Monday, September 21, 2015

9/21/2015 Monday’s Broadcast Network Fall Predictions

Hey TV followers, this is The Gladiator here posting my predictions for the Primetime Premieres for Monday 9/21.  Comment on my predictions and tell me your predictions!


ABC:

Dancing – 1.7-2.0  
Last week, the show premiered weak and with the other networks premiering this week, I see Dancing stumbling as well as Castle!

Castle- 1.4-1.6  
Ended with a 1.4 for its season finale, I see Castle premiering at a 1.6 best.  It usually never beats DWTS and is usually down about 5-20% from its Lead-in

CBS:

TBBT- 4.4-4.8
Still a top contender, but year to year the series has been dropping.  On Monday last year, the one hour season premiered with an average of a 5.45 up from it 4.92 season finale back in May of 2014.  The recent season finale ended at a 3.7 demo.  TBBT isn’t making it back up in the 5.0 this season based on last years performance however, Today, shows that perform in the 3.0 are great and TBBT is renewed for 2 more seasons so I expect it to do well this year and still end the year off in the top 10

Life of Pieces – 2.7-3.1
CBS tradition - premieres well after TBBT lead-in, but just like The Miller and The Odd Couple won’t do well w/o it’s lead!

Scorpion – 2.2-2.5
Ended last season with a 2.2 could stay steady, or could boost since it’s premiere week.  IDT it will have a big boost to in the upper 2.0’s because of the other network’s shows and TBBT isn’t an hour premiere this year.

NCIS: LA – 1.4-1.7  
Ended at a 1.4 from its season finale, don’t see it reaching a 2.0 for its premiere.

NBC:

The Voice -  3.4-3.8  
Based on previous year, IDT The Voice will crack a 4.0. In 2014, it premiered with a 4.1, 2013 Premiered with a 5.1 and year to year, it’s dropped about 20% so I expect a 15-20% drop!

Blindspot – 2.8-3.0  
Simple, The Voice lead-in should boost the show’s ratings up, but will it be a series success like The Blacklist or will it fall like the majority of NBC’s series from last season?

FOX:

Gotham – Less than 2.0    
Only because it ended with a 1.7 and I doubt it will rise up from the season finale.  I also think that this show will join the FOX Monday tradition and S2 will tank and be under 2.0 this year.

Previous Monday shows

Sleepy Hollow - S1 3.5 v.s S2 2.0

The Following - S1 3.2 v.s. S2 2.0)

Minority Report – 2.2-2.5
I’m keeping it safe and saying that M.R. will start off fare/solid because I feel like this show should perform well, but there has been mixed reviews and many people some love it, like it, or even hate it.  Since the series is based on the movie that starred Tom Cruise and it’s Sci-Fi, it should do well for it’s premiere; but it could totally bump because of a weak lead-in from Gotham and it’s competing with The Voice which gains viewer on the second hour and also it’s against CBS’ Scorpion. Or, once again with the FOX tradition, it could do well during S1 and could possibly make it in the upper 2’s or close to the 3.0 or greater.

The CW:

Penn & Teller: Fool Us – 0.5
Easy a steady show that has never been below a 0.5 even with stiff competition.

Whose’s Line – 0.4-0.5
It’s usually below or sometimes even with Fool Us last week’s 0.3 was a fluke.

Significant Mother  - 0.2 no further detail.  


2 comments:

  1. Well thank you gladiator, what about person of interest and NCIS (the real deal)

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    1. Person of Interest won't return until 2016! Person of Interest ended its fourth season with a 1.1 series low down from its previous episode that received a 1.4! Season 5 could be the last season of Person of Interest since they've reduced the 5th season to 13 episodes. Other shows on CBS have been pulling worst rating like The Good Wife and H-5-O! The difference is these shows are CBS owned production and are beneficial to the network (cheaper to produce) whereas Person of Interest is owned by W.B. and is expensive than the other two.

      NCIS will do fine and will last for another season. The question its spin-off seasons NCIS: LA or NCIS: New Orleans see another?

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