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For those interested in such things, the ratings for the series premiere weren’t great (ok, that’s sort of mild).
Eyeballs: .63 million
Demo: .2
It had the best possible spot with Pretty Little Liars–the show holding Freeform together with its ratings for the network–didn’t help at all. PLL got a .6 with 1.24 million eyeballs. That’s a pretty nasty drop given how much promotion went into DoS.
(as a side note, Freeform seems to be in a free for all…)Yeah, here are the latest ratings for the other Freeform shows:
– Baby Daddy: Last episode got a 0.3 and 0.61 total viewers.
– Fosters: Last episode got a 0.5 and 1.05 total viewers
– Guilt: Last episode got a 0.1 and 0.33 total viewers.
– Pretty Little Liars: Last episode got a 0.6 and 1.24 total viewers. It’s their best performing show.
– Shadowhunters (which last aired in April: Last episode got a 0.3 and 0.76 total viewers.
– Stitchers: Last episode got a 0.2 and 0.38 total viewers.
– Switched at Birth (which last aired in October): Last episode got a 0.4 and 0.4 total viewers.
– Young and Hungry: Last episode got a 0.3 and 0.63 total viewers.Now the thing to keep in mind is that cable is a whole other ball game, in comparison to traditional broadcast. Standards are a lot lower, and cancellations/renewals are much harder to predict. That’s why the TVGrimReaper doesn’t even bother with them. Plenty of the shows I listed were doing worse than Dead of Summer in their previous Seasons, and yet they were good enough for renewal. I guess the main thing will be to see how steady Dead of Summer is. Since it is cable, ratings don’t tend to fluctuate as dramatically as on broadcast.
[adrotate group="5"]Overall, I thought this episode was….pretty cliche.
Literally the first word I said to describe the pilot when my roommate asked how it was.
2nd episode thoughts:
–better but not by much
–Deb and Drew are the most interesting at present
–While I didn’t expect Alex to be Alexi I also don’t think it was a major twist because this is only the second episode and we don’t have a firm grasp on Alex to begin with. Saving the Russian twist for later would have made more of an impact.
–Cool acid trip visuals
–Still pretty cheese-tastic but more of a sour, moldy cheese instead of delicious brie.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"–While I didn’t expect Alex to be Alexi I also don’t think it was a major twist because this is only the second episode and we don’t have a firm grasp on Alex to begin with. Saving the Russian twist for later would have made more of an impact.
Considering that we only have 10 episodes, I expect that each regular will only get 1 centric each. I guess they could have saved Alex’s centric for a later episode. I do appreciate the twist, because it does given some much needed dimension to Alex’s character. He’s not just some egotistical pretty boy.
I agree that episode 2 is better than the pilot, but still not must see TV. I’ll still watch the rest, since there’s not much else to really watch this Summer anyway. Note that Ian Goldberg, who wrote plenty of episodes for the first 2 Seasons of OUAT, wrote this episode.
By the way, did anyone notice that Alex’s boss at the dry cleaners was the same actor who played Isaac’s boss on OUAT? Is this actor typecast to play mean bosses? lol
I actually enjoyed this episode and thought it was much better than the pilot. Instead of random ghosts jumping around at people, we got a little more insight, or at least screen time, into the “tall man.” It just felt like instead of just random scares like last week, we got some creepy stuff that might actually mean something going forward. And I liked Alex’s story. He gets what he wants, but he does have a heart. Classic misunderstood jerk that plays both sides. And the addition of the campers was welcome because young kids in a creepy setting always work well in horror. Elizabeth Mitchell continues to thrive when her character always seems to have a secret and Elizabeth Lail continues to be the worst actor on the show.
Elizabeth Lail continues to be the worst actor on the show.
Worse than that annoying one from ugly Betty? How annoying is he in this show? Surely the conclusion of this show is that it’s basically a prequel to Friday the 13th?
All magic comes with a price!
Keeper of FelixElizabeth Lail continues to be the worst actor on the show.
Which is rather shocking because while Anna could grate on my nerves, Lail was really great in the role. But she’s hard to watch here.
Elizabeth Lail continues to be the worst actor on the show.
Worse than that annoying one from ugly Betty? How annoying is he in this show? Surely the conclusion of this show is that it’s basically a prequel to Friday the 13th?
He’s not annoying at all so far. But he’s also had only 5 mins of screen time max
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Which is rather shocking because while Anna could grate on my nerves, Lail was really great in the role. But she’s hard to watch here.
Yeah it’s funny you say that. My roommate was telling me how much he didn’t like her as Anna. I actually thought she did Anna quite well. But yeah, I’m glad you see it to. She just seems, well, not good here.
He’s not annoying at all so far. But he’s also had only 5 mins of screen time max
Also agree with this. Have barely seen him to form an opinion.
Which is rather shocking because while Anna could grate on my nerves, Lail was really great in the role. But she’s hard to watch here.
Yeah it’s funny you say that. My roommate was telling me how much he didn’t like her as Anna. I actually thought she did Anna quite well. But yeah, I’m glad you see it to. She just seems, well, not good here.
Anna was exceedingly irritating mainly due to the fact that they made season 4A revolve around her. They made her the reason that Charming and Belle are the people they are rather than that just being their personality. Once ruined Anna.
As for Lail’s performance, she was a decent Anna in and of itself but Anna was irritating as given in the reason above.
All magic comes with a price!
Keeper of FelixWhich is rather shocking because while Anna could grate on my nerves, Lail was really great in the role. But she’s hard to watch here.
I’m not sure how much I’d blame it on Lail’s acting, or how much I’d blame it on the script and character that she was given. Maybe it also has to do with Lail still being a new TV actress? I know OUAT was her first ever TV role, and she was fresh from graduating college at the time.
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