12-21-2015, 09:18 PM
I actually do not think that Eve will improve the ratings, but I think it will be entirely the writer's fault, and not Bitsie's. And here's why:
In my opinion, the decline in the ratings was most likely due to a mix of terrible scheduling and terrible promotion from NBC and people disliking the way season 4 ended and disliking the way that season 5 was going. The issue the writers have, is that they created a HUGE divide with this whole Adalind/Juliette thing. And while some dissension between fans is good to keep up interest and encourage decision, there is a negative effect of too much.
Fans who were upset about Juliette's death and/or angry about Nick and Adalind's story line, may have stopped watching. And yes, some of them will likely start watching again because of Eve's return, but again due to NBC's terrible promotion, if they don't keep up with Grimm online, others may never return to watching it, and those are viewer numbers that will be gone.
Fans who were ecstatic about Juliette's death and/or enjoying the way Nick and Adalind's story line was going this season, may now actually be turned off by the return of Eve. I've actually seen several people on other forums online who are either considering not watching at all anymore, or watching a little to see what they do with Eve before dropping the show for good.
The issue the writers have is that their sloppy writing created these two camps with strongly opposing opinions, and now its very difficult for them to write a story that satisfies one camp without alienating the other. I think that's what they were trying to do with bringing Bitsie back as 'Eve' and not as Juliette, but they didn't account for the fact that many of the people that didn't like Juliette didn't like her for Bitsie's acting as much as the boring way that they wrote Juliette (Personally, I didn't like Bitsie's acting in the first couple of seasons, but I thought that she improved).
So the presence of Eve is going to piss off as many fans as it intrigues, which is not good for Grimm at all. Add that to NBC's continued terrible scheduling and promotion, and I actually (unfortunately) think that the ratings will slowly decline all season. Maybe there'll be a slight spike at the beginning, but I can't see any sort of upward trend. This is a show in its fifth season with very little buzz outside of it's already loyal fans, and so it will be much easier for it to lose viewers than to gain them.
Personally, I'm not excited about the Eve story line based on what I've read so far. I can't really see anywhere good that this character can go, but I'll try to withhold my judgement until I see the next couple of episodes. I've been with Grimm since the beginning, but I unfortunately think that this series is now on a downward spiral.
In my opinion, the decline in the ratings was most likely due to a mix of terrible scheduling and terrible promotion from NBC and people disliking the way season 4 ended and disliking the way that season 5 was going. The issue the writers have, is that they created a HUGE divide with this whole Adalind/Juliette thing. And while some dissension between fans is good to keep up interest and encourage decision, there is a negative effect of too much.
Fans who were upset about Juliette's death and/or angry about Nick and Adalind's story line, may have stopped watching. And yes, some of them will likely start watching again because of Eve's return, but again due to NBC's terrible promotion, if they don't keep up with Grimm online, others may never return to watching it, and those are viewer numbers that will be gone.
Fans who were ecstatic about Juliette's death and/or enjoying the way Nick and Adalind's story line was going this season, may now actually be turned off by the return of Eve. I've actually seen several people on other forums online who are either considering not watching at all anymore, or watching a little to see what they do with Eve before dropping the show for good.
The issue the writers have is that their sloppy writing created these two camps with strongly opposing opinions, and now its very difficult for them to write a story that satisfies one camp without alienating the other. I think that's what they were trying to do with bringing Bitsie back as 'Eve' and not as Juliette, but they didn't account for the fact that many of the people that didn't like Juliette didn't like her for Bitsie's acting as much as the boring way that they wrote Juliette (Personally, I didn't like Bitsie's acting in the first couple of seasons, but I thought that she improved).
So the presence of Eve is going to piss off as many fans as it intrigues, which is not good for Grimm at all. Add that to NBC's continued terrible scheduling and promotion, and I actually (unfortunately) think that the ratings will slowly decline all season. Maybe there'll be a slight spike at the beginning, but I can't see any sort of upward trend. This is a show in its fifth season with very little buzz outside of it's already loyal fans, and so it will be much easier for it to lose viewers than to gain them.
Personally, I'm not excited about the Eve story line based on what I've read so far. I can't really see anywhere good that this character can go, but I'll try to withhold my judgement until I see the next couple of episodes. I've been with Grimm since the beginning, but I unfortunately think that this series is now on a downward spiral.