Most long running reality series that have been major players in the last ten years have been losing some of their audience this year from Dancing with the Stars to Survivor to American Idol. But The Bachelor, which was showing lots of erosion last year, has had quite a resurgence this winter. Even against CBS's Monday comedies and FOX's successful new drama The Following, it has been climbing this season and reached a 3.0 demo that it never saw last season. It is also doing far better than Dancing with the Stars was in the fall which never happens. Also, two special Tuesday editions ABC aired have done very well. For whatever reason, The Bachelor is a hot show again, and ABC is reaping the profits.
Let's just do a quick recap of NBC's demo numbers this week for their comedies from best to worst
Parks and Recreation - 1.4
Community - 1.1
Whitney - 1.1
Go On - 1.1
1600 Penn - 1.0
Guys with Kids - 1.0
The New Normal - 0.9
Those are absolutely horrible numbers across the board. They probably all deserve cancellations except for maybe Parks and Recreation, so the question is does NBC clean house with their comedies? They have many dramas likely to return - Revolution, Grimm, Law & Order: SVU, Chicago Fire, and Parenthood. They also have promising sitcom pilots including vehicles for Michael J. Fox, Sean Hayes, Ellie Kemper, Christina Ricci, Craig Robinson, Mike O'Malley, and Parker Posey. My prediction is that Parks and maybe Go On stay, and everything else is cancelled.
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