Summer is not just for reruns anymore. But that doesn’t mean some of broadcast TV originals fare any better in Nielsen numbers.
TheWrap has ranked the 10 lowest-rated broadcast TV shows from June, July and August 2017, using Nielsen’s Live + 7 Day metric in the adults 18-49 demographic.
Rank: 8 (tie)
Show: “Candy Crush”
Net: CBS
18-49 Rating: 0.7
Mario Lopez hosted this game show based on the popular smartphone game.
Rank: 8 (tie)
Show: “Salvation”
Net: CBS
18-49 Rating: 0.7
CBS’ sci-fi series about Earthlings trying to prevent an asteroid-based apocalypse never connected with viewers.
Rank: 8 (tie)
Show: “Gong Show”
Net: ABC
18-49 Rating: 0.7
Perhaps ABC might have lured more viewers if they had revealed the real identity of “British” host Tommy Maitland — a very well-disguised Mike Myers.
Rank: 6 (tie)
Show: “Boy Band”
Net: ABC
18-49 Rating: 0.6
Rita Ora hosted this reality competition series that seemed about a decade too late for the boy-band trend.
Rank: 6 (tie)
Show: “American Grit”
Net: Fox
18-49 Rating: 0.6
Despite the presence of host John Cena, viewers didn’t enlist for this military-inspired competition series.
Rank: 5
Show: “Sunday Night With Megyn Kelly”
Net: NBC
18-49 Rating: 0.5
The former Fox News host stumbled in her prime-time debut.
Rank: 2 (tie)
Show: “In an Instant”
Net: ABC
18-49 Rating: 0.4
A docudrama series used interviews and re-creations to depict tales of survival.
Rank: 2 (tie)
Show: “Somewhere Between”
Net: ABC
18-49 Rating: 0.4
Paula Patton starred as a woman convinced she knows the time and place of her young daughter’s murder.
Rank: 2 (tie)
Show: “Still Star-Crossed”
Net: ABC
18-49 Rating: 0.4
A period drama that tried to pick up where “Romeo and Juliet” ended but just left viewers wondering, “Wherefore?”
Rank: 1
Show: “Doubt”
Net: CBS
18-49 Rating: 0.3*
*Finished its run on Saturdays
This legal drama starring Katherine Heigl that proved no more popular than her last few projects.
“Love Connection,” “Zoo” and others just missed out on making this list. Worse luck next year?