Starring Geoff Stults, Maddie Hasson, Mercedes Masohn and Michael Clarke Duncan, The Finder debuted last night on FOX. It wasn’t a very good start for the Bones spin-off.
Per the fast affiliate ratings, the premiere registered a 1.6 in the 18-49 demographic and 5.5 million viewers. It lost some viewers between the first and half hours but the erosion wasn’t big.
On the negative side however, The Finder lost 32% in the demo from its Bones lead-in. That’s not positive and FOX viewers seemed to make a conscious decision to change the channel once Bones was over. The Finder was in a distant fourth place in the the 9pm timeslot.
When compared with FOX’s other scripted series this season, The Finder ranks 13th out of 14 shows. It beats Fringe but is topped by everything else, even now-cancelled Allen Gregory.
Next week, The Finder will get big lead-in support from American Idol. It’ll be interesting to see if that affects the ratings in a positive way or just seals its fate.
What do you think? Did you watch The Finder on FOX? Will you keep watching or do you think it should be cancelled?
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19 Comments on "The Finder: Premiere Ratings"
I’m so angry there is not another season 🙁 I loved the first season and wanna find out what happens
I’m sooo disappointed that there is not another season I want another season more episodes it was amazing
It is clear why Finder had no audience. It was too classy and creative for the type of people who watch Bones and House. As a spin off from Bones there was no support to be had. If it had been the origination of both series it would have survived and been going strong now. Bones would have rotted. Maybe that would require a different network to see it. Can you ask Hart Hanson to give us some way to reach him to let him know what a wonderful job he did and thank him, please?
The finder, i found recently on netflix, is one of the most creative, interesting, and refreshing shows ever. The only GOOD reason it was cancelled would have been because of the death of the actor playing Leo. Big mistake to cancel.
bring back The Finder series!!!!
I want to know what happened to all the characters.
DITTO!!!
This is a great spin off from Bones and people that like it know why. Too many reality shows are boring. The total cast is great and it would be a shame if it is cancelled. It’s nice to see something really off the wall, but makes one think and pay attention. Thank you Hart Hanson.
Love this show. It is well thought out and keeps me interested through the entire show. The characters are building. I love how light hearted it is no real gore. Family entertainment. Some innuendo wish is funny.
Missed Saffron Burrows. Loved her character. I’m sick of the sexy, level headed female cop who swoops in to save the funny good guy. TV needs some spunk and that’s what they had in Saffron’s character!
I watched it and even though I would have liked it better with Saffron Burrows still in the crew, it was amusing enough. I’ll watch as much of it as they air. 🙂
Absolutely Hilarious!!!!!!
My wife and I liked it. Has humor to go along with the story and would hate to see it dropped.
Watched it. Won’t again. The “hook” is not realistic, the acting so-so.
A main problem is that this show isn’t really a spin-off. The characters only appeared in one Bones episode way back last season. That doesn’t really motivate Bones fans to watch the show. Thursday is also a busy night of programming and my Tivo was booked with other shows. If it sticks around, I will catch it during reruns.