This isn’t the news that Rules of Engagement fans wanted to hear. CBS may actually have a hit with its new sitcom, ¡ROB!.
Starring Rob Schneider, ¡ROB! premiered to a 4.1 in the 18-49 demographic and 13.48 million total viewers. Per the fast affiliate numbers, it lost 21% from its Big Bang Theory lead-in but still outperformed Rules of Engagement by a wide margin.
Compared to the October season premiere of Rules, CBS was up by 14% in the demo and 18% in total viewers. ¡ROB! also gave the network a significant improvement over its numbers from last January — rising 41% in the demo. Roughly one year earlier, an episode of $#*! My Dad Says drew a 2.9 in the demo and 10.79 million viewers.
It’ll be interesting to see if ¡ROB! declines in the coming weeks or if CBS finally has another hit sitcom for its Thursday night schedule.
UPDATE: Here’s our page for updated weekly ¡ROB! ratings.
What do you think? Did you watch ¡ROB!? Is it a good fit with Big Bang Theory? Should it stay on the air or do you think it should be cancelled instead?
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We really enjoyed this serie at home, please, keep it on the air, Hector it’is so funny!!!
Great show for that time slot. Lots of laughs. Keep it on the air.
The episode with the baby from mid-February had one of the funniest moments in tv history!! Up there with ‘I Love Lucy’. Check it out if you don’t believe me!
This show stinks. Instead of a show where blacks ridicule clueless whitey they show some real imagination and have Hispanics do the same. Chico And The Man did it better thirty years ago. I made it about five minutes into this show and had to change the channel.
ANOTHER show about a silly man as head of household that goofs off like a child but loves his wife…
How many story-themes are there like these on TV today?
Is the fact that the familiy is Latino make this different?
Think about it..how many “silly husband” shows are currently on TV?
This and 2 broke girls are the best new series on TV. This show was hilarious, hope they both stay for along time.
I did not watch it and don’t plan to. Who needs another lame sitcom?
With talent like that in a show I don’t see how it could fail, unless studio execs get too involved and don’t let Cheech and Rob fly with their natural talents. I enjoyed the show personally, and could see it was trying very hard to meet all of the expectations of studio execs who probably thought stereotypes would be funnier than what will, I am sure, become a far better show if given the chance. I plan to see every single episode, and to talk about them with thousands of people who also plan to do the same. Oh, and… Read more »
The problem with Rob is Rob. He’s not known for this sort of comedy. He’s going to go for funny but flawed, and I hope he hits that note. But I could see him go too far and end up like Dave Coulier, a caricature of comedy. I’m glad he’s got the courage to try to evolve his act, and I hope he doesn’t end up like Pauly Shore.
The show started off kind of slow, but when Cheech and Rob started interacting something clicked…. The show may decline a bit, but if the other episodes are right in line with this I could see CBS giving it a second season behind Big Bang Theory to see if it can somehow maintain an audience.
The first episode was cute. I don’t feel a good chemistry within the cast. Also, I feel the show material will run out fast
I found it insulting to my intelligence. It was so bad to me, I’d rather watch the second half of Wipe Out and that is really bad to say.
I really enjoyed the first episode too. Rob and Cheech had good chemistry together.
I thought this first episode was hilarious ! Rob and the entire cast did a great job !