Ratings Report: 'What We Do In The Shadows' Renewed For Season 4 At FX
Broadcast: Another stab at expanding the ever growing and never stopping CW DC Comics universe is Stargirl, a relatively new show that has been doing very well. That same core audience that clamored for more superhero daytime TV after the ending of Arrow and Black Lightning, and The Flash falling out of favor have found a new home in Stargirl with its second season named Summer School having steady ratings over the course of this late summer. Combined with very favorable reviews and a very decorated cast, Stargirl is making new waves in a market over-saturated with superheroes.
Cable: The acclaimed drama whose home has been on the Oprah Winfrey Network for six seasons now and has touted Ava Duvernay and Oprah herself as executive producers. Queen Sugar tells a story of three siblings who live very separate lives in Louisiana, until their father dies and bequeaths a sugarcane farm equally among them in a rural part of the state as they come together to run it. The critically beloved series is currently averaging around 612,000 viewers an episode and has been a consistent winner for the network. its handling of the COVID-19 Pandemic directly into their storylines and how it would affect their characters despite the departure from the original novel by Natalie Baszile has been well received and still has fans watching.
Streaming: Taika Waititi's brainchild that spun out from his original New Zealand film. What We Do In The Shadows is now in its third critically acclaimed season. Sitting at an incredibly high fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes and doing great numbers on both broadcast live on FX and with its streaming partner Hulu. What We Do In The Shadows has already been renewed for a fourth season ahead of the third season premiere. With publications such as Vulture calling it “the best workplace comedy on TV” WWDINS has a great future ahead as one of the great comedies of the 2020s.
International: Uzalo is still leading the nation of South Africa and continuing its TV dominance in the nation as even during its seventh season it still is the highest rated program in the history of South Africa local television. Hitting its peak three years ago with 10 million viewers for a single episode it still to this year garners an average of 7 million nightly viewers over the entire month of August, and was the highest rated TV show on SABC 1. The story follows the two families of a pair of sons switched at birth, one going to a conservative Christian household and the other to a crime syndicate family. After seven seasons this storyline has gone in numerous different directions but it still is beloved by the nation and has received accolades and recognition for its high quality storytelling.