratings afire, it did manage to avoid cancellation. Now that the second season is airing during the regular television season, the pressure is on. Can this fantasy-mystery prove itself, or will its Friday night time slot prove the stake in its heart? Will Midnight, Texas be cancelled or renewed for season three? Stay tuned. *Status update below.
Based on the book series of the same name, from True Blood author Charlaine Harris, Midnight, Texas stars François Arnaud, Dylan Bruce, Parisa Fitz-Henley, Arielle Kebbel, Jason Lewis, and Peter Mensah. Guest stars in the second season on NBC include Michael Harney, Mindy Sterling, Adam Langdon, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Jaime Murray, and Nick Lee. The supernatural drama unfolds in the remote Texas town of Midnight, a haven for those hiding out from the world. There, only outsiders belong, while normality is just plain weird. The townies come together to form a sort of chosen family. Together they fend off external pressures from nosy police officers, vicious biker gangs, and their own dark pasts.
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.
12/29 update: You can see the latest night’s ratings in context.
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For comparisons: The first season of Midnight, Texas averaged a meager 0.74 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 2.99 million viewers.
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 Midnight, Texas TV series? Should it be cancelled or renewed for a third season on NBC?
12/23/18 update: NBC has cancelled the Midnight, Texas TV show so there won’t be a third season on the peacock network. Details here.
Midnight Texas should return for a third and fourth season and have Joe and Chuy reunite and stay together forever.
I love midnight Texas. Its entertaining, more so than the voice or dwts or big brother. Less jerks I guess. Please don’t **** it down as my daughter and I watch it. Maybe it could just become like the cow’s supernatural.
We are in England and love this show Americans cut the shows based on ratings then we miss out and it really pisses me off.
I generally do not watch prime time TV. I stumbled across this mid first season and was instantly sucked in. Thanks to on demand I was able to watch all of season one was eagerly awaiting season 2, and now to findout its canceled, is just sad. This is why I try to stick to movies. You get into a show and they cancel it. I really hope someone else picks up the show.
The last episode of season 1 aired on September 18, 2017. The first episode of season 2 aired on October 26, 2018 — more than one year later. If a show sits on a shelf for one year, with zero reminders about it, many viewers are going to think it was cancelled. And if you don’t promote the show and the start of a new season, viewers who were not following news about it are not going to become aware of its existence. I had no idea that Midnight, Texas season 2 had premiered in October because during the day… Read more »
loved this show sad they never gave it a chance now the way they ended to not fair i want season 3
Really enjoyed this show. Since most all watch on the DVR these days there needs to be a new way to calculate viewers. We like to bank shows and watch back to back. I hope someone else picks up this show because my family and I enjoy it a lot.
I love this show. Please dont cancel it!
It’s depressing to know that midnight is cancelled. It’s the one show I look forward to on Friday night! Also a show that my whole family enjoys from my parents in their 60’s to my teenage children 3000 miles away. I truly wish they’d reconsider……
Please do not cancel Midnight Texas. I really enjoy the show!!!!
I love midnight TX I’m very sad its getting cancelled.