Fans of Pitch and The Exorcist have reason to be optimistic. FOX boss Dana Walden recently discussed the season two chances for the TV series, Deadline reports.
Both shows ended their freshman seasons this past December, earning lower-than-expected ratings. Pitch, which stars Kylie Bunbury as the first female player for Major League Baseball, averaged a .83 rating in the 18-49 demo with a total of 3.032 million viewers. The Exorcist, which is based on the classic 1973 horror movie, brought in even lower ratings, with an average rating of .68 in the 18-49 demo and only 1.914 million viewers.
However, the low ratings don’t necessarily mean FOX will cancel the series. At a recent conference, Walden said second seasons for both shows are “in the conversation”:
Both are very much in the conversation. Not sure. Exorcist actually improved our time period on Friday night by about 35% and it’s an interesting opportunity. It’s never going to be a big ratings winner because of the serialized nature but I thought the show was really good and it was very consistent. Pitch? Bigger conversation.”
And what is that conversation for Pitch? Walden says the network has a tough decision to make:
It’s a female-skewing idea, but it’s about baseball and men watch baseball. So we’ve tried and the delayed-viewing is excellent. Now we have to make a tough decision which is in this environment is it possible to grow Pitch to 6 or 7 million viewers on a seven-day metric?”
What do you think? Are you a fan of Pitch and/or The Exorcist? Do you want a second season?
please save pitched. Good stories aside from baseball. Mark Conswelos worth the price of admission on looks alone.
We absolutely love Pitch. We (ages 65, 67, and 17) all sit and watch and discuss the story line. The 17 year old has been playing varsity baseball in high school for several years. The field goal kicker on the varsity football team is a girl. He said he imagines a girl will play varsity baseball soon! The nine year old, that made the majors this year, loves watching the games, but leaves the room during the “mushy parts”. Our grandboys may be the ones expected to make show like Pitch part of their everyday baseball life.
Teen boy in my household watched one episode. He, too plays varsity baseball & is huge baseball fan. Sadly, he didn’t care for “Pitch.” Personally, I think it’s because the show has a female lead. Research has shown that boys younger than 18 don’t like movies, shows with female leads; but girls under 18 *will* watch & like films & shows with male leads. Pshaw!
I love Pitch so much I even signed up to get these articles about Pitch through my email so I can hear the latest news on it because I can’t wait till Season 2 is announced.
Same here. I’ve never done that before with any TV show.
The Exorcist is a truly wonderful show. The Washington Post review by Hank Stuever gave it a wonderful article giving it very high ratings. Ben Daniels, Alfonso Herrera and Kurt Egyiawan are all highly acclaimed actors. If they continue with them (assuming the Rance Family doesn’t continue) there are plenty of options for new storylines. Geena Davis, Alan Ruck, Brianne Howey and break out Hannah Kasulka with guest Sharon Gless were terrific and intertwined the movie to the television show. I can’t see how they all will move forward but the trio of exorcists definitely do. The show’s cinematographer was… Read more »
I love Pitch and can’t wait for the new season to start. I don’t like exorcist, and could care less if it’s cancelled.
Don’t care for pitch…exorcist a winner…
Really enjoyed The Exorcist and hoping for its return as many are on all the fan club sites.
Exorcist had low ratings, but it seems to be universally loved by everyone who did stick around to watch it. Personally, I’m happy with how it ended, but of course I’d be interested to see a second season as long as it has the same writers!
More viewers came after show was on the air. They watch it on Hulu or On Demand. They’re nominated for a Saturn Award which is a prestigious award! We will get it back I’m sure!
Me and my hubs loved the show Pitch and are hoping it returns !!!!!
I am an Exorcist fan and I am looking forward to a second season!!!
Also my whole family watches the series, we love it!
More Pitch, please!! This is appointment viewing for me and my daughter (a fellow pitcher). Its refreshing to see a story that revolves around a professional athlete who is also a strong, independent woman. We love this show, please keep it going!
Perhaps the show would do better on Oprah’s network? Have any production bigwigs considered that? How about you, Oprah?
If Oprah were to put her muscle behind “Pitch” I’ll bet it could *really* go places! I’ll tweet that to her!
Please don’t cancel Pitch! My whole family loved it!
cancel Pitch
Wow! Another sane and rational person on this board. Thanks for chiming in.
Exorcist PLEASE!! It was actually quite good and got better towards the end!
This is why Dana Walden needs to be fired Immediately. Both these shows did horribly in the ratings and there is practically Zero chance they will do better if renewed. Sell them to Netflix or send them someplace where ratings don’t mean anything. Unless people are willing to think of FOX the same way they think of the CW in terms of ratings, FOX will continue to be a disaster. You can’t keep renewing FAILURES. However, if you are a lock not to be fired no matter how many pathetically rated shows you renew, I guess you can.