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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRoseanne's ratings still dropping, down 12% from last week
I did watch part of the show, since I'd heard from RWers who watched last week's show that it wasn't very funny.
Last night's show wasn't very funny, either.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/tv-ratings-roseanne-dips-135-million-week-3-1101634
mountain grammy
(26,666 posts)what this administration is doing is vile, racist, and wrong. Nothing should legitimize this.
rurallib
(62,478 posts)I think a high school freshman could write better jokes.
brewens
(13,657 posts)politically motivated in any way. Just hoping it would be a good show. Now she and the alt-right shitstains drive a bunch of viewers away!
beveeheart
(1,373 posts)and don't intend to ever.
Siwsan
(26,320 posts)Fans of the old show were probably really hyped to see it come back. Apparently not enough are hyped about the tone of the current incarnation.
Wounded Bear
(58,773 posts)Initial blush of ratings, steady dropoff because...well, because who cares?
Siwsan
(26,320 posts)I can't get past her voice. It's nails on a chalkboard, to my ears. Make that nails with an adenoid problem on a chalkboard.
meadowlark5
(2,795 posts)Two opportunists. She can use him to bump her ratings for a week or two. He can be on a sitcom that's supposed to be funny instead of the laughable disaster his presidency is.
Lint Head
(15,064 posts)Cha
(298,021 posts)TY, highplainsdem
D_Master81
(1,823 posts)People were quick to jump on the "Trump effect" causing good ratings but I was thinking, this was a popular show in the 90's making a comeback how much was curiosity that would fade?
DeminPennswoods
(15,295 posts)TV's a copycat business. When "Hawaii 5-0", then "Will & Grace" successfully re-booted, that opened the door to having more of network shows from 20+ years ago get another chance.
misanthrope
(7,436 posts)They signed Barr's new show to an entire second season based solely on its numbers for the premiere. The one week that was guaranteed to have the biggest audience and they locked in for another run. How stupid is that?
Now they're only three weeks in and viewers are dropping away. I have no pity for any of them.
In case anyone remembers, "Cheers" was almost cancelled in its first year because the suits at NBC were dismayed at its admittedly poor ratings. However, it took off and became a legendary show for the network. There's other shows with similar tales, "Freaks and Geeks" an example that jumps to mind.
Fullduplexxx
(7,878 posts)highplainsdem
(49,121 posts)hatrack
(59,602 posts)liberal N proud
(60,352 posts)And that I don't want anything to do with them
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)dalton99a
(81,700 posts)Cha
(298,021 posts)twitter account, are you, SummerSnow?
His "phone call" might very well have been the death knell.
Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)Once the novelty wore off, and they saw it for the bomb it is, they were gone.
Raine
(30,541 posts)the last two have been duds, mostly they were just dumb and unfunny.