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[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Ratings:
Fox drama Drive debuted in the time period with a mere (and fourth-place) 3.7/ 6, which was a decline of 35 percent from former occupant Prison Break on the year-ago Monday (5.7/ 9 on April 17, 2006).
Same as Sunday. Still not good enough at all, but I reckon the 6 will air.
Damn it, in this age of reality TV ( The Amazing Race ) and serial drama ( 24 ) and weird mysterious setups ( Lost ), you'd think this would have "Viewers Tune In Here!" written all over it.
Megan, was the sound craxy for last night's ep for you? The sound on Fox, and only Fox was so bad that I gave up trying to watch last night, figuring I'd see it on Friday.
You have no idea how much I agree, Theo. And I don't think we can really blame FOX, either, as that's the most amount of promo I've seen in a good while. I think car racing just didn't stick as a selling point, ultimately.
Overnight Ratings for Monday, April 16th
Metered Market Ratings
ABC Dances to Victory; Fox’s “Drive” Stalled at the Gate
Household Rating/Share
ABC: 9.8/15
CBS: 8.1/12
NBC: 5.7/ 9
Fox: 5.5/ 8
CW: 1.7/ 2
Fox drama Drive debuted in the time period with a mere (and fourth-place) 3.7/ 6, which was a decline of 35 percent from former occupant Prison Break on the year-ago Monday (5.7/ 9 on April 17, 2006). One week earlier, a repeat of Fox’s House scored a considerably heftier 5.6/ 9 in the overnights.
I do feel like the ads I saw were more duhnduhnDUHN! than WOO HOO!, and the show is really a lot of both.
If that makes any sense at all.
I wonder if they'll show next week's episode, or if it'll be a House repeat.
A House repeat would probably pull more audience. But they've spend a lot on Drive, so they might as well gamble a little bit more on Drive, I figure.
CTV have the international rights regardless, so whatever gets produced will air. My real concern is remaining ordered episodes are filmed, to give them time to wrap something up.
The fact that it retained its audience from Sunday and there was no drop off is actually the best case scenario. (We'll ignore the fact that it getting a 5.0 or higher is the actual best case scenario).
It's kinda good news.
There is that, Jackal. It does look like the people who comitted to the first two hours returned to the third. We just need more people for the 4th.
Edit: or, to be clear, we need FOX to KEEP AIRING IT for now to see if it builds.