FOX books a full season of "Gotham"
Do well enough in the live+same-day ratings that your impressive DVR numbers are used for further boasting rather than as an excuse? Expect to get a full season order in 2014.
FOX announced that “Gotham,” which it says outperformed NBC’s “The Blacklist” and CBS’ “Scorpion” in the first week of the season, has indeed received that order. Twenty two “Gotham” episodes will air during the 2014-15 television season.
Only sixteen “Gotham” episodes had previously been ordered.
“GOTHAM debuted as one of the most buzzed-about shows of the fall, and with good reason. Bruno Heller and Danny Cannon have created an incredibly rich world, with characters that draw you in and a cast that brings to life these heroes and villains in a way we’ve never seen before,” said FOX’s Dana Walden and Gary Newman. “We are so excited to see where Bruno, Danny and the entire GOTHAM team take this story over the course of this season, and so thankful to all the fans who have embraced it this fall.”
Touting the shows performance, FOX boasts:
GOTHAM is tied as Monday night’s No. 1 drama among Adults 18-49 and is this season’s No. 1 broadcast drama overall among Men 18-49 — a full rating point ahead of the No. 2 drama in that demographic. The debut episode, which exploded into Premiere Week with a 6.0/18 rating among Adults 18-49, outperformed “Blacklist” and “Scorpion” and delivered FOX’s highest-rated fall drama debut in 14 years. This Live +7 rating reflects the largest post-three day ratings gain (+0.9) of any broadcast drama, ever.