Ratings and Scheduling

[Trini]

Fox is airing this Mondays at 8pm (Eastern). Paired with Sleepy Hollow at 9pm.

Series premiere is Monday Sept. 22. And its re-airing Friday the 26th at 9pm.

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So this is going up against The Big Bang Theory; which I don't watch, but I know it's a juggernaut. And besides that, these two shows may share a lot of the same audience.

Unless Gotham completely flops, I expect this to at least play out its first season, and maybe narrowly get a second season. (DC/WB/Fox seem to be really invested in its success.) It's difficult these days for a genre series to last long, but I hope that --best case scenario-- we get 4 or 5 seasons out of this concept.

[MarkHB]

I know I'm going to be watching it on OnDemand; the tuners in my DVR will be busy with DWTS and The Voice (which we both watch), and there's no way !MrsHB will be interested in Gotham.

[Trini]

Oh man; I knew about DWTS, but I forgot about the Voice.

[Actionmage]

The question The Big Bang Theory poses is:  Will it wreck the freshman and sophomore series in the eight week commitment to the NFL that CBS has? I would hope not, but there is bound to be a substantial overlap between the fans. Hopefully the newer and shinier toys will be played with and appreciated, even while there is a massive timeslot donnybrook/Pier Six Brawl!

[MarkHB]

Speaking of which, let's not forget that ESPN also has something that draws viewers in decent numbers (MNF).

[Happytobehere]

Don't forget the potential momentum killer that is the playoff and World Series break.

[MarkHB]

Don't forget the potential momentum killer that is the playoff and World Series break.

Believe it or not, there won't be one, at least for Gotham.  Here's the playoff schedule; Fox is pushing all but a couple of its games before the World Series to Fox Sports 1, and there's no Monday night World Series game.

[Happytobehere]

Great news MarkHB.

[Trini]

For the time being, Fox is going to be re-airing Gotham episodes Fridays at 9 Eastern. I wonder if airing twice a week will help the show any?

Edited September 23, 2014 by Trini

[opus]

4th in the time slot:

http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/monday-tv-ratings-gotham-scorpion-forever-big-bang-theory-dwts-33975/

[SimoneS]

Oops, I should posted the info about the ratings here:

 

Solid 18-49 demo for Gotham's premiere, 3.2. It likely just needs to stay over 2.0 and it will be renewed, but hopefully, it remains around 3.0.

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/09/23/tv-ratings-monday-the-voice-sleepy-hollow-return-down-gotham-scorpion-debut-well-forever-gets-a-slow-start/306198/

Edited September 23, 2014 by SimoneS

[opus]

The Big Bang Theory moves back to Thursday after Oct.23.  That may not help, but it can't hurt. 

[Trini]

Just a reminder that Fox is re-airing episodes on Fridays at 9pm.

[Trini]

Full season!

 

http://deadline.com/2014/10/gotham-full-season-1-order-fox-850394/

[MarkHB]

Wow... I hadn't seen that 7-day story. Great news!

[darkestboy]

Not surprised. I just hope it avoids filler episodes though.

[Trini]

::blows dust off thread::

 

Season finale now 1 week later -- May 23. A re-run will air April 25.

[HoodlumSheep]

::blows dust off thread::

Season finale now 1 week later -- May 23. A re-run will air April 25.

Uuurrggghhhhh

[Dame sans merci]

Following episode 14, Fox have announced that the show won;t return until the 24th of April.

So nearly a three month gap. Let's hope they don't torture us with a big cliffhanger.

[Danielg342]

Are we only getting 20 episodes this season? Because April 24 to the end of May is only six episodes- enough for Episodes 15-20 but no room for Episodes 21 and 22.

Unless we're getting two straight weeks of two hour episodes. Or the season finale takes place in mid-June.

[Dame sans merci]

1 hour ago, Danielg342 said:

Are we only getting 20 episodes this season? Because April 24 to the end of May is only six episodes- enough for Episodes 15-20 but no room for Episodes 21 and 22.

Unless we're getting two straight weeks of two hour episodes. Or the season finale takes place in mid-June.

It's a bit of a puzzle, isn't it? I can't see them continuing into June, but Monday night stable-mate 'Lucifer' also has a 22 episode run (and is on the same schedule with a big break), so I don't know where they'd fit in double-headers.

Edited January 16, 2017 by Blackcanary

[Miss Dee]

Bumping this thread to point out that the recent implosion of Lethal Weapon might have a silver lining for Gotham, at least. If one of Fox's sure-to-be-renewed series gets cancelled for other reasons, that might be the tipping point Gotham needs to get green lit for at least one more season.

[Kostgard]

Yikes. I had heard that actor was a bit of a problem, but I didn’t know he was “get the show canceled” bad. 

But yeah - more room on the schedule gives Gotham a better shot at survival.

[Danielg342]

I watched Lethal Weapon for a bit in the first season...I thought it was funny, if a bit derivative. I would feel bad for Damon Wayans if it got canceled- he deserves his star turn.