Ratings Roundup for the Week of October 16, 2022

@CostaDax wrote:
My favorite new show is Fire Country. It has already received a full season order and its numbers have been good so far: 0.40 rating and over 5 million viewers. I expect the viewership to drop a bit once the looky-loos stop looky-looing :D But it's also possible to gain a few hundred thousand viewers in the process. A great cast and an enticing plot ensure that the show is safe either way.

I'm also rooting for Quantum Leap, mostly because I loved the original show, I like the concept, and I like Raymond Lee. Although I'm not a fan of some of the creative choices they made, I do like the mystery and I believe it can become a great show after a few changes. I just hope it won't be too little too late.

The pilot for Fire Country was great and showed a lot of potential...but the third episode showed the cracks in the foundation ..The dialogue was was just weird i cant put my finger on why exactly...The show could be a smash hit as they have all the ingredients..,They just need better writers..

@CostaDax wrote:
I don't know if you have watched any of the episodes, but Fire Country is not a show where professional firefighters fight wildfires. I mean they do, but it's not just that. Major spoilers ahead! The main protagonist (played by Max Theriot) is a convict. Not an ex-con, a current convict serving his term. Along with several other convicts, he is recruited into an inmate firefighter program for Cal Fire, which is an actual thing in California. To make things even more interesting, the program takes him back to his hometown. So there's this convict subplot which is a huge part of the show. On top of that, this character is guilt-ridden with his sister's death. That's not the reason he ended up in prison though. Blaming himself for her death is another important subplot, an emotional subplot accompanied with flashbacks and little by little details surrounding her death along with the emotional involvement of other characters. And here's another huge part of the show, the family drama. Both his parents are firefighter chiefs with total opposite reactions to their son's coming back home. His mother is unconditionally welcoming, his father is deprecating and unforgiving. Will he give up and get away as he father wants him to do? Will he ever win his father's heart back? Will he ever forgive himself? Will he find out about his mother's serious health condition? That's another subplot. On top of all that, we have the ex best friends turned adversaries. We have crime. We have women's empowerment. We have romance. Romance is also another important subplot. We have a great cast, including Max Thieriot, Billy Burke, Diane Farr, Kevin Alejandro, and Jordan Calloway. And yes, amongst all that, people fight wildfires, so there's a lot of action and suspense. You see, the writing team has done an excellent job since the beginning. It's not a show with a singular plot about fighting fires, as you may think.

No, I haven't watched the show. 

With that said, the character development is great, but the main selling point of the show is convicts fighting wildfires. That's the rub. There isn't a lot of room to expand on that. And I will bet some serious money that most of those points you brought up will be resolved at the end of the first season. Then where do you go? We'll have to wait and see if they can adjust or not. 

@LadyShelley wrote:
So far, Fire Country is pulling in enough viewers that as long as it doesn't lose much after the holiday break, it should be renewed. My bigger concern with that series is the plot idea of fighting wildfires doesn't really have legs. They are going to have to do something to expand their plot possibilities or the writing will fall into a predictable rut pretty quick.

I don't know if you have watched any of the episodes, but Fire Country is not a show where professional firefighters fight wildfires. I mean they do, but it's not just that. Major spoilers ahead! The main protagonist (played by Max Theriot) is a convict. Not an ex-con, a current convict serving his term. Along with several other convicts, he is recruited into an inmate firefighter program for Cal Fire, which is an actual thing in California. To make things even more interesting, the program takes him back to his hometown. So there's this convict subplot which is a huge part of the show. On top of that, this character is guilt-ridden with his sister's death. That's not the reason he ended up in prison though. Blaming himself for her death is another important subplot, an emotional subplot accompanied with flashbacks and little by little details surrounding her death along with the emotional involvement of other characters. And here's another huge part of the show, the family drama. Both his parents are firefighter chiefs with total opposite reactions to their son's coming back home. His mother is unconditionally welcoming, his father is deprecating and unforgiving. Will he give up and get away as he father wants him to do? Will he ever win his father's heart back? Will he ever forgive himself? Will he find out about his mother's serious health condition? That's another subplot. On top of all that, we have the ex best friends turned adversaries. We have crime. We have women's empowerment. We have romance. Romance is also another important subplot. We have a great cast, including Max Thieriot, Billy Burke, Diane Farr, Kevin Alejandro, and Jordan Calloway. And yes, amongst all that, people fight wildfires, so there's a lot of action and suspense. You see, the writing team has done an excellent job since the beginning. It's not a show with a singular plot about fighting fires, as you may think.

@CostaDax wrote:
My favorite new show is Fire Country. It has already received a full season order and its numbers have been good so far: 0.40 rating and over 5 million viewers. I expect the viewership to drop a bit once the looky-loos stop looky-looing :D But it's also possible to gain a few hundred thousand viewers in the process. A great cast and an enticing plot ensure that the show is safe either way.

I'm also rooting for Quantum Leap, mostly because I loved the original show, I like the concept, and I like Raymond Lee. Although I'm not a fan of some of the creative choices they made, I do like the mystery and I believe it can become a great show after a few changes. I just hope it won't be too little too late.

So far, Fire Country is pulling in enough viewers that as long as it doesn't lose much after the holiday break, it should be renewed. My bigger concern with that series is the plot idea of fighting wildfires doesn't really have legs. They are going to have to do something to expand their plot possibilities or the writing will fall into a predictable rut pretty quick. 

One thing Quantum Leap has going for it is NBC doesn't really have anything else in the tank at the moment. The only scripted drama that hasn't premiered yet is The Blacklist. The network also tends to hold onto shows longer (note the previously mentioned Blacklist, as well as CSI: Vegas.) For one of the "big" networks, it has one of the smallest schedules, relying on reality shows that take two-hour blocks of time and sports to fill out their schedule. Otherwise, it's Law & Orders and Chicago shows.  

Will your favorite new shows be among them?

My favorite new show is Fire Country. It has already received a full season order and its numbers have been good so far: 0.40 rating and over 5 million viewers. I expect the viewership to drop a bit once the looky-loos stop looky-looing :D But it's also possible to gain a few hundred thousand viewers in the process. A great cast and an enticing plot ensure that the show is safe either way.

I'm also rooting for Quantum Leap, mostly because I loved the original show, I like the concept, and I like Raymond Lee. Although I'm not a fan of some of the creative choices they made, I do like the mystery and I believe it can become a great show after a few changes. I just hope it won't be too little too late.