ABC has been having some great success on Thursday nights with shows like Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal. Unfortunately, the network has also had some struggles. Last season’s The Catch had such low ratings that it probably should have been cancelled. How has newest entry Notorious been performing? Is it worth watching? Cancel or keep it?
Notorious revolves around the symbiotic relationship between a charismatic defense attorney (Daniel Sunjata) and a powerhouse TV producer (Piper Perabo) as they attempt to control the media, the justice system, and each other. Together, they make great TV and determine the nation’s headlines. The rest of the cast includes Kate Jennings Grant, Aimee Teegarden, J. August Richards, Sepideh Moafi, Ryan Guzman, and Kevin Zegers.
Sandwiched between Grey’s Anatomy and How to Get Away with Murder, Notorious launched to a 1.13 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 5.39 million viewers. It was a disappointing start, especially considering that lead-in Grey’s drew more than twice as many viewers in the demo with a 2.89 rating.
The second installment fell to a 1.06 rating with 4.51 million. Episode three also fell and the fourth installment dropped to a 0.83 in the demo with 3.90 million. Notorious is currently the network’s lowest-rated new series and very well may be dragging How to Get Away with Murder down in the ratings with it.
It is worth noting that the four Thursday nights of the 2016-17 season have been dominated by NFL football. ABC may want to wait and see how well Notorious performs without that competition but it seems unlikely to help. CBS sitcoms are also quite strong competition.
The network execs may also try moving Murder to 9pm and shift Notorious to 10pm. That’s unlikely to help the latter because there are fewer people watching TV in the 10pm hour.
At this point, it looks like ABC won’t order any additional episodes and Notorious will be cancelled after one short season of 13 episodes.
But, what do you think? Do you like the Notorious TV show on ABC? Should it be cancelled or should the network order more episodes? Cancel or keep it?
10/25 update: ABC has cut the first season order to 10 episodes. Cancellation next?
Keep Notorious! Keep please!
Please Don’t Cancel Notorious!! I want a Second Season!! Please ABC Don’t Cancel it!!
Please don’t cancel Notorious! It’s a great show and needs to be given a chance. Unfortunately sports shows derail many good programs, as has the Olympics in the past. I prefer Notorious over ‘Murder’ which I tried to watch but was so confused by the jumping back and forth I finally gave up.
Keep Notorious, love this show.
We recorded all the episodes and loved it. We hope they bring it back.
Keep Notorious. I saw all episodes. Great actors, action & news reporting.
Keep!!!
Love the show and the chemistry
Great Show, love the cast, please don’t cancel
I’m Actually in love with the show me and a plethora of my friends, and it will be a tragedy if the shows cancelled. I’ve been waiting for more episodes but have found any……..Please continue with the Notorious series!!!!!
Please don’t cancel notorious!! Such a good show I love it and so do all my friends and family!!!!!!
Great show, great cast, please don’t cancel.
I love this shoe. It’s the reason I watch the network!
One of my favorite new TV shows this year! I was waiting for it’s return this January and now you cancel it? Try a different time slot then. This hasn’t had enough exposure and advertisement. Very exciting show and a hot cast!
I loved this show. I wish it will return. The actors were great and the story line was awesome!
please keep the show. i dont have normal cable so i cant keep track of all the new shows coming on so i found out about this show on hulu. once i started watching, i was hooked.
please dont let it get cancelled like many other good shows because not everyone is able to watch them everytime they aire on tv.
GREAT DRAMA AND CHEMISTRY , I MISS IT ALREADY ! COME BACK !!! IF I HAD TO CHOSE BETWEEN NOTORIOUS AND CONVICTION, I WOULD CHOOSE NOTORIOUS BECAUSE OF THE CHARACTERS , SO PLEASE FIND A WAY TO GET MORE AIRTIME !!!