Another good episode. I think all the internal feuding within SHIELD will come to a head in Captain America 2. Looking forward to the Thor episode next week...
I still think people are expecting way too much. These last two episodes captured my interest
One of the first series to earn a back-nine order is starting to look like a candidate for cancelation.
ABC’s ambitious drama Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. on Tuesday fell to yet another series low, delivering 6.67 million viewers and a 2.2 in the adults 18-49 demo. And while the show’s live-plus-same-day rating was sufficient to tie it with NBC’s Chicago Fire for a respectable fourth-place finish on the night, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has dropped an alarming 53 percent from its premiere (4.7).
While the diminishing dollar demo is a matter of great concern for ABC, the network hopes to squeeze at least one more season out of the show, which was designed, in part, to serve as a promotional vehicle for Joss Whedon’s 2015 theatrical, The Avengers: Age of Ultron. (Whedon co-created S.H.I.E.L.D. and wrote and directed the pilot. The Sept. 24 broadcast was the biggest series premiere in four years.)
Season to date, only NBC’s The Michael J. Fox Show has suffered a more precipitous drop, falling 56 percent from its Sept. 26 premiere.
While S.H.I.E.L.D.’s ratings slide is unfortunate, ABC isn’t pulling the show from the lineup any time soon. One of the first new series to be given a full-series order, S.H.I.E.L.D. is certain to meet its 22-episode commitment. A renewal, however, is another story.
Fix this show, ABC, or watch it go down as the most high-profile bust since Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip.