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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December 7, 2011 at 2:23 pm
I have watched Parenthood from the beginning. It’s one good show. We watch such few shows on TV, please do not cancel this one.
My husband and I love Parenthood! We have watched it from the beginning, and can hardly wait for it to come on each week. The characters and situations are very realistic, and we enjoy it very much. Please, please, please don’t cancel it.
This is a great show. It is one of my favorites. Hope it is not cancelled.
Parenthood should continue. It’s a great family story. One of NBC’ s better shows. They have so few good shows. They need to keep this one!
THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST SHOWS ON TELEVISION
THE ACTING IS FANTASTIC EVERY ACTOR DOES A WONDERFUL JOB IN THE ROLE THEY PLAY THEY ALL ARE SO BELIEVEABLE
Please don’t cancel Parenthood, I love it, it’s fabulous!
I LOVE Parenthood!!! I would be devastated if it was was cancelled!!! I agree there is so much trash and goofy reality tv anymore that a good old family show is great and so refreshing!!!!! I hate the weeks it is skipped for something stupid to be on!!! I look forward to it on every single week!!!
I can’t believe the garbage they have on TV now and PARENTHOOD which I believe is one of the best shows on TV, may be cancelled!!!!! Unbelievable!!!! Maybe the time slot wasn’t good. I will be soooo upset if it’s cancelled!!! Love it.
It’s the ONLY show I watch on the television, please don’t cancel it. I won’t have anything to watch.
It is an amazing show!!!!
PLEASE don’t cancel Parenthood. I’ve watched it faithfully ever since it first started. Many of my friends have been watching it too and they all think it’s a great and realistic series. I cannot understand how it could get low ratings. Most evening TV is ridiculous this year and it was one program we could look forward to seeing. . . . knowing that it would be an interesting and believable hour. Maybe it would get better ratings if it was shown in an earlier time slot (instead of the junk they have on there now). It’s a FAMILY show… Read more »
This is a really great show. Unforgettable is great too! We taped Un and watched Parenthhood. Why not show it at 8:00? Why does it have to beat the best or die. There’s nothing but junk on most of the time. It’s so bad this year that we turn off and read books. The programers want to run the best against the best and give us junk the rest of the time. I hope NBC goes broke!
Hope you put the show back on. I watched it every week. Good family based show!
it has less viewers because it’s the only sitcome that has family involved, the rest of the sitcomes are crapy single moms or single dads or gay parents. what do our kids or families learn from those kind of shows. Parenthood was all abou familes & how they stick together.
I got cought-up in Parenthood from netflix- and I watched both seasons in just weeks!
LOVE this show! It helps me be a better mom and wife- and it has great charaters that i’m now attached to! I can’t wait to see this next season- i just wish i could watch it all at once instead of one episode a week!!! Love it@
I have been watching the show since the first episode and haven’t missed on yet. I even got my husband addicted to it! I love the Bravermans’! Please don’t cancell it!!
Please don’t cancel. It is the best show on tv. I look forward to watching it every week.