10 Lowest-Rated New Broadcast TV Series of 2016-2017 Season (Photos)
“This Is Us” is killing it over on NBC, but not all first-season series can make such a claim. As a matter of fact, a number of them are performing very, very poorly.
TheWrap has mapped out the 10 lowest-rated freshman Big 4 broadcast television shows, ranking them by their lackluster Nielsen numbers. All ratings in this story come from the key 18-49 demographic, and include a week of delayed viewing where available.
First, some not-so-terrible ones:
Rank: 9 (tie)
Show: “The New Celebrity Apprentice”
Net: NBC
Rating: 1.3
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Rank: 9 (tie)
Show: “APB”
Net: Fox
Rating: 1.3
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And a couple of the worst, which is really what readers are here for.
Rank: 2
Show: “Doubt”
Net: CBS
Rating: 0.8
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Rank: 1
Show: “Ransom”
Net: CBS
Rating: 0.6***
***Saturday series
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Scroll through the gallery to see what else isn’t quite lighting the world on fire.
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