Who Needs BATMAN? GOTHAM Debuts With Strong Ratings
The return of The Big Bang Theory last night obviously meant that it won the evening in terms of viewership, but the series premiere of Gotham still did extremely well on Fox in a series which puts the spotlight on a young Detective Jim Gordon and Bruce Wayne...
For those of you who said a Batman TV series without the Caped Crusader wouldn't work, think again! It may not have won the night, but Gotham had a strong debut in terms of ratings with a very strong 3.2 rating with adults 18-49 and 8 million viewers. Various sites also believe it will gain a lot through DVR too. It's still early days of course, and if it fails to attract casual viewers AND faithful comic book fans over the next few weeks, the new series could experience a significant dip. On the other hand, positive buzz (and there's certainly plenty of that) might see the opposite happen. We'll just have to wait and see! A significant ratings drop certainly didn't stop Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. getting a second season and the pilot episode of Gotham was arguably far superior to that one. What did you think of the pilot? You can let us know by voting in our poll by clicking here.
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