Minnie Driver’s last comedy series, About A Boy, was beloved by many but had poor ratings so it was cancelled by NBC after two seasons. How will Speechless, her new sitcom for ABC, perform in the ratings? Will it be cancelled or renewed? Stay tuned.
On Speechless, Maya DiMeo (Minnie Driver) is a no-nonsense mom who will do anything for her loved ones and fights injustices — both real and imagined. The family includes husband Jimmy (John Ross Bowie), brainy Ray (Mason Cook), athletic Dylan (Kyla Kennedy), and teenager JJ (Micah Fowler), who has cerebral palsy. Moving to an upscale school district, Maya’s searching for just the right person to give JJ his “voice.” Could the school’s groundskeeper, Kenneth (Cedric Yarbrough), be the person to do that?
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available — typically around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.
5/18 update: You can see the rest of the latest night’s ratings.
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Note: These are the Live + Same Day Ratings which include “live” viewing plus delayed DVR viewing, up until 3am local time that same night. Ratings marked with an “*” are the fast affiliate ratings and will be updated with the Live+SD numbers when they are made available. Typically, networks get paid for C+3 ratings which includes DVR viewing within three days of the original airing when commercials are watched. Those numbers are rarely released to the press.
What do you think? Do you like the Speechless TV series on ABC? Do you think it should be cancelled or renewed for a second season?
5/12 update: ABC has renewed Speechless for a second season. Details here.
We love this show. We have a special needs daughter….different disease but we can so relate to this family. We have gone though some of the same things and have had the same feelings as this family. The good thing about the show is that it touches on the hard parts of life with a special needs member…such as when they had to think about what would happen to JJ once his parents were gone but it is also so funny and you can laugh at some of the things….like everyone knowing you at the hospital!! We so love this… Read more »
I love Speechless but I loved Last Man Standing, too, so I will be surprised if a GOOD enjoyable family show makes the cut as there are no zombies or vampires on it.