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Bionic Woman Outlook Not Looking Good
Written by Brenda on December 5th, 2007
TVSquad has reported that the outlook for Bionic Woman is grim at best. So here is what they had to say:
Brian Stelter over at The New York Times TV Decoder blog has a rundown on what happened to the show, from the pre-launch hype to how the numbers dropped so badly that NBC even took the repeat off of Saturday nights and replaced it with a repeat of Chuck.
According to Stetler: “TV Guide called it “the fall’s most talked about new action drama” and NBC poured tens of millions of dollars into promotion. In preseason poll, the show ranked No. 1 in the “would definitely watch” category and in measurements of audience awareness, it scored almost 80 percent higher than any other new show this fall.”
It was hyped, though I don’t know if TV Guide calling something “the fall’s most talked about new action drama” means anything. Did a lot of other action dramas premiere this fall? I think that the attention it got was based on two things: it was from the Battlestar Galactica people and people had nostalgia for the original. That’s why it polled so well and the first episode numbers were so good.
Stetler goes on to say: “Then the program premiered. It delivered a solid 13.6 million viewers, suggesting a high level of sampling. But many people never returned: if the show’s ratings were plotted on a chart, they would show a dramatic and consistent weekly decline.”
In the end Bionic Woman’s chances of getting another new episode, is slim to none.