View Full Version : The Alec Baldwin Show debuts to terrible numbers


TMC
10-15-2018, 04:48 PM
http://www.showbiz411.com/2018/10/15/almost-no-one-watches-alec-baldwin-talk-show-debut-lowest-rated-sunday-night-show

About 2.71 million watched Baldwin's new talk show, making it Sunday's lowest-rated (https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/9ohac2/alec_baldwin_talk_show_debuts_as_sundays/?sort=new) program. ALSO: Baldwin's show is fine, but it failed to distinguish itself from typical late-night TV interviews. (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/alec-baldwin-show-review-1152392)

TMC
11-07-2018, 03:00 AM
ABC demotes The Alec Baldwin Show to Saturdays (https://ew.com/tv/2018/11/06/alec-baldwin-saturday)

Baldwin's talk show will move to a new Saturday timeslot (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/alec-baldwin-show-bumped-saturdays-december-abc-1158835) on Dec. 8. While not an official cancelation, EW reports that ABC will be burning off already-taped episodes in its new graveyard slot (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graveyard_slot#United_States). The news comes four days after Baldwin's NYC arrest for allegedly punching a man (https://www.tvtattle.com/item/Alec-Baldwin-arrested-after-allegedly-punching-a-driver-over-a-parking-spot-outside-his-home-5ZSvL9) over a parking space. The Alec Baldwin Show premiered to a disappointing 2.1 million viewers (https://www.tvtattle.com/item/The-Alec-Baldwin-Show-debuts-to-terrible-numbers-YESwBa) on Oct. 14. EW notes that "ABC put out the news on Election Night when most news media and readers are paying attention elsewhere." Shark Tank reruns will replace Baldwin's Sunday timeslot.

MA
11-07-2018, 06:23 AM
I can tell that this show will very easily get canceled.

TMC
11-08-2018, 08:39 PM
I can tell that this show will very easily get canceled.

I'm not surprised that the ratings have been so bad. You have a show that is front-lined by an extremely polarizing host and made in an boring, outdated format (i.e. a Dick Cavett-Tom Snyder-esque talk show). The whole thing just comes across as a vanity project on Alec Baldwin's part.

MA
11-08-2018, 08:42 PM
I'm not surprised that the ratings have been so bad. You have a show that is front-lined by an extremely polarizing host and made in an boring, outdated format (i.e. a Dick Cavett-Tom Snyder-esque talk show).

His arrest can be blamed for that as well.

Chocolate Moose
11-09-2018, 09:50 AM
I don't care for him. Am I the only one?

70s show watcher
11-09-2018, 08:34 PM
i like some of his movies and also on snl 30 rock and even on match game but i watched the first ep of his talk show and found it so boring that i have not watched since

TMC
11-10-2018, 01:54 AM
His arrest can be blamed for that as well.

How long can Alec Baldwin continue playing President Trump on SNL? (https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/alec-baldwin-trump-snl-future-1203023440/)

Can Baldwin still play the president when his real life is so messy? Baldwin has made headlines in the past week with his arrest and his ABC talk show's cancelation.

TMC
11-10-2018, 06:18 AM
i like some of his movies and also on snl 30 rock and even on match game but i watched the first ep of his talk show and found it so boring that i have not watched since

And when you get right down to it, Baldwin isn't really that good of an interviewer. He talks over his guests, he interjects his own stories way too much, and the interviews just seem choppy and don't flow well.