The legacy of 24 sure didn’t much help Fox’s reboot.
The series premiere of 24: Legacy after Sunday’s Super Bowl thriller was seen by 17.6 million viewers and a 6.1 rating among adults 18-49.
Under any normal circumstances, a network would be ecstatic about those numbers.
But coming after a Super Bowl this is disappointing for the action drama reboot starring Straight Outta Compton’s Corey Hawkins.
You have to go back to 2003’s premiere episode of Alias to find a smaller audience after the big game.
By comparison, last year’s The Late Show on CBS had 20.5 million. The year before that had 25.7 million for NBC’s The Blacklist. And 2014 delivered 26.3 million for Fox’s New Girl, respectively.
Fox points out that given the game’s overtime this was the third latest post-Super Bowl start time in telecast history, which was likely indeed a contributing factor. But the game was also the second most-watched Super Bowl ever with 113.7 million viewers — so that’s quite a massive lead-in.
Live+3 Ratings:
The premiere grew by 0.7 in adults 18-49, going from a 6.1 rating to a 6.8. It also added 2.76 million viewers, bringing its total to 20.34 million after three days. (source)
Live+7 Ratings: After seven days of delayed viewing, the demo is at 7.1 and total viewers stand at 20.945 million (a 19% increase in total viewers). (source)
UK Ratings:
UK launch of #24Legacy on Fox at 9pm drew 135.6k/0.67%, more than double benchmark share @FOXtvUK https://t.co/DSYC3PhVGB
— overnights.tv (@overnightstv) February 16, 2017