Ratings Report: 'Invincible' And 'The Young Rock' Renewed After Strong Debut Seasons
Don Johnson - The Young Rock/NBC
Broadcast: All American is the critically acclaimed CW drama about a young Black football player moving from south LA to Beverly Hills and reaching for his dream of one day playing in the NFL, inspired by the true story of NFL player Spencer Paysinger. This new CW drama was recently picked up for a fourth season back in January. While currently in a hiatus until the season finale and suffering from the overall loss of viewers to streaming and mobile platforms. It is performing well on new air days it fails to bring in return viewers or those viewing reruns, but it makes up for it because of its audience growing up 20% since being added to Netflix after season one, according to the TV Rating Guide, it has still grown by over 14% since this time last year with an average viewership of 0.755 and with an 18-49 viewership at 0.27 with a peak of 0.39. All American continues to bring a captivating new drama that isn’t involved with superheroes to the CW’s airtime. The big broadcast networks have been attempting to push more inclusive shows to the forefront of their comedy lineup. The Young Rock, based on the life of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson chronicles his childhood, college football career, and his eventual ascension to super-stardom, all packed into a sit-com format. The show was performing well at the beginning of the season with a 1.01 in the 18-49 demographic, but ratings soon began to plateau and fall in the weeks since according to the TV Ratings Guide with the newest episode down to 0.48. Kenan, another comedy centered around a morning show anchor(Kenan Thompson) who is trying to move past the trauma in his life by moving, to live with his father-in-law (Don Johnson) and his brother (Chris Redd). Overall it seems as if NBC is planning on sticking with these critically favored, yet underperforming comedies, as a staple in their Thursday comedy lineup as they were both renewed for a second season.
The Oval
Cable: The Oval season two has been gaining major traction after it premiered to over a million viewers and peaking at the number 4 spot among cable telecasts, according to Show Buzz Daily. The White House drama led by the brilliance of Tyler Perry has maintained almost a million viewers over the past few weeks as in the Tuesday 9 o’clock slot on BET. Starring Ed Quinn, Kron Moore, and Paige Hurd, it led just a few weeks ago in the top 5 of all cable telecasts and beat out several mainstays in the top ten for their hold on the 18-49 demographic with a solid 0.24. It has fallen since according to Show Buzz Daily but is still in the top 25 of all cable telecasts, which is impressive. The industry giant that is Tyler Perry is reinforced as he continually shows he knows how to create great television. The show also has produced a spin-off already: Ruthless, also written, directed, and created by Perry starring Melissa L. Williams, is already in its second season as well and airs on their streaming service BET+.
Invincible
Streaming: Invincible, the critically acclaimed animated series from Amazon Prime Video, has hit the top ten at the end of the month of April on Nielsen. It had a boost through social media when one of the main characters, Omni Man, trended on Twitter for several hours the day the finale aired. It stands at the number 10 spot of the 10 most-streamed original series, with over 139 million minutes watched according to Nielsen, currently holding at a 95% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes with an audience score of 92%. Over on Metacritic, Invincible has a critic score of 73, with an audience score of 8.5. The show is driven by a heartwarming story about a young man learning to balance his love life, family, and high school while getting used to his developing new powers and becoming a superhero. It is led by an all-star cast with recent (snubbed) Oscar Nominee Steven Yeun of Minari, Oscar Winner J.K. Simmons (Whiplash), and Sandra Oh (Grey’s Anatomy, Killing Eve). Along with other series regulars Jason Mantzoukas and the incredibly talented Zazie Beetz, this diverse cast capped off a hit season with a renewal for two more seasons at Amazon.
Sell Your Haunted House
International: Several new and interesting Korean dramas are all battling it out for control over the airwaves starting with Sell Your Haunted House, a plot revolving around a real estate agent/exorcist and a con artist who uses spirits in their schemes that come together to solve a mystery surrounding the death of the exorcist's mother. It posted a dramatic 5.0%, a 6.3% rating with 2.3 million watchers, and 2.89 million watchers for its fifth episode airing on KBS, according to Serialized TV. Hitting all-time highs in regards to its viewership is the drama Vincenzo, a love story based around a mafia war in which the lead character flees back to South Korea for safety and falls in love with a lawyer. The show hit its highest ratings all season long in its finale, hitting 14.6% with 4.9 million viewers and the total viewers peak being 16.2%, at 5.43 million viewers for tvN making it the 6th highest rating of the entire series.
