Undercovers' Ratings #1: Because ratings are top secret! Let's see how we passed the test!
 

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I don't understand ratings, but that's alright, right?

People in the comments are saying not soo good. I don't know much about ratings, so it's hard for me to tell.


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Yeah, that's not good. :(

Oh I never get ratings. Maybe we'll pick up in the next couple of episodes.

Aww yeah not good :(

A 2.0 in the 18-49 demo is bad. Even for NBC's standards. I'm honestly shocked because there was so much hype for this show. I expected at least a 3. Does anyone know if Undercovers has been picked up for a full season or has NBC only given it a 13 episode order?

the show is taking the same road as Mercy which was cancelled

I don't know so far, but I will be making sure that I find out

Hopefully things will be different:look:

I don't know much about ratings either, but I hope it picks up in the upcoming episodes.

I think the difference between Undercovers and Mercy is that Mercy was way too much of a cliche and frankly, there's enough doctor shows on TV that people just saw it as another stupid copy and didn't pay much attention. Undercovers may just be Mr/Mrs Smith meets Alias and all that, but it's still under the thumbs of JJ Abrams, and if anything NBC would not easily just toss the show after all the hype, and not to mention it's JJ Abrams' show, so they would trend lightly.

If anything, the network will probably let the show run for the season and hope that it picks up more ratings.

But frankly, it's really NBC's own fault that their shows fail miserably. This network is floundering for the very reason because they simply don't know what kind of show that fits into their network. NBC is trying way too hard to copy every other genre and popular shows out there and it's not doing them any favors. And also, NBC tosses pilots off way too quickly, and they barely hold onto any show for that long. I mean, Chuck, one of the networks' best shows, would have been cancelled years ago if the fans hadn't fought back.

Personally, I think the issue is with the network, not the shows. If this network can't even figure out what the heck it wants, then how do they expect shows to run correctly with the right audience.

It's hard to believe that NBC is the parent company of USA, which is thriving and flourishing with style. NBC could take a few lessons from the USA network when it comes to sticking to their shows and how to make entertaining TV. There hasn't been a show on USA in the last few years that hasn't been a success.

^Agree with everything you just said:nod:

NBC has made a ton of horrible decisions in the past 5 years or so (the Jay Leno/Conan O'Brien debacle, anyone?) but I don't know if I can accuse them of canning shows too early. Chuck has been putting up cancellation worthy numbers since pretty much the beginning. If it was on ABC or CBS it would have been cancelled years ago IMO. But I do think it's safe to say that NBC has lost the trust of television viewers and that is reflected in their ratings all across the board.

The scary thing is that Mercy still premiered slightly better than Undercovers did. I think it had a 2,4 in the 18-49 demographic last year. What I don't get is why Undercovers is so extremely old-skewing. A 2,1 in the demo with nearly 9 million total viewers is the kind of ratio that you see from CBS shows and CBS is the network for old people. I wonder if NBC has mis-promoted the show. I can only go by what I have seen but judging from some of the comments I've read NBC has promoted the show more like a romantic comedy (the whole "sexpionage" thing) than a spy thriller. That could maybe have something to do with the bad ratings.

I hope today's ratings are better or at least the same as last weeks :blank:.