{"id":41818,"date":"2016-03-09T10:43:10","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T18:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?p=41818"},"modified":"2016-03-09T10:43:10","modified_gmt":"2016-03-09T18:43:10","slug":"of-kings-and-prophets-premieres-to-low-ratings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/03\/of-kings-and-prophets-premieres-to-low-ratings.html","title":{"rendered":"Of Kings and Prophets<\/i> premieres to low ratings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands, but alas, Of Kings and Prophets<\/a><\/i> didn\u2019t slay \u2019em in the ratings<\/a> when it premiered last night.<\/p>\n

The first episode of the Old Testament series was watched by only 3.32 million people \u2014 fewer than A.D. The Bible Continues<\/a><\/i> had at its fewest<\/a> last year \u2014 and it got a low 0.8 rating in the coveted 18-49 demographic. As Deadline<\/a> puts it:<\/p>\n

That was below the underwhelming start of short-lived drama Wicked City<\/i> (0.9) in the hour last fall (it launched against the opening game of the World Series) to mark a new low for a non-Friday series premiere on the Big 4 networks this season.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The premiere also had a smaller audience than the first four episodes of Kings<\/a><\/i>, the 2009 series that set the story of Saul and David in an alternate version of the present day. While that series, which aired on Sundays and Saturdays, eventually dropped to less than 2 million viewers per episode, its ratings<\/a> never fell below 0.9.<\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t seem likely that this series will get a second season now, but here\u2019s hoping the numbers go up and it doesn\u2019t get yanked off the air prematurely this<\/i> season.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, you can watch two clips from the episode \u2014 showing David\u2019s encounters with Queen Ahinoam (and Michal) before and after he kills the lion \u2014 below:<\/p>\n