CBS recently unveiled a new show called The Bridge. Never heard of it? You’re not alone and you just know that doesn’t bode well for the TV show’s future.
The Bridge revolves around a tough and dedicated cop who’s voted to become the police union’s leader. Officer Frank Leo (Aaron Douglas) ends up fighting crime on the streets while also battling corruption on the force. The series features Douglas, Frank Cassini, Michael Murphy, Ona Grauer, Paul Popowich, and Theresa Joy.
The TV show debuted on Saturday night with two episodes. Per the overnights, the first episode attracted an invisible 0.5 rating in the 18-49 demographic and just 2.98 million viewers. It was easily beaten by repeats of Cops and America’s Funniest Home Videos.
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The second episode of The Bridge drew a 0.5 rating in the demo and increased to a still meager 3.51 million viewers. It was trounced by America’s Most Wanted but did beat a repeat of ABC’s struggling Scoundrels.
You know a series is in trouble when, after just a few episodes, it’s sent to a timeslot on little-watched Saturday nights. When a show debuts on Saturday nights during the summer, you can just tell the network has no faith in it and is just burning off the episodes.
The Bridge comes from Canada’s CTV, in a similar arrangement as Flashpoint. It’s much cheaper for CBS than the scripted programming that the network commissions itself. Still, these numbers are horrible. CTV has already ordered a second season but there’s essentially no incentive for CBS to pick it up with ratings like these.
CBS has 11 more episodes of The Bridge. As currently scheduled, they’ll run on Saturday nights through September. With ratings like these, that seems highly unlikely to happen.
What do you think? Had you even heard of it? If so, is The Bridge worth watching? Would you cancel or keep it?
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it’s a great show. please keep it
my husband and I watched it for the first time last Sat. night,. Thought it was great!
tried to find it tonight (after arriving home at 9:00. Was it aired earlier? If so, sad to have missed it KEEP IT! With all the garbage kept on TV, why would you get rid of a show with such a great plot???
My husband & I thought it was really good and we hope the show will be renewed.
No faith? They premier it on a Saturday night in the middle of summer before they gave the public a chance. It was execs. that are making this decision..not the public. Give it a proper time slot and see what happens.
There aren’t many TV shows that I tell my friends about but The Bridge is one of them.
It was different and best of all it was GOOD. When will it be on again??? I want to see more.
Management should continue the show. The plot is somewhat different in which the Mom is trying to keep everyone honest. I prefer to watch a new show than reruns of old shows. Mangement need to take into consideration who was on tv opposite the show.
Bottom line: Continue the show and make evaluation after eight episodes air.
Saw the last episode. Never even heard about it before then. Thought it was a great show, one that I would like watching. But then I realized that it would probably be cancelled since that what seems to happen all the new network TV shows since they never give them a chance.
Keep it
I just happened to watch this program–and found myself very interested after just the first 15 or 20 minutes. Hope people find this one–it is an interesting narrative and/or point of view I haven’t seen before. Aaron Douglas is compelling, and I saw growth in the character just in the first hour or so. I care about the characters and the story now.
loved the show. please keep it. SO tired of all those silly reality shows.
Is a great show!
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Keep the Show!! I am begging you, keep it!! I love it so much that I hope it would have a season 2 for the show, and I think the cast is wonderful! I also think that Aaron Douglas of Battlestar Galactica fame is hot! That is the only reason that got me hooked on this, better than that ABC show The Gates!
Luv it it is a keeper I think. I like it because it is gritty and again a keeper please keep lets support local networks.
Please keep the show! I can’t stop thinking about it all week. The show I saw ended with a friend telling him that he had just killed his wife. Gotta see what happens.