We’ve received quite a few e-mails from readers who are been worried that Parenthood has been cancelled by NBC. Well, it hasn’t been canned and will actually be returning on January 4th. That’s the good news but fans shouldn’t get too complacent. The drama hasn’t been performing all that well and certainly isn’t assured of a third season.
Last May, Parenthood was one of those shows that was “on the bubble” but still ended up being renewed. Though season one premiered with a 3.1 rating in the coveted 18-49 demographic and 8.1 million viewers, it soon after dropped to a 2.3 rating and 5.83 million viewers. The 13 episodes of season one ended up averaging a 2.6 in the demo and 6.38 million total viewers.
For season two, Parenthood debuted at about the same demo rating it had at the end of season one. Unfortunately, that didn’t last. In mid-November, shortly before it went on hiatus, Parenthood hit a series low of a 1.8 rating in the 18-49 demo and 4.8 million viewers.
The first half of the season has averaged a 2.1 in the demo and 5.22 million. Parenthood is currently the seventh-highest rated scripted program on the network, falling in the middle of the list, just below The Event. While it’s not in immediate danger of being cancelled, the show’s certainly not safe either. Its fate will ultimately be decided by how well it performs when it returns from the six week hiatus. Most shows don’t typically fare very well and ratings drop after a hiatus. Will Parenthood be the exception?
What do you think? Will the ratings for Parenthood go up or down? Will it be cancelled or survive to see season three?
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My whole family cannot wait to watch this show. Great acting, wonderful storylines, and it intrigues us every week! KEEP PARENTHOOD!!!!!
Although not a parent myself, I certainly love the perspective it provides. While formulaic, it is one of the shows I have missed since the last airing of “Thanksgiving”. Excellent character development, and just enough heart tugging to keep me interested. I don’t want to see it leave the air, but usually the best shows do because they don’t feed “the people in the pit” enough.
Love the show and the cast, I sure hope it stays on
Keep watching Deborah because it is a great show. Even if it should get cancelled sooner than we would like, I don’t want to miss a minute of it. Oh, and the Event wasn’t cancelled. It is just on a longer hiatus than Parenthood and is scheduled to come back on Feb 28.
I hope the show continues. It is a hi-light of the week for my husband and I. We have a 13 year old son with Down Syndrome, so we can relate to Max and his family. It’s intetesting to see how they deal with everyday issues concerning special needs! Just love the show!!!
I am so frustrated with NBC and am afraid to start watching
any of their new shows. Every time I watch one and start getting
“in-to” it, NBC cancels it. It happened to Persons Unknown, and the
Event (which I didn’t watch for fear it would get the axe…and
did!), not to mention losing Medium and Heroes. Parenthood is a
terrific show! NBC needs to revamp their marketing/advertising team
and support their shows AND listen to the shows’ fans.
I love Parenthood and record it to watch each week, at my leisure. It is one of my guilty pleasures! The story line is great and the characters are believable. Great acting. It is intelligent, thoughtful, funny and real. PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL THIS WONDERFUL SHOW.
I love Parenthood and I hope that it will continue for a third season and hopefully more. I can really connect with a several of the story lines and not just of one of the characters. I think that the writing and the acting is really great. This is the only show that I will sit and watch without reading or doing something else. I don’t want to miss any of it. As far as the hiatus goes, it isn’t the only show that is on hiatus right now so I don’t see what the big deal is other than… Read more »
Ditto to ALL that!!!
I couldn’t of said it better myself! I love this show, if I can’t watch it I DVR it! Please please please, don’t cancel it!
Parenthood is a wonderful refreshing program about real life situations. It would be a shame if it was cancelled.
Keep it on. I love the show.
We want it to continue!
I LOVE the show Parenthood, in spite of the fact Lauren Graham is on it. I hope it doesn’t get cancelled, but it will def loose fans by going on hiatus without warning people! Me and my gf’s thought it was gone. Poor move on NBC’s part.
I liked the show when it first started. But all they do every week is shout. I got sick of that – I watch a show to be entertained – not to listen to constant shouting.
I’m done.
Well I don’t know if it’ll do better, but just doing an unannounced hitaus isn’t gonna help. I don’t think the ratings are gonna be bad enough to have it be canceled, but if their really worried about it, then they shoould put it on another night. Honestly I’ll be surprised if it does get canceled, even though it’s NBC. I guess we’ll see.
Parenthood is amazing. I sure hope it will survive!!