Greg Kinnear has found critical and box office success in movies but that’s no guarantee that his Rake TV series will be a ratings hit for FOX. Will it be renewed for a second season or will it be cancelled instead? We’ll have to wait and see.
Rake follows a lawyer (Greg Kinnear) who tries to do good but just can’t seem to get beyond his numerous addictions that cause him so much trouble. The cast also includes John Ortiz, Necar Zadegan, Bojana Novakovic, David Harbour, Tara Summers, Miranda Otto, and Ian Colletti.
The higher a show’s ratings (particularly the 18-49 demo), the better its chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available — typically the following morning, around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.
5/7 update: FOX has cancelled this TV series.
6/28 update: You can see the latest night’s ratings in context.
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What do you think? Do you like the Rake TV series? Do you think it should be cancelled or renewed for a second season?
I am a fan of the U.S version of RAKE. In fact I was excited to find out it had an Australian counterpart…until I watched it and really just didn’t like it…is it bad that I prefer the Americanized, Greg K. version? I guess that excludes me from the rather elitist tv snobs that, without a doubt, continually harp that these original shows are “always” better than the watery versions over here in the states. Oh and while I’m at it; the U.S versions of The Office, Being Human and Shameless…yeah those are all better too. If Misfits gets remade… Read more »
Personally, I liked both the US and UK versions of Office, although I would go so far as to say that >everymost< episodes of Office US were.
Being Human UK season 1 was good, lost interest with season 2 — didn't bother with the US version, doubt it was any worse than the UK one.
Shameless US bored me, didn't realize there was a UK version.
Misfits tanked after season 1 — maybe US would do it better, unless it's a SyFy project, the genre's version of an egging 😉
I love RAKE….There are so few good shows on tv….Please don’t cancel this show. I have loved Greg’s work since The Soup
I honestly can’t believe my ears?? This show is being cancelled? In this day and age, time is precious and the amount of time I have to watch tv is seldom “but” I make exceptions for truly great tv watching and that is where Rake comes in. Greg Kinnear drew me in to the first episode because well…………he’s Greg Kinnear!! I was hooked from the first episode and the rest is history……………I make time out of my evening to watch this series as it is truly engaging. The team of writers are creative and the actors are better than anything… Read more »
“The team of writers are creative” — not exactly, the story has been done in Australlia, what you’re watching is a copy — already written but very much watered down for US television. There are 3 seasons already done, how the story was originally meant to be told. The 3rd season just ended, the first 2 are on Netflix — do yourself a favor and watch the original, you’ll thoroughly enjoy it 😉
I love this show and it sucks that Fox will cancel it. Hopefully Netflix can pick it up.
You should take a look at the original Australian series, Netflix just recently started carrying it — it’s much better than the US version.
Do not Cancel the best written episodic since Seinfeld
The original Australian version, going into it’s 3rd season is really the >only< version of this series.
During the Americanization process, the soul of the show was lost in translation. Ideally, FOX would've just bought the rights to the original version and aired it in the states.
Sorry US audiences, you get the homogenized copy 🙁
Please keep RAKE on! The writing is clever and the cast outstanding, and one of the few shows that really make us laugh. PLEASE renew it!
please do not cancell, very entertaining, funny, don, t need more serious legal drama, Rake has just a nice touch.
Thanks
My husband and I LOVE this show!! Would really hate to see it go!!! Please give them another season!!
I love Greg Kinnear and was looking forward to seeing this show, but the result was a huge disappointment. Not only is it NOT funny, it’s just bad, bad, bad. I’ve tried watching more than a few episodes to give it a chance, but after 20 mins I’m bored to death and have to go on to something else or my brain cells will die. There are so many wrong things with this show, I don’t know where to begin. I would be shocked if it’s not cancelled. BTW, anything on this show having to do with the IRS is… Read more »
Take a look at the original series if you have access to Netflix — it’s excellent. The US version is horrible.
Another storyline is to have mikki passed the bar and do his pupillage with Mr K, while developing a sincere loyalty to one another, perhaps leading to a true romance between them. Then, there is always the fear of mikki’s secret coming out like in “suits”with Mike.
This show has got great potential, the rating may be down because the producers have not given the audiences something to cling on. The audiences requires something that will make them come back to it just because it was left off as a cliff hanger. Who are the audiences (18-49 right)? So what do they like?what do they relate to at the moment? Sure there is room for improvement like with anything else but this show must go on. In my eyes, it would be to discriminate the ones outside the age group. Give them a chance to introduce the… Read more »
RAKE is clever. Why are well written, intelligent shows the first to be cancelled? Please give it a chance.
My husband and I just happened on the first airing of Rake totally by accident. Neither of us had heard of any advertising for the show. We have since watched each show without fail and often more than once thanks to DVR. I should mention that we are 52 and 5o respectively and are professional people. We find this show to be absolutely hilarious and it makes our week as far as television goes. No, it doesn’t really address any legal issues in depth, but does anyone really want another show of that nature anyway? After all, we’ve had our… Read more »
Rake is the best series on TV. All the actors do an incredible job! Please keep it on another season!