The return of “V” didn’t quite catch fire the way ABC hoped.
“V” slipped 6% during its four-month hiatus, a pretty mild downtick, though the network likely hoped that the show would receive a bump given its marketing efforts to renew fan interest in the show. “Lost” (10.1 million, 4.0) held steady.
Whether or not this mean the show will get a second season or not remains to be seen.
Hey network! You want to keep your new show from losing ratings? Don’t keep it off the air for FOUR MONTHS right after the debut…
I am giving it one more week, then I will be personally contributing to the ratings drop (not really, because I know it doesn’t work that way, but you know what I mean)
After this weeks stupid plot, I’m going to be one less watching and recording this show. This one reminds me of all the bad parts of the 80’s version. I hate to give up on any scifi, but this one is a looser.
I wonder why ratings are down–oh, right. More sucky sci-fi and worthless remakes.
Good job, ABC.
After “Lost”, this is best show currently on TV. Whether it stays in the position remains to be seen, as it’s only been on for five episodes. But I’m hopeful that it’ll remain in my Top 5.
I found the first four episodes about as boring as watching paint dry. Then we have to wait four months for it to continue? Smooth ABC. Smooth.
I have this weeks episode on the DVR and I will be watching it this weekend but if it doesn’t do something soon (like Flash Forward did when it came back) I will be dropping it.
It took 5 hours to bring this story close to where the original 80’s movie ended in under 2 hours. The programing hiatus was only made worse by the fact that we are still in the same boring quagmire after the return. The OMG moments promised, are on the level of the “powderpuff girls.” Almost makes me yearn for the 80’s series.
“I found the first four episodes about as boring as watching paint dry.”
Then you must not really like anything.
I like plenty of stuff, just not this.
That’s a contradiction. The only things that are better are “Lost” and “Smallville”. Plenty does not equal “two”.
In your opinion. I don’t currently watch either of the shows you mentioned.
Most of us watching want some *action* and want to see some lizard skin. They’re trying to make a sci-fi show as little sci-fi as possible. it’s clear they’re trying to appeal to everyone and therefore catching no one. The stupidity of the people running broadcast tv never ceases to astound me. 2,3,4,5 months off the air is INSANE. As for the most recent episode… before the break we saw a shot of hundreds of ships headed to Earth. In the return episode, just a quick mention. I wish they had done a good job and I dearly hope that episode 6 is when it gets fixed…
Come on this show is great, lets get the ratings up once Lost goes off there will be nothing to watch. Oh ya maybe those stupid reality shows. “Dancing with the stars” Yuck
GazerBeam nailed it. After four months I barely remember where the show left off. Its not like BSG where we had already put three years into the show before its big layoff. V only had four episodes to hook an audience so its no surprise its ratings have slipped. I’m surprised they only fell off by 6% and not by 16%.
How can you NOT schedule around Jane Badler? She wasn’t availible? Ok, wait for her. This show is really having a hard time without her. I don’t like this new villian. Lack of episodes is what made them go on haitus for 5 months, i believe.
I absolutely love this show & think it is the that is on right now! All of my co-workers are hooked on it, and we could not wait for its return.
Please, please keep it on the schedule!!!!
I think it’s a great show. I will admit that it’s moving a bit slow, but it has great actors and visually it’s a great show too. Better than anything that’s on tv right now. Don’t understand the dramatic ratings drop episode to episode. There is no reason why this show should be canceled and there isn’t a good reason that I can see why the ratings would fall so dramatically. Except maybe that there hasn’t really been a particularly exciting incident yet and it’s been 7 episodes. But Lost has been on for six years and its has had about three or four ‘wow’ moments in the entire run. The rest is just dirty people running around an island and scratching their heads. Somehow though, it still holds the attention of 10 million American viewers. I find this absolutely and completely bizarre. It’s perplexing actually. Why are people still watching that show? I called their bluff after season two when I realized that almost nothing had happened in the 40 or so episodes that I had watched.
The problem isn’t just the slowness of the plot, it’s the characters gyrations to try and explain why nothing is happening. Especially “Ryan” who was holding back both the resistance and his interspecies relationship from progressing (when I quit a few episodes ago.)
Maybe this show is too much for major TV consumption. Comparing it to BSG is unfair since BSG had alot more room to go with the story being on cable TV. If it does get dropped I hope the SCyFy Channel picks it up
SORRY PRODUCERS……………..MARC SINGER and JANE BADLER are IRREPLACEBLE! I have not watched a single episode and WON”T ever! MARC SINGER was a GOD of the eighties! SO GIVE IT UP!!!
I think V is an awesome show it is better than the NBC version. I loved the NBC version as a child and never missed and episode and also own it on DVD. I think ABC should put the show in a better time slot or day. It needs time to grow on people atleast give it 2 seasons before you judge the show. ABC already took Ugly Betty off because it couldnt stop moving it around and kept it off the air for way too long. NBC had a great show with Lip Stick Jungle and it only got 2 seasons and it was getting good so ABC dont do the same stuff as NBC.. KEEP V ON!!!!
If this show doesn’t pull it together, I am going to join the 5th Column and take V off the air. And what is with the total lack of commitment to time slots the last few years. Are the networks deliberately trying to screw themselves? Random scheduling is killing some decent shows. Why are all the best shows canceled and the crap continues. Think Jericho (aaaawesome), Sarah Connor Chronicles (sweeeeet), and Flash Forward had potential, but that is now wasted potential, it starts and stalls starts and stalls, nothing interesting has happened since that dude jumped off the building and shorty got his finger chopped off.