The second season of Murder in the First is winding down on TNT. This detective show’s season ratings weren’t all that great inits first year but how is it doing this time around? Have the numbers gone up or down? Should it be cancelled or renewed for a third season?
In season two of Murder in the First, San Francisco homicide detectives Terry English (Taye Diggs) and Hildy Mulligan (Kathleen Robertson) investigate a series of murders with ramifications that could tear their department and city apart. Others in the cast include A.J. Buckley, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Laila Robins, Mo McRae, Mateus Ward, John Cothran, Raphael Sbarge, Lombardo Boyar, Ian Anthony Dale, Currie Graham, and Mimi Kirkland.
Debuting in June of 2014, the first season ended up averaging a 0.45 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 2.84 million viewers. These numbers weren’t bad but they weren’t stellar either. The cable channel could have gone either way with the series’ fate but they ended up renewing it for year two. It was renewed a month after the season finale aired — seemingly an indication that they were on the fence.
Season two of Murder in the First launched this past June. Compared to the series launch a year earlier, the season premiere was down by a whopping 47% in the demo and by 37% in viewership. Certainly not a good sign.
To date, the season’s been averaging a 0.32 demo rating (down 30%) and 2.1 million viewers (down 26%).
While all of TNT’s shows are way down in the ratings, Murder in the First’s ratings weren’t so good last year so a major drop looks extra bad.
The cable channel could decide to keep this series around for another season but I suspect, with these kind of numbers, they’ll opt to cancel it and put their resources elsewhere.
But, what do you think? Should this series be cancelled or renewed? If you ran TNT, would you order a third season?
RENEW! Excellent acting and interesting plots
Great show. Some great actors. Lots more scenarios to explore. Bring in new ideas.
Well written show and great actors. I would hate to see this go; so much trash on TV and this is complex and intriguing. Please TNT give it a chance. Summer time is a TV wasteland and the bright spots are Major Crimes and then Murder in the First. When shows like this are cancelled it pushes more more away from cable and more toward Netflix and other ways to find quality entertainment.
Please do not cancel but renew! Murder in the First is a great show with powerful characters, a great scenery and intelligent twists. It would be so sad to see it go.
Definitely keep.
i really like the show and i think not enough people know about it – it needs to be promoted better. I really like the characters and think it’s well acted – one of the better more tintelligent shows on TV – please renew –
Please keep this show on. It seems like every year good shows get cancelled while the most banal shows survive.
This is a great show and great cast. Deserves a third season.
I love this show. The writing, acting, and the setting make a powerful show that should be on for many seasons to come. The viewers deserve a quality show like this and networks want it too! This is a winning show.
Season three, please bring it back,
YES!!!!!! i REALLY LOVE THIS SHOW
I love this show! Please do not cancel it. The characters are well written and you want to learn more about them. The story lines have many twists and turns. Not the same boring cop shows. Give it a chance. Maybe do more advertising so more people know about it. Many of my friends had never heard of it
Agreed! I live in sf and just learned about this show a couple weeks ago from a hulu ad. No one else I know was aware of it, but most were interested in watching after I told them about it.
We love the show and would love for it to continue. It is our favorite show. Please do not cancel! Because we watched this one we are going to try Pubic Morals which we would not have even knew about if we didn’t watch this one.
This is a real good show. Hope they don;t cancel. There are so many dumb shows that stay on and they cancel the good ones.
We really love Murde in the First and agree that It Shouldn’t be Cancelled. Both leads have their own dynamics which also helps the storyline come together.
This is a great show. I think the ratings will go up
Love this show-can’t wait ’till Mondays. Do not cancel!