Ratings Report: 'Gossip Girl' Smashes Launch Weekend As 'Mine' Ends on a High Note

Retta, Christina Hendrick, and Mae Whitman - Good Girls/NBC

Broadcast: NBC has had many tough decisions to make during the past year with many of its bubble shows under-performing and forcing cancelation Deadline reports 4 for 4 of NBC’s bubble shows have now been canceled, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, Debris, Manifest, and now Good Girls. Despite all of this Good Girls is still averaging a strong showing for its final episodes as the run comes to an end later this month. Starring Christina Hendricks, Reba, and Mae Whitman as three suburban moms fed up with their lives and get in over their heads after they get away with a successful supermarket robbery. An average of almost 1.5 million viewers over the last two weeks would seem to be a very strong showing for a show of this size though with the projected budget of season 2 and season 3 averaging 40 million dollars it grew simply too expensive to produce. Despite the critical favor and beloved fan base that passionately has been voicing its concerns over its cancellation Good Girls also has a healthy amount of viewers on Netflix that was signed when it premiered and has appeared on the top ten most popular Netflix shows. Good Girls is ending on NBC, but will continue to be available to stream on Netflix. 

Moonbear, Ardelia Lovelace, Nina Moran, Ajani Russell, and Rachelle Vinberg - Betty/HBO

Cable: Betty is a new show from HBO following a group of young Generation Z girls grating against the patriarchal framework of society and the male dominated world of skateboarding in the streets of New York. The second season has been just as acclaimed as the first with a very small budget despite its performance. It is another good show for HBO to keep around for a while and give experience to a lot of unknown performers as it is easy and inexpensive to make, begin shot fully on location in NYC and with a small cast comprised of unknowns and up and coming actors such as Dede Lovelace, Moonbear a.k.a. Kabrina Adams, Nina Moran, Ajani Russell, and Rachelle Vinberg. Betty has been performing okay for a summer indie show on Cable with an average of 154,000 viewers every night at its peak the past two weeks. Betty airs on HBO Fridays at 11. 

Evan Mock, Thomas Doherty, Emily Alyn Lind, , Eli Brown, Jordan Alexander, Whitney Peak, and Zión Moreno - Gossip Girl/HBO Max

Streaming: HBO Max has been doing a whole lot attempting to corner the market on over the top services by giving subscribers access to exclusive movie premieres, shows, and content that can only be found on its platform, and by the amount of diverse content they have been successful over the past year of guaranteeing their seat at the streaming table. One of these diverse new shows aimed at a younger audience is a reboot of a classic CW drama. Gossip Girl once followed a blogger that would reveal the secrets of the upper socialite youth of 2000s, this sequel series now follows a new anonymous blogger that spills the secrets of a new generation of socialite youth through a controversial instagram account. The show has been a certifiable hit for HBO Max as it has been recorded to be their most successful original series launch over the premiere weekend with the show trending on Twitter at #1 worldwide until mid-day and a reported 555,000 US households for episode one according to Samba TV. The sequel stars Jordan Alexander, Whitney Peak, Tavi Gevinson, Eli Brown, Thomas Doherty, Emily Alyn Lind, and Zión Moreno. Gossip Girl (2021) part one will be airing for several weeks every Thursday for its six episodes, and will be followed by part two of six more episodes later this fall. 

Lee Bo-Young, Ok Ja-Yeo, Kim Seo-Hyung, Park Hyuk-Kwon, and Park Won-Suk - Mine/tvn

International: A long running South Korean drama Mine that has been running for several years as the empowering story of two women looking to secure their freedom from the prejudices of their society and their role in the lives of their interconnected family life, one of them even leaving a successful acting career behind to marry. This high society drama follows these women as they attempt to find their ‘mine’ in life. The show recently ended its run after 16 episodes with the strongest ratings of the series lifetime with over 2.9 million for the penultimate episode, and 3.5 million for an average of 3.2 million to end the show. Starring Lee Bo-young, and Kim Seo-hyung in the title roles and with this successful show being available on Netflix, tvN is doing well as of late with another hit show ending on a high note. 

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Notes: Ratings calculated based on the average of the last two episodes. Series featured are U.S. Based and must have at least one or more Non-white characters in main or leading roles.