'Ironside' is NBC's lowest-rated fall drama debut ever
'Ironside' is NBC's lowest-rated fall drama debut ever
Expectations were low. Expectations were met.
NBC’s
Ironside premiere delivered a rusted rating Wednesday night. The remake of the classic 1960s-70s series about a wheelchair-bound detective starring Blair Underwood had 6.8 million viewers and a 1.4 rating at 10 p.m., ranking third in the hour.
Ironside marks NBC’s lowest-rated fall drama debut ever in the demo (though not among total viewers). The previous low was 2011?s utterly doomed
Playboy Club with a 1.6.
And yet … the year-ago time-slot comparison gives you a bit of pause. Because
Chicago Fire debuted in this slot with a less-terrible-yet-still-pretty-bad 1.9 rating and look where it is today — winning Tuesdays at 10 p.m. with a spin-off on the way. If only NBC could air
The Voice every night, all its problems would be solved!
Over on ABC, the network’s new comedy entry,
Super Fun Night, impressed at 9:30 p.m. after
Modern Family. Despite middling reviews, Rebel Wilson’s comedy got off to fairly strong start with 8.2 million viewers and a 3.2 rating, rising from the premiere of
Suburgatory in the slot last fall.
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