The Blacklist had to face a major test in January. It had three straight weeks without The Voice as a lead-in, a fate that doomed Smash and hasn't been kind to Revolution. While it didn't set the world on fire, it held up quite well and even went up this week, its third week without The Voice, to a 2.5 demo and 10 million viewers. That may not sound incredible but you have to consider that this is a self-starting NBC show that's getting 10 million viewers - when's the last time NBC had any show do that with any regularity and no lead-in from The Voice? This show is what NBC has needed for a long time and its adding to their growing drama arsenal. I think they can be comfortable with moving this show next week and not see it collapse and die, Smash style, or barely hang on, Revolution style.
BAD WEEK: "RAKE"
At one point, FOX seemed pretty excited about their new drama Rake. They were planning to give it the prime post-NFC Championship Game slot and they still gave it the post-American Idol slot on Thursdays. But then they replaced the Championship Game preview with the series premiere of The Following. It premiered out of a 3.4 demo American Idol to a measly 1.7 demo and then crumbled in week two to a 1.3. FOX had a new hit in Sleepy Hollow and decent numbers from Almost Human as well as plenty of dramas on deck. This show will be quickly forgotten but FOX shouldn't even let it keep having the diluted, but still significant, Idol lead-in.
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