Fox is resting easy on Monday nights with their new hit show 9-1-1. In its second season 9-1-1 is now ranked as the fifth most popular entertainment show on television.
NBC is also reveling in ratings with it’s new medical drama, New Amsterdam.
If you’re not a fan of medical dramas, I’m sorry. They seem to be growing in number and staying because American viewers tend to love them.
Although there are some successes, there are more failures. According to the Wall Street Journal, more than 1 million people cancelled their subscription to cable and satellite TV in the last few months. This is a trend called cord cutting. Many consumers don’t see the benefit of traditional television services, and as I mentioned above, are turning to streaming services instead. In fact, cord cutting is becoming more and more popular with 10 million former subscribers cutting there cord in the last 8 years.
When you consider all the variables, the outlook for TV ratings doesn’t look too great. In this writer’s opinion, the way television is now, will start to rapidly change in the next few years.
