On Monday, ABC unveiled their new daytime show, The Revolution, and the ratings were anything but revolutionary. One has to wonder if the execs are second-guessing their decision to cancel One Life to Live.
Per the ratings for Nielsen’s 56 metered markets, The Revolution debuted to a 1.9 rating. That was a drop of 21% from its lead-in which averaged a 2.4 rating. One year earlier, now-cancelled One Life to Live was averaging a 2.3 rating.
For the show’s second airing, The Revolution did even worse — dropping 16% to a 1.6 rating.
While it’s too early to tell if The Revolution will be a flop, this certainly wasn’t a positive start — especially considering Monday was a holiday and more people were home than is typical for a weekday. On the positive side for the network, new series is cheaper to produce than the soap opera that it replaced.
Created by J.D. Roth, sometime TV host and an executive producer on The Biggest Loser, The Revolution is a lifestyle talk show that shows five month personal makeovers in five days. The TV series is hosted by Ty Pennington, Tim Gunn, therapist Dr. Tiffanie Davis Henry, Dr. Jennifer Ashton, and exercise guru Harley Pasternak.
What do you think? Have you watched The Revolution? Do you think that it will be a success, even if it doesn’t perform as well as One Life to Live? Could this help save General Hospital?
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Too bad ABC did not listen to the fans of OLTL…………….The Revolution and shows like it are a dime a dozen………….even if you do not have cable you have The Talk, The View and The Chew and on and on……. Just because they are saving money does not mean it was a good decision……….you get what you pay for…………need I say more!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do they think that people are rushing home or making sure their DVR or TiVo is all set to record at 2:00 p.m. every day…………I think not
There are enough reality shows on at night. I don’t watch them. They are boring. Why would I want to watch them during the day? I am retired, I am home all day, I want to watch something that takes me away from my life and into the lives of other people. The characters on OLTL had become my “friends”. I feel like I have lost something and I feel that ABC has betrayed my trust. If ABC takes General Hospital off, I will have no reason to watch daytime ABC and very little reason to watch night time ABC.… Read more »
since OLTL has been cancelled…I refuse to watch ABC during the daytime….we do not need anymore talkshows..etc…I now watch HGTV…I miss OLTL…
I will never watch the revolution or the chew abc can kiss my a** where the sun dont shine
I would never give abc ratings specially in the the time slots amc and oltl was on I was a LOYAL viewer of amc and oltl for 30 plus years watching these so called new shows they put in their place is only give them ratings ha! not me. goodbye to abc/7
Absolute terrible decission for ABC to air The Chew or Revolution. Thinking that these shows could ever replace AMC and OLTL was a joke! I would have my tv locked on ABC all afternoon prior to the switch. I now feel no desire to even watch this station any longer!
Just watching the ratings for one time slot isn’t telling the whole story. I used to get up in the morning and turn to ABC. I’d leave it there until well after dinner was eaten. I’d watch the lead in shows to my soaps then leave the T.V. on for the news or whatever ABC was showing. Now I watch GH at 3;00 P.M. to 4:00 p.m. and that is the only time ABC is on in my house. It’s banned. I would watch Once Upon A Time and severel other shows look interesting but it’s the pricipal. They Killed… Read more »
OLTL was a bonding show…one in which the viewers bonded with the characters. ABC had thousands of loyal fans who were bonded to this show. It was extremely foolish of ABC to think that those bonded viewers would willingly give that up, and then bond to an unbondable show! Glad this news is out, now sponsors can save their money by placing their commercials on other stations that people are now watching! ABC has plunged itself into the tv abyss, and it’s only hope now is to bring back what the viewers want.
I will NEVER watch the Spew or the Rev. It is something that doesn’t interest me at all. If I wanted a cooking show I would go to Food network, if I wanted a recipe I would go to the internet…If I wanted to make myself better I would go to a gym. Why would I want to watch the same stuff spewed out day after day after day. I would rather spend that time reading a book, at least then I would be entertained. Since ABC decided what I need to watch, I decided I need to turn off… Read more »
All the network has to do is to put All My Children and One Life to Live back on the air and ratings will sore once again …. I want my Soaps back
I will NEVER watch any TV show that replaces OLTL OR AMC!!! Very bad decision making on the part of ABC.
WILL NEVER WATCH IT!!! BRING BACK OLTL
Not inpressed at all with the revoulution..ABC you screwed up.Jerry springer and Steve wilkos show runs at the same time slots and much more interesting,so thats not saying much for ABC and there choices..
ABC you are lost in lala land!!!! Try getting out in the real world and seeing what real america wants. The majority of your audience does not live in Calif. they live in middle america and we don’t like to be told what to eat and what to wear. Contrary to your belief we are smart enough to figure that out for ourselves!! Bring back the 2 soaps you cancelled. I along with my family and many others watched them when we came home from work and school. I have watched those shows (AMC & OLTL) for 26 years!!! I… Read more »
well thanks to them taking AMC off and OLTL off the air..I no longer watch tv at all so I have a useless 52 inch screen tv just sitting there in hopes they will bring back reason for me to turn it back on.. I think ABC need to wake up get off the drugs and put back on the shows that they screwed up and took off….and yes where the hell does a gay guy get off on telling a woman what to wear and how to do it….
I WILL NEVER EVER EVER WATCH THAT BS!!!ONE LIFE TO LIVE WILL 4EVER BE MY SHOW, SO TO HELL WITH THE REVOLUTION AND TO HELL WITH THE CHEW!!!SOAP OPERA FAN 4LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!