Because the premiere episode — and the follow-up — were made available for streaming in advance of the broadcast launch, one should reserve judgment on their performance.<\/p>\n
If one were to judge this week’s “Blunt Talk” premiere he would not, however, shower it with praise.<\/p>\n
Saturday’s inaugural episode posted a 0.13 adults 18-49 rating with 446,000 viewers.<\/p>\n
While one should not have possessed blockbuster expectations for a Saturday night Starz comedy series premiere, he absolutely should have expected one with this series’ profile and name value to deliver stronger numbers.<\/p>\n
The premature availability of the premiere — and the fact that multi-platform and time-shifted viewing will greatly boost the viewership — makes this week’s live+same-day viewership sum considerably easier to swallow.<\/p>\n
One cannot, however, refer to this live+same-day performance as a strong one.<\/p>\n
Starz has ordered twenty episodes of “Blunt Talk.” They will air over two seasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1048,437],"tags":[4872,4871],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n