'Atlantis' - Overnight ratings ep 13

[gealach_ros]

The Atlantis finale ended on an all time low when episode 13 aired at 8.15pm.

DigitalSpy: Death Comes to Pemberley concludes with 4.4m on BBC One
Atlantis dropped 1.9m viewers from last week, with the season finale attracting 3.67m (15.8%) at 8.15pm.

S1DateOvernightAud. ShareFinalLive +7*

01.01Sep 295.62m26.2%7.36m8.4m

01.02Oct 055.05m21.4%6.

Comments

[reverie_indigo]

A lot of those magazine articles seem to me to be artificially positive as though they're trying to maintain access or are owned by someone who has an interest in promoting shows.

Atlantis routinely gets 3 or 4 stars out of 5, which is ridiculous. The show is so bad that most reviewers gave up after a few episodes and reported they wouldn't be covering it anymore.

I hope this puts the nail in the coffin of these clowns so that valuable airing time is no longer wasted with their dreck. Merlin was actually pretty bad too, rescued a bit by the actors, altough even they couldn't save S5 for me. Hex was as big a mess as Atlantis, so why do these guys keep getting work?

Sleepy Hollow is a cheesy show, but it's really good and very engaging - it's not hard to do what Atlantis is trying to do if you hire competent writers and stop deluding yourself into thinking you've got the talent to do it yourself.

[issy5209]

so why do these guys keep getting work?.
*whispers do they pay people off?? sleep with them??? how??*I've been wondering exactly the same thing

[reverie_indigo]

I watched Hex for Michael Fassbender. The first few episodes were moody and atmospheric, but when he and Christina Cole left, it turned into a mishmashed ripoff of Buffy.

I think I've written this before, but one of the main characters was a lesbian who gets killed, but then ends up being a major foil for the forces of evil. So what do they do? They kill a random lesbian for a ghostly romantic distraction.

Yes, they really are that misogynistic (not to mention homophobic, which you'd think they'd be able to avoid...)

I've never heard of Demons, but I almost want to watch it. Unfortunately, their bad is usually not "so bad it's funny" bad so much as "I'm willing to spend the effort to build a time machine so I can go get my hour back." bad. Checking Google, I see they loaded it with impressive eye-candy.

Say what you will about American TV, but nobody here would ever let these clowns waste so much time, talent and money.

[issy5209]

OMG - they really shouldn't be let anywhere near female characters, actually any character that requires some sort of you know - character development

[reverie_indigo]

I just watched the Atlantis finale (sue me, I couldn't sleep). It was really, really good. If they can pull off an episode like that, why can't they do it every week? Why why why?

If you think about Merlin, how many episodes were actually well-written an executed? Last Dragonlord, the 2-part S4 opener (even though they ended any chance of dramatic interest by removing Lancelot from the story)? Servant of 2 Masters was a lot of fun, one of my favorites, but it made no sense... why didn't Merlin just blast Morgana when she had him in her hut? Why didn't they just tell Arthur about the snake thingie? Etc.

They had one of the greatest actors of our times at their disposal for FIVE YEARS. We should all have had to quit our jobs to watch Merlin in a continuous loop. Imagine Merlin with good writing an character development... the greatest wasted opportunity since.. Adam and Eve ate the apple.

[issy5209]

*pats your back* I know, I know, they could do it, and yes, there were some scenes where they knocked it out of the park, but then you always where asking, why didn't they do this, or that, or...just WTF is going on why *breaks down sobbing* and then you have that they could never break the mold of Arthur being clueless and unable to dress himself, and Merlin making stupid decisions and doing stupid things all for a quick laugh, and to the detriment of the characters.

I use the analogy of watching my son swim; he can kick, he can blow his bubbles and do the arm movements, just, all not at the same time (something about multiskilling with that kid!) every so often he does for a few seconds and its great, and then he forgets and sinks....