10-12-2018, 01:36 PM
(10-12-2018, 11:09 AM)FaceInTheCrowd Wrote:(10-12-2018, 06:12 AM)dicappatore Wrote: I really think, if the writers had taken this path or something similar, the show would have lasted longer. Even after 123 episodes, there were still many more fables to adapt from the Grimm books to keep the series going.
WotW stories from the fairy tales ran out of steam and ratings went into a death spiral from S03 on, but NBC kept the show on life support because it owned the production company and wanted that 100+ episodes and a proper finale to keep it marketable overseas and in DVD and streaming sales. Most everything in S04 and S05 we're attempts to find a new path to higher numbers, which never really happened, and S06 was all about getting to the end.
I don’t live in the US, and don’t know how to interpret these ratings, but this is the average numbers of viewers (in millions) per season: 6.35, 6.95, 7.97, 6.98, 5.97 and 6.07. Seemed to have a positive trend up to season 4, then a fall, but never any collapse.