RATINGS RAT RACE: CBS’ ‘Big Brother’ Up, ABC’s ‘Scoundrels’ Hits Another Low

COMMENTS (12)

• Sorry to hear about “Scoundrels.” Virginia Madsen is a welcome addition to the tv screen and she’s had some good acting moments on camera.

  Comment by David — Monday July 26, 2010 @ 9:33am PDT  Reply to this post

  • Completely agree, although I think her fan base is small.

    Also, this Sunday was especially tough with the Mad Men premiere on AMC plus Rubicon ‘sneak preview’, the latter promising to be a very challenging series for viewers (which I think we all need from time to time).

    Comment by MarkA — Monday July 26, 2010 @ 11:25am PDT  Reply to this post

  • Scoundrels is a very funny , well written and well acted show. Its a shame if they cancelled it. Maybe it is too intelligent for ABC viewers.

    Comment by Steve G — Monday July 26, 2010 @ 11:51am PDT  Reply to this post

• I hope they don’t pull Scoundrels. They had already cut the order down to 8 before it aired and only 3 are left. I can already see they aren’t gonna renew this, but they should at least let us who have committed to the show see everything. Now The Gates is a really good show I would like to see continue in the fall or anything for that matter as long as it gets renewed.

  Comment by Chad — Monday July 26, 2010 @ 9:48am PDT  Reply to this post

• I would like to see the gates continue, but it seems very unlikely these are very low ratings, even though it has the hightest number of unique viewers of any show of those viewing it online.

  I think Housewives and brothers repeats would be doing a better job at this point.

  Comment by jake — Monday July 26, 2010 @ 10:49am PDT  Reply to this post

• Scoundrels is just an awful, awful television show. Every episode is exactly the same. It’s like they have some sort of mad libs script where they are just filling in the blanks.

  This is how the show works out every week: Some sort of conflict arises (this week it was the lights going out), kids bitch about having to go straight, Virginia Madsen talks to husband who gives her a hard time about going straight, kids do something illegal, Virginia Madsen has a scene where she declares that she is doing the best she can, everything works out in the end.

  You know how you can tell this show is awful? You are watching the show and you think to yourself we have to be like 30 minutes into this thing and you find out that it’s only been 8 minutes. It’s painfully slow and excruciating to watch. Deciding not to be on this horrid show is the best thing Neal McDonough ever did.

  Comment by Jason — Monday July 26, 2010 @ 11:19am PDT  Reply to this post

  • I thought the same thing about Neal McDonough. Being fired from this loser show was the best thing that happened to him.

    Comment by Lilly — Monday July 26, 2010 @ 10:42pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • “this is how the show works out every week” – You can say that about every show on tv. Take ‘House’ for example. Someone is sick – all Doc are totally confused – they argue – House is rude – House is the genius.

    Comment by CindyG — Tuesday July 27, 2010 @ 4:32am PDT  Reply to this post

• I just want to barf when I think about the fact that America wants to watch reality TV rather than a great scripted show. We are turning into the America in “Idiocracy”, the Mike Judge movie where the most popular show in America is “Ow My Balls”. We are a bunch of fucking idiots!

  Comment by kimbie — Monday July 26, 2010 @ 11:45am PDT  Reply to this post

  • But it’s not a great scripted show. That’s why nobody’s watching it.

    Comment by JD — Monday July 26, 2010 @ 5:25pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • ITA Kimbie. People’s choice in their TV watching is quite baffling to me. I enjoy Scoundrels. The fact that ABC hasn’t put up a preview/promo for the show in I can’t remember when has a lot to do with the slip in ratings. They continue to advertise ‘The Gates’ quite a bit and it’s ratings aren’t much better. So for Scoundrels to keep pace with no ads has got to say something.

    Comment by CindyG — Tuesday July 27, 2010 @ 4:38am PDT  Reply to this post

• Contreversy is my thing, I like to really put on a show. My forte is building relationships and handling them my way. Viewer ratings are high and will continue to be high go Julie Cheng

  Comment by ernesto jimenez — Thursday July 7, 2011 @ 5:12pm PDT  Reply to this post