On Friday at 8pm, NBC debuted a new reality series called School Pride. How does this one stack up? — a quick success or another candidate for quick cancellation?
School Pride tells the stories of communities who come together to renovate broken and aging public schools. The series follows parents, teachers, and students as they roll up their sleeves to make some positive changes. Hosts are Susie Castillo, Jacob Soboroff, Tom Stroup, and Kym Whitley.
In its first airing, School Pride attracted a meager 0.9 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 2.901 million total viewers. It landed in third place in the timeslot, tying with a repeat of No Ordinary Family on ABC.
The networks have lower expectations for Friday nights and reality programming but this is still a terrible showing. In the prized demo, it’s about half of what Dateline attracted a week earlier in the same timeslot.
Eight episodes of School Pride have been produced. NBC may let them all air but, based on this quantity of ratings, there doesn’t seem like much reason for the network to order a second season.
What do you think? Did you like School Pride or should it be cancelled?
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We think the show is great! We want to volunteer to take a group of volunteers to work on a school. How can we do that?
Please keep “SCHOOL PRIDE” on the air. It is one of the best programs I’ve seen. I am a teacher and came upon it by chance. When I mentioned the program to other teachers they hadn’t seen it. May I suggest that you advertise and promote it better. If you need help, please let me know. NBC should be commended for such a bold enterprise that will inspire even more projects — especially during these times when an extreme focus is on education.
i participated in one of the events at a school in los angeles. it was an awesome experience to be part of something so positive and transforming. the students and their parents were involved along with outside volunteers. i say keep the show on to encourage others to be of service and help make a difference in their communities
how did you get involved. i live in NH
Kingston Springs Elementary School in Nashville was all but destroyed in Nashville’s May flood. This small community would have had a hard time rebuilding and certainly wouldn’t have gotten the school going in time for the school year start if not for this show’s interest. I can attest that the people working to renovate the school, the volunteers, were indeed locals. The Kingston Springs community came together and so many people pitched in – teachers, students, parents. I can’t wait to see the renovation process aired next week!
Shawn, you are misinformed! Go to one of the sites and volunteer yourself like I did and you’ll see the truth yourself, unless you are too lazy. They most certainly have the community involved. They request both menial labor and skilled labor and of course do hire outside help for specialized projects. The community partners (and I know this to be true because I was THERE through the process in the Needles High School Pride remodel) do have a significant role every step of the way. The big reveal was not a shock to anyone who spent that week volunteering… Read more »
which site?
I Think that this show should be kept on TV because it helps schools who really need the help and with the way the budgets have been going someone does need to help all those schools who need the help to give the students a better education and a better out look at school.
Yeah?And what about the mess they leave wherever they go? And how’s the school gonna look in a year cause the district can’t maintain the changes and besides, the real problem isn’t with the school, but every lousy thing that caused the school to become so run down in the first place? You say, they fired the bad principal? Ha ha ha. Why do people believe all they see on a screen? I would like to say, “keep the show, so viewers can understand the travesty of the misinformation it spews forth.” But the bigger travesty is the message spread… Read more »
Keep this show. Unlike extreme home makeover and other reality shows, this show is affecting hundreds of kids with each school that is renovated unlike the ONE family shows like extreme home makeover affect. The school improvements are providing underprivledged students more opportunities to succeed in good enviornments!! Keep the show!!!
Cancel it. ABC News gives an excellent news article on what a scam this program is.
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=11886309
Imposing fake deadlines is probably the worst part of the show. And saying the community was “enpowered” to help out is a scam also. All the work was done by outsiders, who just end up leaving when the cameras are turned off.
They should be FOCUSING on the REAL PROBLEMS with these schools.
Keep it, no matter what you think of reality TV…this show is actually making a difference. You may think it’s drivel or hate the hosts. BUT the truth of the matter is they cleaned the school they donated computers and these kids now have working bathrooms. You hate our kids if you wants this to stop.
KEEP IT! With all the education budget cuts, something needs to be done for the students (WHO ARE THE FUTURE). California should be ashamed of the way we treat education.
Does this reality drivel NEVER end?!!!
This is a great show. We as a country need to come together and fix our own communities and schools and stop waiting for these law makers to do it. Our children are our future and why would we not want the best for them. Watching this show made me want to get off my butt and do something. We must make education the same for all children just not the rich.
Another lame reality show that never shoulda been made, let alone aired. Dump it NOW!
KEEP IT!!!!!! KEEEEEEEEEPPPPPPPP IIIIIIIIITTTTTT