It looks like The Mob Doctor needs ratings help — stat. If more people don’t tune in to this new FOX TV series, it won’t be long before the show is cancelled.
What can you do? Remember, the ideal scenario for FOX is for many millions of people to watch the show on their television sets, while it’s being broadcast. Unfortunately, ratings are put together based on a sampling of viewers. If you’re a “Nielsen household,” your viewing is being counted. If not, it’s not.
However, if you like Mob Doctor and want to see it continue, there are a few things you can do to help.
- If you’re a Nielsen family, watch the show whenever it’s on. If not, watch it on FOX.com or purchase episodes online so your viewing will be directly counted. Encourage others to watch the show. You might know a Nielsen family and not be aware of it.
- Talk about the show with others; at school, at work, online, or wherever. Creating a buzz about a show that you’re invested in gets other people interested and might help bring former viewers back.
- Sign the petition below and encourage others to do the same.
- Write to the network. Be respectful. Everyone responds better to courtesy. Tell them how much you enjoy the show, that you’ve signed the petition, and that you want to see it continue. You can e-mail or, even better, write via “snail-mail” to: Mr. Kevin Reilly, President, FOX, P.O. Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90213-0900, RE: Mob Doctor
- Take note of the products that are advertised during the show. Write the advertisers and tell them that you appreciate their sponsoring the show and that you buy their products (if you do).
To FOX and Sony Pictures Television:
We, the undersigned, greatly enjoy watching The Mob Doctor on the FOX network. We enjoy the performances, the storylines and the unique premise. We also want to know how the story gets resolved.
Please find a way to keep Mob Doctor on the air. We are devoted viewers who will continue to watch the program, encourage others to do the same, and will support the series’ advertisers as well. Please keep it going, either on FOX or, if necessary, on another channel.
Thank you for your consideration.
[…] Episode 01-01: Monday, 09/17/12 1.5 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 5.11 million total viewers. Season average: 1.50 in the demo with 5.11 million. Note: These ratings are collected by the Nielsen company and are the final national numbers. These are different from the fast affiliate numbers which are just estimates of the actual ratings and are reported on by most other outlets. The final nationals are typically released within 24 hours of the programming or, in the case of weekends and holidays, a couple days later. […]
[…] Boston Herald: “Some TV series get by through sheer force of will. They embrace their inner stupidity and race along, figuring you’ll never catch up. Take Fox’s The Mob Doctor, whose title tells you everything you need to know about this show: She’s a surgeon! She makes house calls on crooks! This show almost works, and credit has to go to star Jordana Spiro (My Boys), who imbues her Dr. Grace Devlin with equal parts brass and cleverness… Spiro has positively curative powers on your screen, but the prognosis looks dire for Mob Doctor. […]
[…] Adding to her stress is the fact that Grace must keep her dual life a secret from everyone. That includes her protective best friend, Nurse Rosa “Ro” Quintero (Floriana Lima); her handsome, blue-blooded boyfriend, Doctor Brett Robinson (Zach Gilford); her boss and Roosevelt Medical’s Chief of Surgery, Doctor Stafford White (Željko Ivanek); her rival, Doctor Olivia Wilcox (Jaime Lee Kirchner); her perpetually in-denial mother, Daniella (Wendy Makkena); and even her well-meaning screw-up brother, Nate (Jesse Lee Soffer). […]
[…] Ultimately, Mob Doctor’s immediate fate will depend on how low the ratings sink and how much faith the network has in the series. Either way, it already looks certain that, unless the ratings start to climb, Mob Doctor won’t be getting an additional episode order or a second season renewal. […]
[…] Last week, opposite tougher competition, Mob Doctor’s ratings fell to a 1.3 in the demo with 3.85 million — declines of 13% and 25% respectively. […]