Should the Notorious TV show on ABC be canceled or renewed for season two? Pictured Daniel Sunjata, Piper Perabo (ABC/Tony Rivetti).
ABC has not yet announced if it will cancel or renew the Notorious TV show for a second season, but we want to know what you want them to do. Back in October, ABC cut the Notorious season one order from 13 episodes to ten. Still, as previously reported, there is still a (slim) chance for the drama. ABC is paying to keep the Notorious sets, rather than striking them.
Starring Daniel Sunjata and Piper Perabo, Notorious follows the symbiotic relationship between a charismatic defense attorney and a powerhouse TV producer, as they attempt to control the media, the justice system, and each other. Kate Jennings Grant, Aimee Teegarden, J. August Richards, Sepideh Moafi, Ryan Guzman, and Kevin Zegers also star.
When the news broke that ABC was reducing the Notorious season one order from 13 to ten, we took a look at the freshman drama’s ratings. As of episode 1.05 on October 20th, Notorious was averaging a 0.96 in the 18-49 year old viewer demographic and had an average total audience of 4.378 million viewers.
We have been tracking the ratings for 19 scripted ABC series in the 2016-17 television season. Back in October, when sorted by the demo, Notorious placed 14th, among ABC shows. It only rose to 13th place, when sorted by average total audience size. Has anything changed? Is the series doing better or worse in the ratings, since the network reduced its order?
Notorious Season One Ratings Averages | ABC
The first season finale aired on December 8th, so now we have a full season to analyze. Notorious, season one, finished up with a 0.86 average in the 18-49 year old viewer demo. By the finale, it ended up with an average total audience of 3.972 million viewers.
Similarly, Notorious is now in the 15th spot (out of 19), when we sort ABC shows by their ratings in the demo and ranks 14th, when sorted by average total audience.
Since October, the show’s average ratings have grown worse. Notorious has dropped down o.10 points in the demo and lost more than 400,000 viewers. Additionally, the series now ranks one slot lower among ABC TV shows, when sorted by both its demo average and average total viewers.
In conclusion, while ABC could still renew Notorious for season two, don’t bet your Christmas bonus on it. Still, we’d like to hear what you’d like to happen.
What do you think? Have you watched the first season of the Notorious TV series? Should ABC cancel or renew Notorious for a second season? Finally, please tell us the reasons for your vote, in the comments.
PLEASE DON’T CANCEL NOTORIOUS! I LOVE THE SHOW!!!
Please renew this show I love it! It’s different and I like the dynamic relationships and their careers!
Yes I definitely would watch. I’m an old lady & I loved it! Great exciting writing!
Please renew Notorious it really is an AMAZING show I find it quite addictive & & would just love to see more!
I love Notorious. Please do not cancel this show. Love the cast and it is well written. Watch it every week it was on.
Yes I love this show please do not cancel it
I would love to see more of this show. Please keep airing
Can’t wait to see where this show takes us next season. So many possibilities.
LOVE it!’
Yes… my guilty pleasure. 🙂 However, the multi-episode story arcs may have been unwise. While I enjoyed them personally, if a casual (or short-attention-span) viewer dropped into the middle of an arc, they could easily get confused, frustrated, or turned off and stop watching. However, the overall concept of the show is terrific (and the focus on how the media shapes public opinion is quite topical right now), and the stars, attractive and watchable. What I would like to see more of, though, is Julia & Jake’s backstory, in flashbacks throughout the second season. We should see more details on… Read more »
Love this show. I’m praying ABC keeps this on our line up.
I loved this show. I would watch and record it on my DVR. Then I would go and watch the show I had recorded over and over and over, until the next week when the next episode would come on ABC. I love, love, love the show. Please keep on the air.
Love Notorious don’t understand why it may be cancelled. It is a different type of show and very interesting. Try moving it to another night now there is nothing of interest on Monday or Tuesday except reality and stupid game shows.
I like this show a lot – I would definitely like to see another season of it – sure beats all those lousy ‘reality’ shows – don’t watch any of them! Pretty soon I guess there won’t be anything to watch except them if they keep cancelling good shows like this one
I don’t understand, why, when they put a new show on they don’t try to move it to another night before they cancel it? I like this show because it’s different than any other show on right now! It’s not your typical cop show and I like to see what happens behind the scenes of a news show (I’m sure some of it is real)! Anyway I hope it stays on, I’ll be watching!!
Please don’t cancel the show!! I just got caught up and I need to know what happened next! USA left Covert Affairs before it should have been over. I love Piper! She’s such a great actress and I love the storyline for Notirious. Bring it back!