The legacy of 24 sure didn’t much help Fox’s reboot.
The series premiere of 24: Legacy after Sunday’s Super Bowl thriller was seen by 17.6 million viewers and a 6.1 rating among adults 18-49.
Under any normal circumstances, a network would be ecstatic about those numbers.
But coming after a Super Bowl this is disappointing for the action drama reboot starring Straight Outta Compton’s Corey Hawkins.
You have to go back to 2003’s premiere episode of Alias to find a smaller audience after the big game.
By comparison, last year’s The Late Show on CBS had 20.5 million. The year before that had 25.7 million for NBC’s The Blacklist. And 2014 delivered 26.3 million for Fox’s New Girl, respectively.
Fox points out that given the game’s overtime this was the third latest post-Super Bowl start time in telecast history, which was likely indeed a contributing factor. But the game was also the second most-watched Super Bowl ever with 113.7 million viewers — so that’s quite a massive lead-in.
Live+3 Ratings:
The premiere grew by 0.7 in adults 18-49, going from a 6.1 rating to a 6.8. It also added 2.76 million viewers, bringing its total to 20.34 million after three days. (source)
Live+7 Ratings: After seven days of delayed viewing, the demo is at 7.1 and total viewers stand at 20.945 million (a 19% increase in total viewers). (source)
UK Ratings:
UK launch of #24Legacy on Fox at 9pm drew 135.6k/0.67%, more than double benchmark share @FOXtvUK https://t.co/DSYC3PhVGB
— overnights.tv (@overnightstv) February 16, 2017
18 Comments
Comments ClosedBrad
February 6, 2017 at 7:58 pmJustin
February 6, 2017 at 8:13 pmChlojack
February 7, 2017 at 1:08 pmABC
February 6, 2017 at 8:14 pmFor Fox, the good news is that post-Super Bowl episode ratings and premieres seldom augur anything for a show’s success or failure; the real test will be tonight’s second installment.”
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Many people are just not going to stick around until midnight to watch. The late start hurt the ratings.
Joshua
February 6, 2017 at 8:52 pmKevin K
February 6, 2017 at 9:08 pmJustin
February 6, 2017 at 10:16 pmFox has no hit shows and 24 LegAcy will do better than other shows of theirs! The fan reaction from the premiere and tonight was positive! The competition is not bad either!
Fox did not screw it up as they did not k know the Super Bowl would go overtime and delay 24 legacy. The show was supposed to start at 10:30pm and would have gotten higher ratings if it did!
The ratings was a series high for the show and did well. People were so tired at 11pm and had to go to bed and was way passed primetime.
Also it will do very well in DVR ratings
Also the preview for next week looks awesome!
Brad
February 6, 2017 at 10:36 pmJustin
February 7, 2017 at 12:22 amAlso the reaction from fans has been positive.
Third, I am just a very positive and optimistic person in a world of negativity. That is refreshing. So I apologize if I am too positive and optimistic but that is who I am.
I also work in TV and love 24 and very passionate about the show. These are my opinions and facts!
John f
February 7, 2017 at 2:17 amDon J
February 7, 2017 at 2:09 amJoshua
February 7, 2017 at 2:18 amJustin Urciuoli
February 7, 2017 at 7:22 pmRonnieC6
February 8, 2017 at 2:57 pmJoshua
February 10, 2017 at 4:17 amJoshua
February 10, 2017 at 4:19 amChlojack
February 12, 2017 at 3:11 pm24 Legacy’s Live+3 is 20.3 million.
The live ratings for other Super Bowl leadout shows can be found here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Super_Bowl_lead-out_programs
24BIGGESTFAN
March 4, 2017 at 5:41 pm