After endless commercials during the Olympics and lots of print ads, NBC’s Parenthood has debuted. The show has experienced several bumps on its journey to primetime but now it’s finally here and NBC has high hopes for the series. Will it be a hit?
Parenthood revolves around the extended and very colorful Braverman family of Northern California. The large cast includes Lauren Graham, Peter Krause, Craig T. Nelson, Bonnie Bedelia, Mae Whitman, Miles Heizer, Erika Christensen, Sam Jaeger, Dax Shepard, Joy Bryant, Monica Potter, Sarah Ramos, and Max Burkholder.
Last night’s premiere debuted to an average of 8.1 million viewers with a 3.1 rating in the coveted 18-49 demographic. That put Parenthood in second place in total viewers (behind The Good Wife) but in first place in the demo. There was also very little erosion of the audience during the course of the episode.
While it’s positive that Parenthood won its timeslot in the demo, the numbers are surely not as good as NBC was hoping for, especially considering all of the promotion. Still, considering the state of the rest on NBC’s schedule, this should be considered a victory for the ailing peacock network.
As per usual, we’ll have to see how many viewers return week after week to know if Parenthood has a real chance at survival. For now, things look positive.
What do you think? Is Parenthood worth watching or are you changing the channel? Cancel or keep it?
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It’s a Big YES keep the show. One of my favorite shows.
No worries, everone. According to the Los Angeles Times on April 20th, NBC has decided to pick-up Parenthood for their 2nd season. It will be resuming in the Fall and remaining at its current time slot. All is good in the world again!! 🙂
KEEP IT!
Keep it definately!!!!!! I am absolutely hooked on this show, and I love all the characters!!! Please Do not cancel this one!!!! It would be a huge mistake. I previously got hooked on Eastwick, as did other members of my family, and it was really upsetting, not to mention maddening when the network chose to skip over episode 11, and air 12, and then never air the final one. I am still enraged by this. In any event, Parenthood needs to continue!!!
We love the show!
Yeah Darin!!!!!!! Great comment – – I agree wholeheartedly 100% !!!!!
I had a feeling this show would be one and done. Why would I think that? Because networks tend to kill shows that I think are winners — it’s been quite a few years now since NBC prematurely canceled “Hidden Hills” and it still chaps me. After its debut season, I’d already put Parenthood as one of my favorite all-time shows. Superb casting, writing and storylines. I’m a 40-year old guy and that show manages to get a few tears out of me in nearly every episode. Sometimes tears of sorrow and sometimes tears of joy. I’m not a whackjob;… Read more »
KEEP IT!!!! It is the first show I have actually enjoyed since the finale of Gilmore Girls!!! 🙂
The show is a keeper!!!!!Thats is why i’m online right now wondering what happen to the show tonight. I am a parent with a busy lifestyle in the evenings with my children’s sport activities that I make sure that it is set to be recorded on my DVR. Please continue the show!!!!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE the show, always wanting to know what is going to happen next week. PLEASE PLEASE keep the show going. My husband and I BOTH enjoy the show, we enjoy watching it together, thanks Janice
Keep It! I’m tired of reality and mindless teen shows !
I love this show!! My co-workers and I talk about it the next day at work. Keep it!! It is one of my favorite shows.
I love this show. And it’s one of the few that my husband and I actually BOTH enjoy! Keep it!!
My daughter and I love this show!!! Keep it! I haven’t watched a weekly television show in years, and as far as I am concerned, it has all the elements for success. The actors didn’t even seem to need time to mesh. It’s as if they had been acting together for years. If the second season is as good as the first, we will be hooked.
my husband and i are obSESSED w/this show. this and modern family are 2 totally new, fresh, modern shows that we can’t get enough of. parenthood is a total keeper!!!!
agree 100% avery, about both shows