Tonight marks the final episode of the first season of Telenovela on NBC. Eva Longoria as said that she’d like the series to return for a second season but how has it been doing in the ratings? Should it be cancelled?
Telenovela revolves around the backstage world of a Spanish-language television drama. Despite not speaking the language, Ana Sofia Calderon (Longoria) is the star of the show. She’s worried that her days at the top of a youth-centric industry are numbered. The rest of the cast includes Jencarlos Canela, Diana Maria Riva, Jose Moreno Brooks, Alex Meneses, Amaury Nolasco, Jadyn Douglas, Izzy Diaz, and Juan Carlos Cantu.
The series debuted with a pair of episodes (as part of a special preview) on December 7th. They followed a highly-rated installment of The Voice. The first episode drew a 1.4 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 5.34 million viewers. The second dropped 37%, attracting a 0.86 rating with 3.35 million.
The third episode aired a few weeks later and drew a 0.6 rating with 2.23 million. The third installment of Superstore aired the same night and also did quite poorly.
The fourth episode of Telenovela aired a week later and saw a big jump in the ratings but the numbers were still not very good. They’ve pretty much dropped every week ever since. Last week’s episode drew a 0.72 in the demo with 2.33 million.
While it seems likely that Superstore will be back for a second season, I doubt Telenovela will be back. The ratings are just too low. NBC may still end up renewing it anyway but it seems highly unlikely. Given these numbers, they’d be better off trying something new.
But, what do you think? Do you like the Telenovela TV show on NBC? If you ran the network, would you cancel or renew it for a second season?
Telenovela was a very funny original entertaining show. I hope it comes back on. The cast and writing is great. I’m a huge fan of jencarlos. He’s so talented and was great as Xavi just like everything else he’s done n will do.
I loved telenovela!!! And jencarlos!!! The show was hilarious n very entertaining. The writing n casts were great. I hope by some miracle that it’ll be back on maybe another network. It was a very clever n original show. There’s too much dramas on. Need more light hearted shows like telenovela.
I liked the show and miss it. It was nice to see something not done yet.
Cancel. All the other. Crap. And. Renew uneatable and. Telenovela and. Keep superstore because this is madness.
I love Telenovela! It apeals to the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Latino generations. Its Hialrious, I have been watching it on ON DEMAND over and over.
Please RENEW, just started watching the shows on Demand; great cast and very funny. The cast clicks! Eva and Jencarlos are funny together, love the light bickering. A lot of other shows should be cancelled before this one.
please don’t cancel…my wife would be devastated as she’s been waiting for the second season. I enjoy it as well, it is so funny and the characters go together really well.
Was just thinking about this show and how funny it was–such a great cast–really good comedy. I went online to find out when it will be returning only to find out it might not! Please RENEW!!
Please bring back Telenovela ! It’s fresh and funny.
It has a fresh theme and i find the jokes to be non-offensive which is great. I’m asian so i dont know much about american comedies but telenovela is definitely hillarious…
Please please please Renew Telenovela! I fell in love with the cast and story! Please don’t Cancel! Eva Longoria is my favorite! She is Hilarious! And she is Gorgeous! DON’T CANCEL!
You have to bring this show back! It was so fun and original! Please please please!!!!!!
Please renew this show!!!! I love this show so much and it makes me laugh everyday. I have rewatched all the episodes and will be crushed if its not renewed
Renew!!
please renew this is my favorite show and I’ve been re-watching the episodes since it came out.
Renew! It was really funny, and I think they were working out the kinks in the first season. Should definitely be a more well received show if given a second chance.