Bloody Romans!
The History channel’s “The Bible” was a huge hit. It debuted with a 3.3 in adults 18-49 and never fell below a 2.5:
(3.0) (2.7) (2.8) (2.5) (3.3)
Not so much NBC’s much longer sequel “A.D.: The Bible Continues,” which had to make do without Hunky Jesus (if only they’d hired a sexier Zealotes!). It debuted with a 2.3 and went out at a series low of 0.7.:
(0.7) (0.7) (0.7) (0.9) (0.7) (0.8)
(0.9) (1.1) (1.1) (1.2) (1.7) (2.3)
The “Bible” cancellation follows the cancellation two days ago of another super-low-rated NBC Sunday series, “American Odyssey.”
“American Odyssey” (A.O.) started with a 1.1 and ended with a 0.4:
(0.4) (0.4) (0.5) (0.4) (0.5) (0.4) (0.5)
(0.4) (0.4) (0.5) (0.5) (0.5) (0.5) (0.8) (1.1)
At least "A.D." ended with a better number than "A To Z"!
How they compared to the other NBC shows:
NBC
(Adults 18-49; older weeks in parentheses)
2.6 (2.6) (2.9) (2.9) (3.2) (3.4) The Voice (Mo)
2.0 (2.2) (2.5) (2.5) (2.7) (2.0) The Voice (Tu)
1.7 (1.4) (2.1) (1.8) (1.9) (---) The Apprentice
1.7 (1.3) (1.2) (1.4) (1.3) (1.0) Parenthood
1.6 (1.6) (1.6) (2.0) (1.6) (2.1) Chicago Fire
1.6 (1.1) (1.1) (1.2) (1.4) (1.4) Parks And Recreation
1.6 (1.9) (2.0) (1.9) (2.0) (1.9) Saturday Night Live
1.4 (1.2) (1.1) (1.3) (0.9) (0.9) Biggest Loser
1.4 (1.2) (1.5) (1.6) (1.6) (1.8) The Blacklist
1.4 (1.8) (1.5) (1.6) (1.5) (---) Chicago PD
1.3 (1.2) (1.3) (1.5) (1.4) (1.5) Undateable
1.2 (2.1) (1.8) (1.5) (1.3) (---) Law & Order SVU
1.2 (1.3) (1.3) (1.4) (1.2) (1.5) The Night Shift
1.1 (1.2) (1.2) (1.6) (---) (---) One Big Happy
1.0 (0.9) (1.0) (1.3) (1.2) (---) Dateline (Fr)
1.0 (1.0) (1.1) (1.0) (1.1) (0.7) State Of Affairs
0.9 (1.0) (1.0) (1.1) (1.0) (1.0) Grimm
0.9 (1.0) (0.9) (1.0) (1.4) (1.1) Mysteries of Laura
0.8 (0.8) (0.9) (0.7) (1.1) (---) Allegiance
0.8 (0.8) (0.8) (0.9) (0.8) (1.0) Constantine
0.8 (1.1) (0.8) (0.6) (0.9) (1.2) Dateline (Su)
0.8 (0.9) (0.9) (1.1) (1.1) (1.3) Dateline (Th)
0.8 (0.8) (0.9) (0.8) (0.7) (0.8) Marry Me
0.7 (0.9) (1.0) (0.8) (0.9) (0.8) About A Boy
0.7 (0.7) (0.7) (0.9) (0.7) (0.8) AD
0.7 (0.7) (0.8) (0.5) (1.1) (0.9) Bad Judge
0.7 (0.7) (0.7) (0.6) (0.8) (0.7) The Slap
0.6 (0.5) (0.6) (0.4) (0.8) (0.7) A to Z
0.4 (0.4) (0.5) (0.4) (0.5) (0.4) American Odyssey
