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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I love this show. It is so real to life. With all the violence on tv these days it is so nice to watch a show that still have morals. Please it would be such a shame to see it go
wow, don’t cancel this amazing show! is it too good for the masses? it’s inteligent real, funny, and entertaining. i would miss all of those characters. the acting is fantastic. and great story lines as well
Please don’t cancel parenthood it is truly one of my favorites ……….
I LOVE Parenthood. At first, it was not my favorite show, but it really grew on me, as I saw how much it related to so many families today. Please, do not cancel this show.
This is one of the best shows! I love it. Please do not cancel this show!
pls. don’t cancel Parenthood. My husband and I love the show!!!
Are you kidding. Get onboard America, great show with real life family problems. would be very dissapointed if show was cancelled. Getting harder and harder to find good shows. Have not missed a episode.
This is one of the best shows I have ever watched. I really would hate to see it canceled. I have missed it greatly and was afraid it was gone already. I think it is so true to life. I sure hope the ratings go up. k
Parenthood is the best show I have ever seen. I love the reality of a loving family that has ups and downs and yet deal with them. I was raised in the Brady Bunch years when we all hated the fact that our families were not anything like them. Watching Parenthood makes this generation realize that families have their troubles, but love is what makes us go on. How can we get in touch with NBC and let them know that we need shows like Parenthood instead of all the trash that’s on T.V. these days. Please let me know… Read more »
I absolutely love the show. Look forward to watching every Tuesday evening. I am so tired of good family shows being cancelled.
My husband and I watch this program every week and just love each character. I can’t believe that people choose to watch something else during this program. It relates to true situations that families deal with every day. Please don’t cancel Parenthood. There isn’t anything else out there that is enjoyable to watch.
What can we do to keep this wonderful show on the air? I have not missed a single episode since it started. I look forward to it every week. Even each week when it is over, I am sad because I want to see what happens next! It is so refreshing to see a show about families that face real life situations and handle them in proper ways. I just LOVE this show!! PLEASE DON’T CANCEL IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i really hope this goes on for a fourth season…my wife and i are ecstatic about parenthood…finally a serial that isn’t filled with rampant violence and gratuitous casual sex and adultery…characters that actually have morals and values…
is this show going down in ratings or is it a conspiracy to get rid of anything somewhat wholesome?…is the homo element not portrayed so us regular people who don’t really want that element in entertainment should be forced to be supportive so shove it down our throats?…bring back wholesomeness….please keep parenthood………..discuss
What can we do to keep Parenthood on … I love this program!
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!! It is one of the few shows that is relative to today’s life with all its complications and handels the situations very well. again PLEASE DON’T CANCEL IT !!!!
I love Parenthood please don’t cancel it. This show is relative to today’s families. It is nice to sit down at night and see a show that has no murders, fist fights, blood, guts etc, which is almost like watching the nightly news programs.