Well that was fast. Sunday night, AMC's The Prisoner averaged 2.2 million viewers in its premiere, but on Monday night the second two hour installment averaged less than a million viewers.
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Well that was fast. Sunday night, AMC's The Prisoner averaged 2.2 million viewers in its premiere, but on Monday night the second two hour installment averaged less than a million viewers.
That’s pretty much what I expected. People that tuned in for the first 2 parts went “wtf?” and stopped watching.
Ouch! although MNF may have played a part too. It might increase for the final part but not by much.
I liked it. But it was way too confusing for a casual tv viewer.
Sorry gang….but I thought it was complete ass! Bad TV at its worst…
947,000 for Tuesday’s finale (the number above is for the 2nd part on Monday night, Tuesday’s numbers in the link below):
http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/11/18/sons-of-anarchy-beats-the-forgotten-and-ties-the-jay-leno-show-with-adults-18-49/34020
I loved it. But, expected a lot to tune out to ‘David Lynch-esque’ storytelling.
It was surprisingly worth the effort for people who like brain-teasers w/ a message.
Also, a bit confused….what was Monday’s rating?
I have Sunday: 2.2m
Monday:_____
Tuesday: .947m
It would make most sense to me if a ton of people tuned out after Monday’s episode. It did become overtly abstract hinting at the potential ending wouldn’t make sense or be satisfactory. Fortunately, not the case.
Ive only finished the first 2 hour episode and am in love with it. Definitely not a big ratings draw due to the “WTF” aspect of the show but it has me hooked. Ive already put in an order for the original series on Blu Ray to see how great it is as well.
I watched the Prisoner Sunday nite and taped the other two nights
but my viewing will not show up in ratings. I agree with preair way too confusing for a casual tv viewer.
I loved it once I got into it and am looking forward to watching
Tuesday’s show.
I have Sunday: 2.2m
Monday: .948m
Tuesday: .947m
To my question above….i think I found it. Nevermind.
I really tried to watch. I kept hearing Gandalf, and trying to figure out why he was not in a white robe. It was hard to follow, and some of the dialog was so confusing. I do not fault the actors at all! They did exceptionally well. But the script and story was enough for me to find something else to watch.
Count me in the group that watched the first two hours and went “wft?”
Kimmy,
I loved it but could see where it would definitely lose people if the mystery of what was going on wasn’t worth sticking around for.
It was really strange seeing Gandalf give cherry cake to Hawkins from Jericho and wonder why that giant white ball kept chasing Jesus.
Bummer! I didn’t know that the second part was the next day! I thought it was going to be a weekly thing. I have the first part on my DVR, but haven’t watched it yet. Does AMC repeat stuff like Bravo does?
This was poor scheduling, really. Asking audiences to completely abandon their viewing habits for a somewhat out there mini-series three days in a row was really pushing it.
I have it on the DVR but something tells me it’s just going to sit on there for a while. Someone convince me it’s worth watching!
Well, 7-3-3 and I were talking on the way to 4-1-7′s house and we think we’ve worked it out: It sucked.
Sorry, guys- it’s an old concept, filmed with new cameras. That doesn’t work.
Ya know what DOES work? Taking an old concept, re-thinking it completely, and switching out the MAKE Starbuck, with a FEMALE Starbuck, making people wonder how that’s gonna work.
BSG was good, because it was GOOD. Effort was expended to re-tell the tale a new way. And then to have it pre-released to America from Britain…that made for quite an opening!
Like I suggested: some things need to stay in our memories, not our schedules. DON’T bring back Gilligan’s Island!
Yeah, i kinda like the first episode, but after that, i yawned 3 times. It’s so boring…
I actually really enjoyed the first two hours on Sunday. Granted, it was weird but very intriguing and actually pretty easy to follow which, after reading reviews saying otherwise, had me scratching my head. And then Monday came and it became such a bizarre mess, I didn’t even bother last night. Apparently I was in a very, very tiny minority though because it held on to almost everybody from Monday to Tuesday.
Brian Fahrlander says:
“Sorry, guys- it’s an old concept, filmed with new cameras. That doesn’t work.”
No need to apologize, champ, particularly given that the “old concept” of the original series was almost entirely discarded in favor of the even older concept of Swedenborgianism (which one might defensibly guess to be salable in an age that includes paying “neo-pagans”). So it goes.
“Too confusing”? Well, count me in with the few who DON’T like the way most tv shows spoon-feed us the plot, morals, etc…. This show was beautiful.